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there on the instant。; 

     ;Remember� ─�hissed McFeckless�察�grasping his arm�察 �you shall account 

to me� ─�

     ;Bien� ─�said the Chevalier�察�shaking him off lightly。             ;All a´r´r´ right。; 

Then�察    �in  that   incomparable      baritone�察   �which    had   so   often   enthralled 



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thousands�察�he   moved   away�察  �trolling the   first verse   of   the   Princess's   own 

faint�察�sweet�察�sad song of the  ;Lotus Lily�察─�that   thrilled McFeckless   even 

through the Chevalier's marked French accent�此�

              ;Oh�察�a hard zing to get is ze Lotus Lillee�                   �She lif in ze 

swampin   ze   watair   chillee�察            �She   make   your   foot   wetand   you 

look so sillee�察           �But you buy her for sixpence in Piccadillee� ─�

       In   half   an   hour   the   two   men   reached   the   remote   suburb   where   the 

Princess   lived�察  �a   gloomy�察   �windowless   building。       Pausing     under   a  low 

archway   over   which   in   Egyptian   characters   appeared   the   faded   legend�察�

;Sta Ged Oor�察─�they found a Nubian slave blocking the dim entrance。 

     ;I leave you here�察─�said Flossy hurriedly�察 �as even I left once before 

only then I was lightly assisted by his sandaled foot�察─�he added�察�rubbing 

himself thoughtfully。       ;But better luck to you。; 

     As his companion retreated swiftly�察�the Chevalier turned to the slave 

and would have passed in�察�but the man stopped him。                ;Got a pass�察�boss�拭─�

     ;No�察─�said the Chevalier。 

     The man looked at him keenly。           ;Oh�察�I see� �one of de profesh。; 

     The Chevalier nodded haughtily。            The man preceded him by devious�察�

narrow ways and dark staircases�察�coming abruptly upon a small apartment 

where   the   Princess   sat   on   a   low   divan。  A   single   lamp   inclosed   in   an 

ominous wire cage flared above her。              Strange things lay about the floor 

and shelves�察�and from another door he could see hideous masks�察�frightful 

heads�察�and disproportionate faces。           He shuddered slightly�察�but recovered 

himself and fell on his knees before her。           ;I lofe you�察─�he said madly。         ;I 

have always lofed you� ─�

     ;For how long�拭─�she asked�察�with a strange smile。 

     He covertly consulted his shirt cuff。           ;For tree tousand fife hundred 

and sixty´two years�察─�he said rapidly。 

     She looked at him disdainfully。          ;The doctor has been putting you up 

to that�    �It won't wash�       �I don't refer to your shirt cuff�察─�she added with 

deep satire。 

     ;Adorable one� ─�he broke out passionately�察�attempting to embrace her�察�

;I have come to take you。;           Without moving�察�she touched a knob in the 

wall。    A trap´door beyond him sank�察�and out of the bowels of the earth 



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leaped     three  indescribable     demons。      Then�察   �rising�察  �she  took   a  cake   of 

chalk    from    the  table   and�察  �drawing    a  mystic    half   circle  on   the  floor�察�

returned to the divan�察�lit a cigarette�察�and leaning comfortably back�察�said in 

a low�察�monotonous voice�察 �Advance one foot within that magic line�察�and 

on that head�察�although it wore a crown�察�I launch the curse of Rome。; 

     ;Ionly wanted to take youwith a kodak�察─�he said�察�with a light laugh 

to conceal his confusion�察�as he produced the instrument from his coat´tail 

pocket。 

     ;Not with that cheap box�察─�she said�察�rising with magnificent disdain。 

;Come       again   with   a  decent    instrumentand       perhaps;    Then�察   �lightly 

humming in a pure contralto�察 �I've been photographed like thisI've been 

photographed like that�察─�she summoned the slave to conduct him back�察�and 

vanished through a canvas screen�察�which nevertheless seemed to the dazed 

Chevalier to be the stony front of the pyramids。 

       V 

       ;And you saw her�拭─�said the doctor in French。 

     ;Yes�察�but the three´thousand´year gag did not work�                �She spotted you�察�

cher   ami�察  �on   the   instant。   And   she   wouldn't   let   me   take   her   with   my 

kodak。; 

     The doctor looked grave。 ;I see�察─�he mused thoughtfully。                  ;You must 

have my  camera�察�a   larger one and   more bulky  perhaps   to carry�察  �but she 

will not object to that��she who has stood for full lengths。 I will give you 

some private instructions。; 

     ;But�察�cher doctor�察�this previous´existence ideaat what do you arrive�拭─�

     ;There   is   much   to   say   for   it�察─  �said   the   doctor   oracularly。 ;It   has 

survived in the belief of all ages。          Who can tell�拭       �That some men in a 

previous   existence   may   have   been   goats   or   apes�察─  �continued   the   doctor�察�

looking at him curiously�察 �does not seem improbable�                  �From the time of 

