“Yes, destroying him. Alresca is capable of killing a futile passion. His soul is too far removed from his body, and even from his mind, to be seriously influenced by the mistakes and misfortunes of his mind and body. Do you understand me?”

“I think so.”

“What is the matter with Alresca is something in his most secret soul.”

“And you can form no idea of what it is?”

She made no reply.

“Doctors certainly can’t cure such diseases as that,” I said.

“They can try,” said Rosetta Rosa.

“You wish me to try?” I faced her.