He did it for me in that
other world, just as you do in this one."
Hope now thrilled all over at this most unexpected revelation. But though
he glowed with delight and curiosity, he put on a calm voice and manner,
and begged her to tell him everything else she could remember that had
happened in that other life.
Finding him so serious, so sympathetic, and so interested, put this
remarkable girl on her mettle. She began to think very hard, and show
that intense power of attention she had always in reserve for great
occasions.
"Then you must not touch me nor speak to me," said she. "The past is
such a mist."
He obeyed, and left off binding her wrist; and now he literally hung upon
her words.
Then she took one step away from him; her bright eyes veiled themselves,
and seemed to see nothing external, but looked into the recesses of the
brain. Her forehead, her hand, her very body, thought, and we must try,
though it is almost hopeless, to convey some faint idea of her manner and
her words.
"Let--me--see.
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