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Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin), 1880-1936

"The Dream Doctor"

You, Mrs. Maitland, dreamed of a
man's face on these beasts. There was every chance of having him
suggested to you. You think you hate him. Consciously you reject
him; unconsciously you accept him. Any of the new psychologists
who knows the intimate connection between love and hate, would
understand how that is possible. Love does not extinguish hate; or
hate, love. They repress each other. The opposite sentiment may
very easily grow."
The situation was growing more tense as he proceeded. Was not
Kennedy actually taxing her with loving another?
"The dreamer," he proceeded remorselessly, "is always the
principal actor in a dream, or the dream centres about the dreamer
most intimately. Dreams are personal. We never dream about matters
that really concern others, but ourselves.
"Years ago," he continued, "you suffered what the new
psychologists call a 'psychic trauma'--a soul-wound. You were
engaged, but your censored consciousness rejected the manner of
life of your fiance. In pique you married Price Maitland.


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