To Unorna the answer meant something more.

It suggested the actual presence of the person she was influencing, in her own brain, and whenever she was undertaking anything especially difficult, she endeavoured to obtain the reply relating to the image as soon as possible.
In the present case, she was sure that she had done none of the things which she considered necessary to produce a definite result.

She was totally unconscious of having impressed upon the sleeper any suggestion of her will.

Whatever she had said, she had addressed the words to herself without any intention that they should be heard and understood.
These reflections comforted her as she paced the marble floor, and yet Keyork's remark rang in her ears and disturbed her.

She knew how vast his experience was and how much he could tell by a single glance at a human face.