"Anyhow, you've interested me in this medium—"
"For Heaven's sake, don't call her that if you're going to see her. To apply such a name to that sweet child is an outrage."
Kate's voice was exultant as she cried out: "Now I know you're in love with her."
"Mrs. Rice, you are a very wise woman."
"I hope I shall not find you a very silly scientist," she replied, with several implications of superiority in both words and tone.