Later, as they walked together alone, Graham asked Millicent if she would magnetize him, to which she replied in the negative.
"Do you think that you could succeed?"
"I cannot tell; but if I could, I should not be willing to do so."
"And yet you threw a spell over that fellow Galbraith?"
"Dear, there is a difference; cannot you see?"
"No; upon my soul I can't."
"I do not want to command even your thought for an instant; you must think of me to please yourself, not because I will it."
"What a strange girl you are, Millicent! Do you really love me so very much?"
"I love you better than my own soul."
"A dangerous thing, child; do not ever say that to me again."