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The Witch of Prague

CHAPTER XII
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"Well?
What have you done ?" "I met the Wanderer in the street.

What could I do?
I told him that Israel Kafka was a little mad, and that his harmless delusions referred to a journey he was supposed to have made with me, and to an equally imaginary passion which he fancies he feels for you." "That was wise," said Unorna, still pale.

"How came we to be so imprudent! One word, and he might have suspected--" "He could not have suspected all," answered Keyork.

"No man could suspect that." "Nevertheless, I suppose what we have done is not exactly--justifiable." "Hardly.

It is true that criminal law has not yet adjusted itself to meet questions of suggestion and psychic influence, but it draws the line, most certainly, somewhere between these questions and the extremity to which we have gone.


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