When Valentine had finished he made no remark.
"What do you think of it, doctor ?" "Of what part of it ?" "Of any part.

Do you attach any importance to it ?" "I do, certainly." "I thought you would laugh at the whole thing." "Why should I?
Why should I laugh at any circumstances which strongly affect men whom I know, or, indeed, any men ?" "But then, tell me, do you believe in some strange, unseen agency?
Do you believe that Julian absolutely held the hand of some being dwelling in another sphere, some being attracted to us, or, say, enabled to come to us by such an action as our sitting at a table in the dark ?" "No.

I don't believe that." "You attribute the whole thing to bodily causes ?" "I am inclined to attribute it to the action and reaction of mind and body, undoubtedly.

If you had sat in the light, for instance, I don't think Addison would have felt that hand.

The hand is indeed the least of the circumstances you have related, in my opinion.