“This--it seems to me that the whole thing is done for money. How
utterly unnatural it is to call up the dead--one’s great-grandfather,
let us say--and pay money for talking to him.”
“Precisely,” said my Friend without a moment’s pause. “I thought so. Now
suppose I could bring you into contact with the spirit world through a
medium, or through different _medii_, without there being any question
of money, other than a merely nominal fee, the money being, as it were,
left out of count, and regarded as only, so to speak, nominal, something
given merely _pro forma_ and _ad interim_. Under these circumstances,
will you try the experiment?”