" She went from bed to bed singing enchantments over them, and little Michael flung his arms round her.
what a luxury it becomes; how we fly to its enchantments at every idle moment, how we revel in them, steep our souls in them, intoxicate ourselves with their beguiling fantasies--oh yes, and how soon and how easily our dream life and our material life become so intermingled and so fused together that we can't quite tell which is which, any more.
" he exclaimed, as he kissed her forehead, her eyes and mouth in a way which would certainly have roused her had not the genie's enchantments kept her asleep.
At last I begged her to cease grieving for him, for although he could not speak or move, by her enchantments she just kept him alive.