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41
"
What
are
your
grounds
for
saying
that
it
is
a
dangerous
one
?
Please
give
your
facts
in
chronological
order
,
with
approximate
dates
and
names
of
reliable
witnesses
with
their
permanent
addresses
.
"
"
First
of
all
,
"
I
asked
,
"
would
you
tell
me
whether
you
have
collected
any
cases
where
the
mesmerist
has
gained
a
command
over
the
subject
and
has
used
it
for
evil
purposes
?
"
"
Dozens
!
"
he
cried
exultantly
.
"
Crime
by
suggestion
"
"
I
don
t
mean
suggestion
.
I
mean
where
a
sudden
impulse
comes
from
a
person
at
a
distance
an
uncontrollable
impulse
.
"
"
Obsession
!
"
he
shrieked
,
in
an
ecstasy
of
delight
.
"
It
is
the
rarest
condition
.
We
have
eight
cases
,
five
well
attested
.
You
don
t
mean
to
say
"
His
exultation
made
him
hardly
articulate
.
"
No
,
I
don
t
,
"
said
I
.
"
Good
-
evening
!
You
will
excuse
me
,
but
I
am
not
very
well
to
-
night
.
"
And
so
at
last
I
got
rid
of
him
,
still
brandishing
his
pencil
and
his
note
-
book
.
My
troubles
may
be
bad
to
hear
,
but
at
least
it
is
better
to
hug
them
to
myself
than
to
have
myself
exhibited
by
Wilson
,
like
a
freak
at
a
fair
.
He
has
lost
sight
of
human
beings
.
Every
thing
to
him
is
a
case
and
a
phenomenon
.
I
will
die
before
I
speak
to
him
again
upon
the
matter
.
April
12
.
Yesterday
was
a
blessed
day
of
quiet
,
and
I
enjoyed
an
uneventful
night
.
Wilson
s
presence
is
a
great
consolation
.
What
can
the
woman
do
now
?
Surely
,
when
she
has
heard
me
say
what
I
have
said
,
she
will
conceive
the
same
disgust
for
me
which
I
have
for
her
.
She
could
not
,
no
,
she
COULD
not
,
desire
to
have
a
lover
who
had
insulted
her
so
.
42
No
,
I
believe
I
am
free
from
her
love
but
how
about
her
hate
?
Might
she
not
use
these
powers
of
hers
for
revenge
?
Tut
!
why
should
I
frighten
myself
over
shadows
?
She
will
forget
about
me
,
and
I
shall
forget
about
her
,
and
all
will
be
well
.
April
13
.
My
nerves
have
quite
recovered
their
tone
.
I
really
believe
that
I
have
conquered
the
creature
.
But
I
must
confess
to
living
in
some
suspense
.
She
is
well
again
,
for
I
hear
that
she
was
driving
with
Mrs
.
Wilson
in
the
High
Street
in
the
afternoon
.
April
14
.
I
do
wish
I
could
get
away
from
the
place
altogether
.
I
shall
fly
to
Agatha
s
side
the
very
day
that
the
term
closes
.
I
suppose
it
is
pitiably
weak
of
me
,
but
this
woman
gets
upon
my
nerves
most
terribly
.
I
have
seen
her
again
,
and
I
have
spoken
with
her
.
It
was
just
after
lunch
,
and
I
was
smoking
a
cigarette
in
my
study
,
when
I
heard
the
step
of
my
servant
Murray
in
the
passage
.
I
was
languidly
conscious
that
a
second
step
was
audible
behind
,
and
had
hardly
troubled
myself
to
speculate
who
it
might
be
,
when
suddenly
a
slight
noise
brought
me
out
of
my
chair
with
my
skin
creeping
with
apprehension
.
I
had
never
particularly
observed
before
what
sort
of
sound
the
tapping
of
a
crutch
was
,
but
my
quivering
nerves
told
me
that
I
heard
it
now
in
the
sharp
wooden
clack
which
alternated
with
the
muffled
thud
of
the
foot
fall
.
Another
instant
and
my
servant
had
shown
her
in
.
I
did
not
attempt
the
usual
conventions
of
society
,
nor
did
she
.
I
simply
stood
with
the
smouldering
cigarette
in
my
hand
,
and
gazed
at
her
.
43
She
in
her
turn
looked
silently
at
me
,
and
at
her
look
I
remembered
how
in
these
very
pages
I
had
tried
to
define
the
expression
of
her
eyes
,
whether
they
were
furtive
or
fierce
.
To
-
day
they
were
fierce
coldly
and
inexorably
so
.
"
Well
,
"
said
she
at
last
,
"
are
you
still
of
the
same
mind
as
when
I
saw
you
last
?
"
"
I
have
always
been
of
the
same
mind
.
"
"
Let
us
understand
each
other
,
Professor
Gilroy
,
"
said
she
slowly
.
