"What then?"
"What then? why, then you answered, 'Oh, sir, are you acquainted with Mrs. De Vrai?'"
"So I did; why how strange that you should know it all."
"And then he began to talk to you about the danger of such a pretty girl going home alone—"
"Yes, sir, and then he offered me his arm; and, and, and I thought as he was a friend of Mrs. De Vrai's I might take it, and he said so many pretty things that——"
"That you were deceived by a villain, and——"
"Oh, sir, for mercy sake don't tell all before this dear good lady, she who saved my life last night. Don't tell all."
"Why, Agnes, I cannot tell all. How do you suppose I know all?"
"I don't know, sir, but I am sure you do. What is it makes you know it; is it what they call animal magnetism, or what is it? Are you a medium?"
"Yes, I hope so; a medium of glad tidings, that will bring great joy to the world. But not a spirit medium, as they are called."