Yes. (Definitely.)
A. M. L.—And 'Dartmoor'?
Yes. (Definitely.)
A. M. L.—Well, don't answer the questions now, but if father asks them again, see if you can remember anything.
(While Alec was speaking, Feda was getting a message simultaneously:—)
He says something burst.
[This is excellent for Dartmoor, but I knew it.—A. M. L.] [[Note C].]
A. M. L.—Tell Raymond I am quite sure he gets things through occasionally, but that I think often the meaning comes through altered, and very often appears to be affected by the sitter. It appears to me that they usually get what they expect.
Raymond says, "I only wish they did!" But in a way you are right. He is never able to give all he wishes. Sometimes only a word, which often must appear quite disconnected. Often the word does not come from his mind; he has no trace of it. Raymond says, for this reason it is a good thing to try, more, to come and give something definite at home. When you sit at the table, he feels sure that what he wants to say is influenced by some one at the table. Some one is helping him, some one at the table is guessing at the words. He often starts a word, but somebody finishes it.
He asked father to let you come and not say who you were; he says it would have been a bit of fun.