She was an astral body; that is, she was alive somewhere else: it was her thoughts--her vengeful, malicious thoughts--which brought her here." "I can't believe that!" he exclaimed.
"It's true, Bill.

Though I never saw an astral body before, I knew that Thing to be one--as soon as I realized it wasn't a real woman standing there." "What was she like ?" he asked, impressed against his will.
"An ugly, commonplace-looking woman.

But she had a powerful, determined sort of face, and she was staring up at him with a horrible expression: I could see that she hated him, and wished him ill--" "Have you ever seen the--the Thing again ?" Yes, of course I have.

The same astral body was there last night.

It was from her that his mother was trying to shield him." "But you've never seen this astral body--as you call it--excepting on those two occasions ?" Bubbles hesitated.