“It’s merely a fragment,” said Ray, with grave satisfaction in her flattery.
“You must finish it, and read us the rest of it.”
Ray looked at Peace, and something in her face made him say, “I shall never finish it; it isn’t worth it.”
“Did Peace say that?”
“No.”
Mrs. Denton laughed. “That’s just like Peace. She makes other people say the disagreeable things she thinks about them.”
“What a mysterious power!” said Ray. “Is it hypnotic suggestion?”
He spoke lightly toward Peace, but her sister answered: “Oh, we’re full of mysteries in this house. Did you know that my husband had a Voice?”
“A voice! Is a voice mysterious?”
“This one is. It’s an internal Voice. It tells him what to do.”