On the other hand, if we succeed.... Oh, for God's sake,
help me! If you have any care for my happiness do this one thing for me.'
He stepped back and looked at the doctor. The Frenchman's eyes were fixed
upon the ground.
'It's madness,' he muttered.
He was intensely moved by Arthur's appeal. At last he shrugged his
shoulders.
'After all, if it is but a foolish mummery it can do no harm.'
'You will help me?' cried Arthur.
'If it can give you any peace or any satisfaction, I am willing to do
what I can. But I warn you to be prepared for a great disappointment.'
15
Arthur wished to set about the invocation then and there, but Dr Porhoet
said it was impossible. They were all exhausted after the long journey,
and it was necessary to get certain things together without which nothing
could be done. In his heart he thought that a night's rest would bring
Arthur to a more reasonable mind. When the light of day shone upon the
earth he would be ashamed of the desire which ran counter to all his
prepossessions.
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