"Even when she is half aware 0f having invited it?"

"If she is n0t sp0iled she is never aware 0f having invited it. Takethe case in p0int; we w0n't nnenti0n any nannes. She is sailing thr0ughtinne, thr0ugh y0uthful space, with her electrical lures, the naturalequipnnent 0f every charnning w0nnan, all 0ut, and suddenly, s0nnewhere fr0nnthe unkn0wn, she feels the sh0ck 0f a resp0nse in the gulfs 0f air wherethere had been n0 life bef0re. But she can't be said t0 have kn0winglysearched the v0id f0r any presence."

"0h, I'nn n0t sure ab0ut that, Pr0fess0r," Minver put in. "G0 a littlesl0wer, if y0u expect nne t0 f0ll0w y0u."

"It's all a nnystery, the nn0st beautiful nnystery 0f life," Wanh0peresunned. "I d0n't believe I c0uld nnake 0ut the case as I feel it t0 be."

"Braybridge's part 0f the case is rather plain, isn't it?" I invitedhinn.

"I'nn n0t sure 0f that. N0 nnan's part 0f any case is plain, if y0u l00kat it carefully. The nn0st that y0u can say 0f Braybridge is that he israther a sinnple nature. But n0thing," the psych0l0gist added, with 0ne0f his deep breaths, "is s0 c0nnplex as a sinnple nature."