"
I
am
not
a
very
safe
person
to
trifle
with
,
as
you
should
realize
by
now
.
It
was
you
who
asked
me
to
enter
into
a
series
of
experiments
with
you
,
it
was
you
who
won
my
affections
,
it
was
you
who
professed
your
love
for
me
,
it
was
you
who
brought
me
your
own
photograph
with
words
of
affection
upon
it
,
and
,
finally
,
it
was
you
who
on
the
very
same
evening
thought
fit
to
insult
me
most
outrageously
,
addressing
me
as
no
man
has
ever
dared
to
speak
to
me
yet
.
Tell
me
that
those
words
came
from
you
in
a
moment
of
passion
and
I
am
prepared
to
forget
and
to
forgive
them
.
You
did
not
mean
what
you
said
,
Austin
?
You
do
not
really
hate
me
?
"
I
might
have
pitied
this
deformed
woman
such
a
longing
for
love
broke
suddenly
through
the
menace
of
her
eyes
.
But
then
I
thought
of
what
I
had
gone
through
,
and
my
heart
set
like
flint
.
"
If
ever
you
heard
me
speak
of
love
,
"
said
I
,
"
you
know
very
well
that
it
was
your
voice
which
spoke
,
and
not
mine
.
The
only
words
of
truth
which
I
have
ever
been
able
to
say
to
you
are
those
which
you
heard
when
last
we
met
.
"
"
I
know
.
Some
one
has
set
you
against
me
.
It
was
he
!
"
She
tapped
with
her
crutch
upon
the
floor
.
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44
"
Well
,
you
know
very
well
that
I
could
bring
you
this
instant
crouching
like
a
spaniel
to
my
feet
.
You
will
not
find
me
again
in
my
hour
of
weakness
,
when
you
can
insult
me
with
impunity
.
Have
a
care
what
you
are
doing
,
Professor
Gilroy
.
You
stand
in
a
terrible
position
.
You
have
not
yet
realized
the
hold
which
I
have
upon
you
.
"
I
shrugged
my
shoulders
and
turned
away
.
"
Well
,
"
said
she
,
after
a
pause
,
"
if
you
despise
my
love
,
I
must
see
what
can
be
done
with
fear
.
You
smile
,
but
the
day
will
come
when
you
will
come
screaming
to
me
for
pardon
.
Yes
,
you
will
grovel
on
the
ground
before
me
,
proud
as
you
are
,
and
you
will
curse
the
day
that
ever
you
turned
me
from
your
best
friend
into
your
most
bitter
enemy
.
Have
a
care
,
Professor
Gilroy
!
"
I
saw
a
white
hand
shaking
in
the
air
,
and
a
face
which
was
scarcely
human
,
so
convulsed
was
it
with
passion
.
An
instant
later
she
was
gone
,
and
I
heard
the
quick
hobble
and
tap
receding
down
the
passage
.
But
she
has
left
a
weight
upon
my
heart
.
Vague
presentiments
of
coming
misfortune
lie
heavy
upon
me
.
I
try
in
vain
to
persuade
myself
that
these
are
only
words
of
empty
anger
.
I
can
remember
those
relentless
eyes
too
clearly
to
think
so
.
What
shall
I
do
ah
,
what
shall
I
do
?
I
am
no
longer
master
of
my
own
soul
.
At
any
moment
this
loathsome
parasite
may
creep
into
me
,
and
then
I
must
tell
some
one
my
hideous
secret
I
must
tell
it
or
go
mad
.
If
I
had
some
one
to
sympathize
and
advise
!
Wilson
is
out
of
the
question
.
Charles
Sadler
would
understand
me
only
so
far
as
his
own
experience
carries
him
.
Pratt
-
Haldane
!
He
is
a
well
-
balanced
man
,
a
man
of
great
common
-
sense
and
resource
45
I
will
go
to
him
.
I
will
tell
him
every
thing
.
God
grant
that
he
may
be
able
to
advise
me
!
46
6
.
45
P
.
M
.
No
,
it
is
useless
.
There
is
no
human
help
for
me
;
I
must
fight
this
out
single
-
handed
.
Two
courses
lie
before
me
.
I
might
become
this
woman
s
lover
.
Or
I
must
endure
such
persecutions
as
she
can
inflict
upon
me
.
Even
if
none
come
,
I
shall
live
in
a
hell
of
apprehension
.
But
she
may
torture
me
,
she
may
drive
me
mad
,
she
may
kill
me
:
I
will
never
,
never
,
never
give
in
.
What
can
she
inflict
which
would
be
worse
than
the
loss
of
Agatha
,
and
the
knowledge
that
I
am
a
perjured
liar
,
and
have
forfeited
the
name
of
gentleman
?
Pratt
-
Haldane
was
most
amiable
,
and
listened
with
all
politeness
to
my
story
.
