“I don’t understand what you want.”
“I want you to bring her to me so that I may speak with her, so that I may find out the truth.”
“Do you think I am God that I can raise men from the dead?”
Arthur’s hands pressed him down in the chair from which he sought to rise. His fingers were clenched on the old man’s shoulders so that he could hardly bear the pain.
“You told us how once Eliphas Levi raised a spirit. Do you believe that was true?”
“I don’t know. I have always kept an open mind. There was much to be said on both sides.”
“Well, now you must believe. You must do what he did.”
“You must be mad, Arthur.”
“I want you to come to that spot where I saw her last. If her spirit can be brought back anywhere, it must be in that place where she sat and wept. You know all the ceremonies and all the words that are necessary.”
But Susie came forward and laid her hand on his arm. He looked at her with a frown.