It was as though a being of another sphere should assume what it might of human semblance, but was not able to conceal that what human eyes saw was but a part of it.

It was neither man nor woman; it was unearthly and androgynous.

Even as I found its human semblance it changed.

And still the mingled rapture and terror held me.

Only in a little corner of my brain dwelt something untouched; something that held itself apart and watched.