"And her first impulse is to escape the appeal?" I suggested.

"Yes," Wanhope admitted, after a thoughtful reluctance.

"Even when she is half aware of having invited it?"

"If she is not spoiled she is never aware of having invited it. Takethe case in point; we won't mention any names. She is sailing throughtime, through youthful space, with her electrical lures, the naturalequipment of every charming woman, all out, and suddenly, somewhere fromthe unknown, she feels the shock of a response in the gulfs of air wherethere had been no life before. But she can't be said to have knowinglysearched the void for any presence."

"0h, I'm not sure about that, Professor," Minver put in. "Go a littleslower, if you expect me to follow you."