She thought he was different from other men, and he was wondering how much of his dreams he might tell her.
"Of all sorts," he answered, still looking up into her face.

"Bitter and sweet.

I have dreamed of the glory of life and of mind-power, of the accomplishment of the greatest good to the greatest number; I have believed the extension of science possible 'beyond the bounds of all imaginable experience' into the realms of the occult and hidden; I have wandered with Hermes by the banks of the Nile, with Gautama along the mud-flats of the Ganges.

I have disgusted myself with the writings of those who would reduce all history and religion to solar myths, and I have striven to fathom the meaning of those whose thoughts are profound and their hearts noble, but their speech halting.

I have dreamed many things, Countess, and the worst is that I have lived to weary of my dreams, and to say that all things are vanity--all save one," he added with hesitation.