"In clairvoyance, too—perhaps?"
"Most assuredly—up to a certain point."
"I knew it! I knew it!" jumping up and preparing to go. "Just what I wanted—that's enough—I'm satisfied—good-by!"
"Stop a moment, my good fellow. The questions you put are so general that my answers may mislead you."
He began to grow restless and fidgety.
"Although I am a believer in what I call animal magnetism and clairvoyance, I would not have you understand that I am a believer in a hundredth part of the stories told of others. What I see with my own eyes, and have had a fair opportunity of investigating and verifying, that I believe. What others tell me, I neither believe nor disbelieve. I wait for the proof. Suppose you state the case fairly."
"Do you believe that a clairvoyant can see hidden treasure in the earth, and that it would be safe to rely upon the assurances of such a person made in the magnetic sleep?"
"No."
"But suppose you had tried her?"
"Her! In what way?"