Pythagoras we have   known that�察�but that the individual   as an individual 

ego    has   been   remanded      or  projected�察   �has   harked    back   or  anticipated 

himself�察  �is�察  �we   may   say�察  �with   our   powers   of   apperception��that   is�察  �the 

perception that we are perceiving�察�is; 

     But the Chevalier had fled。          ;No matter�察─�said the doctor�察 �I will see 

McFeckless。;        He did。     He found him gloomy�察�distraught�察�baleful。               He 



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felt   his   pulse。  ;The   mixture   as   before�察─  �he   said    briefly�察   �and   a   little 

innocent diversion。        There is an Aunt Sally on the esplanadetwo throws 

for    a  penny。    It   will  do   you   good。    Think    no  more    of   this  woman� �

Listen��I wish you well�察�your family have always been good patients of 

mine。     Marry   some   good   Scotch   girl�察  �I   know   one   with   fifty   thousand 

pounds。      Let the Princess go� ─�

     ;To    himnever�      �I  will   marry   her�    �Yet�察─  �he   murmured      softly   to 

himself�察 �feefty thousand pun' is nae small sum。                Aye�     �Not that I care 

for sillerbut feefty thousand pun'�         �Eh�察�sirs� ─�

       VI 

       Dr。 Haustus knew that the Chevalier had again visited the Princess�察�

although he had kept the visit a secret��and indeed was himself invisible 

for a day or two afterwards。          At last the doctor's curiosity induced him to 

visit   the   Chevalier's   apartment。   Entering�察  �he   was   surprisedeven   in   that 

Land of Mysteryto find the room profoundly dark�察�smelling of Eastern 

drugs�察�and the Chevalier sitting before a large plate of glass which he was 

examining   by   the   aid   of   a   lurid   ruby   lamp��the   only   light   in   the   weird 

gloom。      His face was pale and distraught�察�his locks were disheveled。 

     ;Voila� ─�he said。       ;Mon Dieu�        �It is my third attempt。        Always the 

samehideous�察�monstrous�察�unearthly�             �It is she�察�and yet it is not she� ─�

     The doctor�察�professional man as he was and inured to such spectacles�察�

was startled�      �The plate before him showed the Princess's face in all its 

beautiful   contour�察  �but   only   dimly   veiling   a   ghastly   death's´head   below。 

There was the whole bony structure of the head and the eyeless sockets�察�

even the graceful�察�swan´like neck showed the articulated vertebral column 

that supported it in all its hideous reality。          The beautiful shoulders were 

there�察�dimly as in a dreambut beneath was the empty clavicle�察�the knotty 

joint�察�the hollow sternum�察�and the ribs of a skeleton half length� �

     The doctor's voice broke the silence。           ;My friend�察─�he said dryly�察 �you 

see only the truth�        �You see what she really is�察�this peerless Princess of 

yours。     You see her as she is to´day�察�and you see her kinship to the bones 

that have lain for centuries in yonder pyramid。             Yet they were once as fair 

as this�察�and this was   as fair as theyin effect   the same�            �You that   have 

madly�察�impiously adored her superficial beauty�察�the mere dust of tomorrow�察�



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let this be a warning to you�          �You that have no soul to speak of�察�let that 

suffice you�      �Take her and be happy。         Adieu� ─�

     Yet�察�as   he passed out of the fitting tomblike gloom  of the   apartment 

and descended the stairs�察�he murmured to himself�此 �Odd that I should have 

lent him my camera with the Rontgen´ray attachment still on。                   No matter� �

It is not the first time that the Princess has appeared in two parts the same 

evening。; 

       VII 

       In spite of envy�察�jealousy�察�and malice�察�a certain curiosity greater than 

all these drew everybody to the Princess Zut´Ski's ball。                 Lady Fitz´Fulke 

was there in virgin white�察�looking more youthful than ever�察�in spite of her 

sixty´five years and the card labeled ;Fresh Paint; which somebody had 

playfully   placed   upon   her   enameled   shoulder。         The   McFecklesses�察  �the 

Pyles�察�Flossy�察�the doctor�察�and the Chevalierlooking still anxiouswere in 

attendance。 

     The   mysterious   Nubian   doorkeeper   admitted   the   guests   through   the 

same     narrow     passages�察    �much     to  the   disgust   of   Lady    Pyle    and   the 

discomfiture   of   her   paunchy   husband�察  �but   on   reaching   a   large   circular 

interior hall�察�a greater surprise was in store for them。 It was found that the 

only entrance to the body of the hall was along a narrow ledge against the 

bare wall some distance from the floor�察�which obliged the guests to walk 

slowly�察�in single file�察�along thi

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