She's a plain teaser! "I don't know.

Incubacy enters into this.

She admits--so placidly!--that in dream she cohabits at will with dead or living beings.

Is she Satanizing, and is this some of the work of Canon Docre?
He's a friend of hers.
"So many riddles impossible to solve.

What is the meaning of this unexpected invitation for tomorrow night?
Does she wish to yield nowhere except in her own home?
Does she feel more at ease there, or does she think the propinquity of her husband will render the sin more piquant?
Does she loathe Chantelouve, and is this a meditated vengeance, or does she count on the fear of danger to spur our senses?
"After all, I think it is probably a final coquetry, an appetizer before the repast.