Rose: Then we can afford to be good friends.
Dr. Van Hyde: The best of friends.
Rose: We need not talk of love again?
Dr. Van Hyde (hesitatingly): No.
Rose: Because, you see, though you are a man, you are also my doctor; and a patient could not fall in love with her doctor, could she?
Dr. Van Hyde: Well, it’s not usual.
Rose: Then, let me ask you a question. Do you think my malady—it is a terrible malady, I suppose—can be cured?
Dr. Van Hyde: I am sure it can be.
Rose: Ah! you give me hope.
Dr. Van Hyde: But you must follow my instructions carefully. These I will explain to you later. In the first place, however, you should try to exercise a certain amount of will power. When you meet a person—that is, a man—