Kate's mind took a new turn. "She's broken with Clarke, thank Heaven! But the mother clings to him in spite of all."
"I am about to suggest to Mrs. Lambert that she go West with her husband, leaving the girl in your care for a little while."
"She must be freed from even her mother's presence for a while—that is, if they really want to have her cured of her trances."
"I see," said Kate, thoughtfully. "The mother is so closely associated with all that tapping."
"Precisely. I wish, when Mrs. Lambert is rested, you would ask her to let me see her here. I want to talk these matters over with her in private."
"They're both lying down, but I'll tell her when she rises. Don't do anything rash," she added, with a reaction towards caution which amused him.
"You may trust me."
She came back a few steps, and hesitatingly said. "For, after all, Morton, the girl is abnormal."
"So are we all—under abnormal conditions. I am going to see if I can't so change the current of her thought that she will forget her besetments—and you must help me."