human
He might put you into a hypnotic trance,
gpt
I should not let him do that,
human
Durgo might not care if you liked it or not. He would hypnotize you, if he wished.
gpt
No, Cyril, he could not do that unless I consented. My will is my own, and it is a strong one. I suppose, said Bella, after a pause,
human
You seem to know all about it, he declared.
gpt
Where did you learn those terms?
human
At my school at Hampstead there was a girl who could hypnotise people. She read all manner of books about hypnotism, and talked about the subjective mind, although I don't know what it is. I can understand so much of Durgo's power over Granny. But that sending her spirit to the Manor is strange. I don't believe that he did.
gpt
He must have done so, insisted Cyril,
human
repeated Bella, dreamily:
gpt
Maxwell Faith. So they are. Humph! There is something in this business after all, Bella.
human
But do you really think anyone can separate the spirit from the body?
gpt
I don't see why not. After all, as St. Paul says, we are composed of spirit, soul and body, so in certain cases the one may become detached from the other. I remember --he looked thoughtfully up to the cloudy sky--
human
I remember reading in some magazine of a boat-load of people being saved, owing to one of them transferring his spirit to a passing ship, and leaving written instructions in the cabin where the ship was to steer to.
gpt
Oh, Cyril, that's impossible.
human
My dear, he said drily,
gpt
--Cyril shivered--
human
So do I. It will rain, Cyril. Look at that heavy bank of clouds behind which the moon is hiding. And oh, how dark it is!