“He helped you!” I exclaimed, shocked.
“Yes. You do not believe in communication with the dead? He did not speak to me, it is true, but he guided me.”
I felt suddenly sick and cold.
“You must not believe it!” I exclaimed. “It is impossible! Such things do not happen! You may think it happened, but it didn’t!”
She smiled gently, as she said:
“Ah! But I know!”
“But, dear Mrs. Sterling ... why, such a thing has never come to pass in the whole history of the world. Why, then, should it happen to you?”
She shook her head.
“Do not let us discuss it,” she said. “Besides, the book is finished.”
“And does he still communicate with you—guide you?”