David laughed.
“How practical!”
Then very suddenly:
“So it wasn’t hypnotism. Are you sure?”
“Yes, quite sure.”
“But can you be sure? There’s such a thing as the unconscious exercise of will power.”
Elizabeth shook her head.
“There is nothing in the least unconscious in what I do. I know very well what I am about, and I know enough about hypnotism to know that it is not that. I don’t use my will at all.”
“What do you do? How is it done?” His tone was interested.
“I think,” said Elizabeth slowly, “that it is done by realising, by getting into touch with Reality. Things like sleeplessness, pain, and strain aren’t right—they aren’t normal. They are like bad dreams. If one wakes—if one sees the reality—the dream is gone.”