“You can put Robbie to sleep.�
She nodded. “How did you know?�
“I have been watching you.�
“You don’t think there is any harm in it?� she questioned in a troubled voice.
“Perhaps not, yet I do not think I would exercise my power in that way. It might weaken the lad’s will. I am sure you would not willingly do him harm.�
“Oh, no, indeed! I never mean to do any one any harm. I have sometimes played jokes on the dudes at the hotels, or occasionally punished some one, as Mrs. Wylie told you.�
“There is a person whom I wish you would punish, if it be in your power.�
“And that is—?�
“Professor Russell. You know who he is, and what he has done. If he comes here again, use all the power you possess to get control of that man.�
“What shall do with him if I can hypnotize him?