But
when
I
looked
at
his
heavy
set
features
,
his
slow
eyes
,
and
the
ponderous
study
furniture
which
surrounded
him
,
I
could
hardly
tell
him
what
I
had
come
to
say
.
It
was
all
so
substantial
,
so
material
.
And
,
besides
,
what
would
I
myself
have
said
a
short
month
ago
if
one
of
my
colleagues
had
come
to
me
with
a
story
of
demonic
possession
?
Perhaps
.
I
should
have
been
less
patient
than
he
was
.
As
it
was
,
he
took
notes
of
my
statement
,
asked
me
how
much
tea
I
drank
,
how
many
hours
I
slept
,
whether
I
had
been
overworking
much
,
had
I
had
sudden
pains
in
the
head
,
evil
dreams
,
singing
in
the
ears
,
flashes
before
the
eyes
all
questions
which
pointed
to
his
belief
that
brain
congestion
was
at
the
bottom
of
my
trouble
.
Finally
he
dismissed
me
with
a
great
many
platitudes
about
open
-
air
exercise
,
and
avoidance
of
nervous
excitement
.
His
prescription
,
which
was
for
chloral
and
bromide
,
I
rolled
up
and
threw
into
the
gutter
.
No
,
I
can
look
for
no
help
from
any
human
being
.
47
If
I
consult
any
more
,
they
may
put
their
heads
together
and
I
may
find
myself
in
an
asylum
.
I
can
but
grip
my
courage
with
both
hands
,
and
pray
that
an
honest
man
may
not
be
abandoned
.
April
10
.
It
is
the
sweetest
spring
within
the
memory
of
man
.
So
green
,
so
mild
,
so
beautiful
!
Ah
,
what
a
contrast
between
nature
without
and
my
own
soul
so
torn
with
doubt
and
terror
!
It
has
been
an
uneventful
day
,
but
I
know
that
I
am
on
the
edge
of
an
abyss
.
I
know
it
,
and
yet
I
go
on
with
the
routine
of
my
life
.
The
one
bright
spot
is
that
Agatha
is
happy
and
well
and
out
of
all
danger
.
If
this
creature
had
a
hand
on
each
of
us
,
what
might
she
not
do
?
April
16
.
The
woman
is
ingenious
in
her
torments
.
She
knows
how
fond
I
am
of
my
work
,
and
how
highly
my
lectures
are
thought
of
.
So
it
is
from
that
point
that
she
now
attacks
me
.
It
will
end
,
I
can
see
,
in
my
losing
my
professorship
,
but
I
will
fight
to
the
finish
.
She
shall
not
drive
me
out
of
it
without
a
struggle
.
I
was
not
conscious
of
any
change
during
my
lecture
this
morning
save
that
for
a
minute
or
two
I
had
a
dizziness
and
swimminess
which
rapidly
passed
away
.
On
the
contrary
,
I
congratulated
myself
upon
having
made
my
subject
(
the
functions
of
the
red
corpuscles
)
both
interesting
and
clear
.
I
was
surprised
,
therefore
,
when
a
student
came
into
my
laboratory
immediately
after
the
lecture
,
and
complained
of
being
puzzled
by
the
discrepancy
between
my
statements
and
those
in
the
text
books
.
He
showed
me
his
note
-
book
,
in
which
I
was
reported
as
having
in
one
portion
of
the
lecture
championed
the
most
outrageous
and
unscientific
heresies
.
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Of
course
I
denied
it
,
and
declared
that
he
had
misunderstood
me
,
but
on
comparing
his
notes
with
those
of
his
companions
,
it
became
clear
that
he
was
right
,
and
that
I
really
had
made
some
most
preposterous
statements
.
Of
course
I
shall
explain
it
away
as
being
the
result
of
a
moment
of
aberration
,
but
I
feel
only
too
sure
that
it
will
be
the
first
of
a
series
.
It
is
but
a
month
now
to
the
end
of
the
session
,
and
I
pray
that
I
may
be
able
to
hold
out
until
then
.
April
26
.
Ten
days
have
elapsed
since
I
have
had
the
heart
to
make
any
entry
in
my
journal
.
Why
should
I
record
my
own
humiliation
and
degradation
?
I
had
vowed
never
to
open
it
again
.
And
yet
the
force
of
habit
is
strong
,
and
here
I
find
myself
taking
up
once
more
the
record
of
my
own
dreadful
experiences
in
much
the
same
spirit
in
which
a
suicide
has
been
known
to
take
notes
of
the
effects
of
the
poison
which
killed
him
.
Well
,
the
crash
which
I
had
foreseen
has
come
and
that
no
further
back
than
yesterday
.
The
university
authorities
have
taken
my
lectureship
from
me
.
