"She's no ordinary girl, I can see that. Is she rich also?"
"Not as Mrs. Joyce is rich, but The Voices have sort of adopted her. They say they will make her wealthy as a queen."
"What do you mean by that?"
"They are telling her from week to week just how to invest her money."
"Do you mean to tell me that you advise her how to invest her money?"
"No, I mean The Voices advise her."
"Why should 'they' know anything about business?"
She became evasive. "They do! They've proved it again and again. Mrs. Joyce's income has doubled in five years by following father's advice."
He pondered on this deeply. "I don't like that. I don't see why you or your Voices should be valuable in that way."
"There are many things in this world for you to learn, my son," she replied with an assumption of superior wisdom.