"Well?"
"She's in it now."
"In what?"
"The mesmeric state."
"Does she seem to like it?"
"That is more than I can say. I had just induced Miss Haseltine to come to my assistance when we were so fortunate as to encounter you."
"Then I am to understand that when she ought to have been at the depôt looking out for me, she was engaged in looking out for the mesmeric state along with you; is that so?"
"I'm afraid it is."
"Where is she?"
"In her sitting-room, No. 13."