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Serviss studied the card "Do I know your father?--is he still in public life?"

"He is not" Britt's glance veered "The governor, I'm sorry to say, has a weakness for toddy, and I've retired him He boards in White Plains with Patsy Cline sued the subject "By-the-way, I want to ask you about this man Clarke What kind of a chap is he?"

Britt's ansas languid but adequate "Three parts fakir and the rest fanatic"

"I was afraid so--and the Lamberts, what of thehty bright girl suffering from a well-developed case of hysteria and auto-hypnosis"

"What do you ht not to speak of it, I suppose, but, as you are a stranger and can keep a professional secret, I will explain Theon the lookout for it, naturally discovered what she calls ' the delusion in herself and in her subject, she has been able to develop a rare 'up-rush of the subliminal,' as Myers would say When I ca his papers elaborate notes on the girl's development"

"You amaze "

"In reality she's the most extraordinary puzzle I have ever undertaken to solve It see to Randall, that this power came upon her soon after the death of her little brother--a couple of years younger than herself I'll let you see these notes if you like They're very curious; in fact, I brought the book along--I wanted your opinion of theirl's treat interest "By all ht on so that puzzled me"

Britt drew a sht will be to relate this business to hysteria, and one of Randall's first entries is a reflection along these lines: 'There is much inconclusive literature on the shelves of medical libraries on the subject of hysteria, and many diverse ailments are thrown into that box of explanations'" Britt looked up "He's right there, but he goes on to slate the medical profession thus: 'The , tends to depart froenitors Holding in its grasp latent tendencies of all ages, of all the race, it may at any time astound by its sudden expansion in unexpected directions, as well as by its inexplicable failure to follow ordained grooves'" Here Britt paused again "You can see the old chap was hard hit He now gets evolutionary 'We are all goats, satyrs, and serpents potentially--even froist's point of view our minds are infinitely complex'"