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when he got downstairs he found him
and Maud at breakfast.
Cochran nodded at him.

said. Now Lady Maud here will tell
you that neither she nor I have spoken
word about you this morning. I know
nothing of what happened here since
I left, to fetch your drink for you, if
you wanted it at IL O'Clock. Now
you we come down, I should like to
hear from you both what has hap
pened.''
~ went to Thurso IS {: room at +
1877 she said, "and knocked.
There was no answer, so I went in. He
was fast asleep. I tried to arouse him.
as you. told me to-. I called him and
"And you, Lord Thurso?' asked
UOh, this is childish he said.
Maud, do you swear that that is
"Certainly.' I -
e. "Wel, you or Mr.. Cochran must
h 9ypnotized me or dragged me-
: "I know less about ypnotism, - re-:
marked Cochran, Ethan I do about the
inhabitants of Mars. \ What do you
think we drugged you With9'' -.
"Well, how did you do it, then?''
IT didn't do it. I had no idea
whether you were asleep or awake at
mluu1SUt. Ou1y huUW CudG D1F4uC
Love was looking after you. 49,
Something rather like a sheer came
into Thurso's voice.
"And how did you know that?'' he
asked
Chow could it have been other
wise? He has promised to do any
thing for US which we ask in faith;
morning as it is. Cold, tho"
Th1!rso Elv in a very had
humor by this time. He felt sure
there had been some suggestive or
hypnotic force used on him last night.
but when a man denies it, and simply
attributes all that happened to the
working of Divine Love, you cannot
read to him last night out of some
Christian Science book, and he had fiat
tered himself he had found hundred
inconsistencies in it. Cochran's last
words, too, were utterly inconsistent,
simply as they sounded.
GLOW can you say it is cold,' he
asked, "when your whole gospel is
rooted on the unreality of such things.
cold and heat and pain and so on?
last night? I certainly gathered that
neither heat nor cold had any real ex-
istence.'
emo more it has, said Cochran. r
"Then it is not-what was the
phrase voicing error to allude to the
temperature Of the morning7D
Cochran laughed, a great big laugh Of
enjoyment.
ayes, but where's the harm Of yoic-
ing error as long as the error doesn't
do any harm9 Surprising the cold
made me feel uncomf Portable, or gave
me chill, then I should deny it's re
ality. But it's a waste Of time, ism It
it, to spend the whole day in denying
the existence of chairs and tables and
heat and cold when they won't hurt
you? My time is taken up with deny
ing things that do hurt.'
"Tho nothing hurtsg'
"False belief does, and it's conse-
quences hurt 49,
CT was merely inquiring.'' said
Thurso, rather acidly. His mind still
dwelt on the trick, for so he called it.
that had made him go to sleep last
!'Now, Mr.. Cochran has promised to
give me instruction for half an hour.
! Thurso,' Maud said, "and after that
Vote that we 90 out. There IS a lake.
he says, not far Off We might go and
| skate -
"And what is to 6:e.npen to metz
he asked. cam I to have sreatment
or laudanumg''
waiter cochran looked up at MIN
suddenly.
(Which do you like bests" he
| asked.
Then, tho the moment was, as meas
ured by time, an infnitesimal one, his
soul had throw itself at the feet of
Infinite Love, reminding him of his
promise, calling him to help.
The acidity and sneering criticism
suddenly died out of Thurso' s mind.
His moods altered quickly enough; it
may have been only that.
'fY on know [ want to be. cured, ~ he
said.
Cochran made little sign to Maud,
who left the room.
eyes, I know you do, >" he said.
"and you re going to be. But you
can help or hinder. All breakfast time
you've been hindering, you know
You've been asking those questions
which like answering and love to be
asked, not because you wanted to
know, but because you wanted to catch
me out. Why, of course, you can
catch me out [ don't deny it for