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In illustration of this he quotes from the Psychical Society's Report on the "Census of Hallucination" the case of an overworked, and overworried man who, a few minutes after leaving a car, had the vivid feeling that someone had touched him on the shoulder, though on turning round he had found no one near.
He drew back from the proffered hand of his son-in-law, like an overworried child from an ill-timed attempt to pet it. Trefusis pitied him. The nurse coughed and retired. "Have you been speaking to Mrs. Jansenius?" said Trefusis. "Yes," said Jansenius offensively. "So have I, unfortunately. Pray make my apologies to her. I was rude. The circumstances upset me."
No one who saw him would have guessed that he was an overworked, overworried man, for his face was a singularly peaceful one, serene with the serenity of a strong nature convinced of its own integrity. "Got some tea for us, Eric?" he asked, throwing himself back in a chair beside the fire.
She is apt to be overworried; I used to be, but not since his letter came, and to-night I think I am back at eighteen. I hope he won't find me much altered. I hope this dress suits me. It would be awful now, when the cup is almost at my lips, if anything dashed it away; but, no! God has been very good to me, and I will have faith in Him." All this time Frances was walking up-hill.
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