"He is very strong.
He has a trick of breaking silver florins with his thumbs and fingers which is very pretty." "I fancy that you and I could manage him.

It is a pity that neither of us has the faculty of hypnotising.

This would be the proper time to use it." "A great pity.

But there are other things that will do almost as well." "What, for instance ?" "A little ether in a sponge.

He would only struggle a moment, and then he would be much more really unconscious than if he had been hypnotised." "Is it quite painless ?" "Quite, if you give it gradually.