I have found you singularly helpful to me. I think I
may say that you stimulate me and refresh me more than any one I
know."
"_I_ do? Oh! Doctor! That's about the nicest thing I ever had said to
me."
He was not prepared for the radiant face of gratitude that was lifted
to his, nor for the proximity of her glowing eyes which gave him no
further reason for doubting their exact hue.
"Yes," he said with slight embarrassment, "your mind interests me
exceedingly. It is not complex, nor subtle, but remarkably intuitive.
You have imagination and humor, and great receptivity."
Miss Lady wore the absorbed look people usually wear when their
characteristics are undergoing vivisection; she could not have been
more fascinated had she been viewing her face for the first time in a
mirror.
"This little volume now," the Doctor continued, picking up an
elementary treatise on evolution; "I am particularly anxious to see
what effect it will have on a fresh, unsophisticated mind. Make notes
as you read, and we will discuss it when you have finished."
"And you won't forget to send me the copy of Mrs. Browning?"
"No, I seldom forget.
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