“Have I been still all the night, Margaret?”
“Quite still. Why do you ask?”
“Because I have had such a strange and vivid dream, that I feel as if I must have been to the place. It was a foolish question, though; because, of course, you would not have let me go.”
“I hope it did not trouble you much.”
“No, not much; for though I was with the count, I did not seem to be there in the body at all, only somehow near him, and seeing him. I can recall the place perfectly.”
“Do you think it really was the place he was in at the time?”
“I should not wonder. But now I feel so free, so far beyond him and all his power, that I don’t mind where or when I see him. He cannot hurt me now.”
“Could you describe the place to Mr. Sutherland? It might help him to find the count.”
“That’s a good idea. Will you send for him?”
“Yes, certainly. May I tell him for what?”