"I should like to have _some_ explanation," he added. "The thing is so very extraordinary. How can I prevail upon Doctor Lagarde to enlighten me?""He can only tell you what he sees," Madame Lagarde answered;"ask him that, and you will get a direct reply. Say to him: 'Do you see the lady?' "The stranger repeated the question. The reply followed at once, in these words:
"I see two figures standing side by side. One of them is your figure. The other is the figure of a lady. She only appears dimly. I can discover nothing but that she is taller than women generally are, and that she is dressed in pale blue."The man to whom he was speaking started at those last words. "Her favorite color!" he thought to himself--forgetting that, while he held the Doctor's hand, the Doctor could think with _his_ mind.