"Your wishes are not so chimerical; you are no visionary."
"Miss Keeldar, I suppose you think so; but my character is not, perhaps, quite as legible to you as a page of the last new novel might be."
"That is possible. But this sleep--I _should_ like to woo it to your pillow, to win for you its favour. If I took a book and sat down and read some pages? I can well spare half an hour."
"Thank you, but I will not detain you."
"I would read softly."

"Your wishes are not so delusional."
"Miss Keeldar, my character is not, perhaps, quite as legible to you as you think."
"Possibly. But I should like to help you sleep. If I took a book and read to you? I can well spare half an hour. I would read softly."
