[A Romance of Two Worlds by Marie Corelli]@TWC D-Link bookA Romance of Two Worlds CHAPTER VI 11/33
All are made of the juice of plants, and six of them are electric.
Raffaello tried you with one of them, did he not ?" As he put this question, I was aware of a keenly inquiring look sent from the eyes of my interrogator into mine. "Yes," I answered frankly, "and it made me dream, and I dreamt of YOU." Heliobas laughed lightly. "So!--that is well.
Now I am going in the first place to give you what I am sure will be satisfactory information.
If you agree to trust yourself to my care, you will be in perfect health in a little less than a fortnight--but you must follow my rules exactly." I started up from my seat. "Of course!" I exclaimed eagerly, forgetting all my previous fear of him; "I will do all you advise, even if you wish to magnetize me as you magnetized Signor Cellini!" "I never MAGNETIZED Raffaello," he said gravely; "he was on the verge of madness, and he had no faith whereby to save himself.
I simply set him free for a time, knowing that his was a genius which would find out things for itself or perish in the effort.
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