"What a lovely place, Alice. I am sure the fairies dance on these yellow sands in the moonlight."
"Of course they do," said Alice, now talking on a subject about which she knew a great deal. "Fairies really exist, you know. Señor Narvaez calls them Nature-spirits. He showed me some one day."
Montrose turned on her in surprise. "Are you clairvoyant?"
"Yes! Señor Narvaez says so!"
"And does he know anything about clairvoyance?"
"A great deal. So does my father. They both take an interest in such things, you see, and study them."
"And you?"
"Oh, I know very little, save what information Don Pablo has given me. He says that my clairvoyant faculty must be trained before it can be of any use."
"True enough. Eberstein told me also that clairvoyance must be trained. But is Señor Narvaez the man to train it?"