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"All right," said Mark, "watch!"

Flaushed out of the rocks Sulphur choked him Pits of bri up, Saul coughed and blundered, burned, withered by hell!

Hell went away The cave returned

Mark was laughing

Saul stood over hi down

"What else do you expect?" cried Mark "To be tied up, toted off, made the intellectual bride of a man insane with loneliness--do you think I enjoy this?"

"I'll untie you if you promise not to run away"

"I couldn't pro to anybody"

Saul got down on his knees "But you'vegot to belong, do you hear? You'vegot to belong I can't let you go away!"

"My dear fellow, the s like that, the s intelligently, we'd have been friends I'd have been glad to do you these little hypnotic favors After all, they're no trouble for me to conjure up Fun, really But you've botched it You wanted me all to yourself You were afraid the others would take h power to keep them all happy You could have shared od a favors, in return for which you ifts, special tidbits of food"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Saul cried "But I know those men too well"

"Are you any different? Hardly! Go out and see if they're coht I heard a noise"

Saul ran In the cave entrance he cupped his hands, peering down into the night-filled gully Di clu tremble

"I don't see anything" He came back into an empty cave

He stared at the fireplace "Mark!"