"I do not know."
"Alice, can you read her thoughts? You ought to. Try."
"Ask her to come here. She will be here soon. I feel she will help you more than I can. There she is."
"Alice, I cannot bring her. You ought to know that."
"You must. Ask her."
"Her health will not permit it."
Alice shook her head thoughtfully, then she said: "I want to see her."
"But, Alice, I tell you that she is not in condition—"
"I want to see her. Ask her. Did I not help you to get her? Ask her."