"Three might be more effective. It's always as well to be on the safe side."
"Could you pray for anything? A penknife, for instance?"
"Why not?"
"But could you?" George was a little impatient.
"Better ask your mother," said Edwin, who was becoming self-conscious under the strain.
George exploded coarsely:
"Poh! It's no good asking mother."
Said Edwin:
"The great thing in these affairs is to know what you want, and to want it. Concentrate as hard as you can, a long time in advance. No use half wanting!"
"Well, there's one thing that's poz [positive]. I couldn't begin to concentrate to-night."