"LeVallon has, of course, already escaped," the latter went on quietly. "He is no longer caught by causes and effects as we are here. He's got out of it all long ago—if he was ever in it at all."
"If he ever was in it at all," said Povey quickly. "You noticed that too. You're very discerning, Pat."
"Clairvoyant," mentioned Miss Lance.
"I've seen them in dreams like that," returned Imson calmly. "I often see them, of course." He referred to his qualification for membership. "The great figures I see in dream have just that unearthly expression."
"Unearthly," said Mrs. Towzer with excitement.
"Non-human," mentioned Kempster suggestively.
"Not of this world, anyhow," suggested Miss Lance mysteriously.
"Divine?" inquired Miss Milligan below her breath.
"Really," murmured Toogood, "I must get a bit of his hair and psychometrize it at once." He was sipping a second glass of whisky.
Imson looked round at each face in turn, apparently seeing nothing that need increase his attachment to the planet by way of fresh Karma.