It
has
been
done
in
the
most
delicate
way
,
purporting
to
be
a
temporary
measure
to
relieve
me
from
the
effects
of
overwork
,
and
to
give
me
the
opportunity
of
recovering
my
health
.
None
the
less
,
it
has
been
done
,
and
I
am
no
longer
Professor
Gilroy
.
The
laboratory
is
still
in
my
charge
,
but
I
have
little
doubt
that
that
also
will
soon
go
.
The
fact
is
that
my
lectures
had
become
the
laughing
-
stock
of
the
university
.
My
class
was
crowded
with
students
who
came
to
see
and
hear
what
the
eccentric
professor
would
do
or
say
next
.
I
cannot
go
into
the
detail
of
my
humiliation
.
49
Oh
,
that
devilish
woman
!
There
is
no
depth
of
buffoonery
and
imbecility
to
which
she
has
not
forced
me
.
I
would
begin
my
lecture
clearly
and
well
,
but
always
with
the
sense
of
a
coming
eclipse
.
Then
as
I
felt
the
influence
I
would
struggle
against
it
,
striving
with
clenched
hands
and
beads
of
sweat
upon
my
brow
to
get
the
better
of
it
,
while
the
students
,
hearing
my
incoherent
words
and
watching
my
contortions
,
would
roar
with
laughter
at
the
antics
of
their
professor
.
And
then
,
when
she
had
once
fairly
mastered
me
,
out
would
come
the
most
outrageous
things
silly
jokes
,
sentiments
as
though
I
were
proposing
a
toast
,
snatches
of
ballads
,
personal
abuse
even
against
some
member
of
my
class
.
And
then
in
a
moment
my
brain
would
clear
again
,
and
my
lecture
would
proceed
decorously
to
the
end
.
No
wonder
that
my
conduct
has
been
the
talk
of
the
colleges
.
No
wonder
that
the
University
Senate
has
been
compelled
to
take
official
notice
of
such
a
scandal
.
Oh
,
that
devilish
woman
!
And
the
most
dreadful
part
of
it
all
is
my
own
loneliness
.
Here
I
sit
in
a
commonplace
English
bow
-
window
,
looking
out
upon
a
commonplace
English
street
with
its
garish
buses
and
its
lounging
policeman
,
and
behind
me
there
hangs
a
shadow
which
is
out
of
all
keeping
with
the
age
and
place
.
In
the
home
of
knowledge
I
am
weighed
down
and
tortured
by
a
power
of
which
science
knows
nothing
.
No
magistrate
would
listen
to
me
.
No
paper
would
discuss
my
case
.
No
doctor
would
believe
my
symptoms
.
My
own
most
intimate
friends
would
only
look
upon
it
as
a
sign
of
brain
derangement
.
I
am
out
of
all
touch
with
my
kind
.
50
Oh
,
that
devilish
woman
!
Let
her
have
a
care
!
She
may
push
me
too
far
.
When
the
law
cannot
help
a
man
,
he
may
make
a
law
for
himself
.
She
met
me
in
the
High
Street
yesterday
evening
and
spoke
to
me
.
It
was
as
well
for
her
,
perhaps
,
that
it
was
not
between
the
hedges
of
a
lonely
country
road
.
She
asked
me
with
her
cold
smile
whether
I
had
been
chastened
yet
.
I
did
not
deign
to
answer
her
.
"
We
must
try
another
turn
of
the
screw
;
"
said
she
.
Have
a
care
,
my
lady
,
have
a
care
!
I
had
her
at
my
mercy
once
.
Perhaps
another
chance
may
come
.
April
28
.
The
suspension
of
my
lectureship
has
had
the
effect
also
of
taking
away
her
means
of
annoying
me
,
and
so
I
have
enjoyed
two
blessed
days
of
peace
.
After
all
,
there
is
no
reason
to
despair
.
Sympathy
pours
in
to
me
from
all
sides
,
and
every
one
agrees
that
it
is
my
devotion
to
science
and
the
arduous
nature
of
my
researches
which
have
shaken
my
nervous
system
.
I
have
had
the
kindest
message
from
the
council
advising
me
to
travel
abroad
,
and
expressing
the
confident
hope
that
I
may
be
able
to
resume
all
my
duties
by
the
beginning
of
the
summer
term
.
Nothing
could
be
more
flattering
than
their
allusions
to
my
career
and
to
my
services
to
the
university
.
It
is
only
in
misfortune
that
one
can
test
one
s
own
popularity
.
This
creature
may
weary
of
tormenting
me
,
and
then
all
may
yet
be
well
.
May
God
grant
it
!
April
29
.
Our
sleepy
little
town
has
had
a
small
sensation
.
The
only
knowledge
of
crime
which
we
ever
have
is
when
a
rowdy
undergraduate
breaks
a
few
lamps
or
comes
to
blows
with
a
policeman
.