It broke in a shout of high, incontrollable mirth, and he leaned back and shook in his chair until the tears streamed down his cheeks.
"You!" he gasped.

"You! Oh, oh, oh!" She stood beneath the scourge, silent.

She felt it curl across and bite the very flesh, and thought it was killing her, Her bosom heaved.
It ceased.

He sat upright again, wiping his eyes.
"But it's incredible!" he protested; "the scoundrel has fooled you all along.

Yes, of course," he pondered; "that explains the success of the trick, which otherwise was clumsy beyond belief; in fact, its clumsiness puzzled me.