Woman or-What
  The Professor could only stammer
a breathless reply in the affirmative
and the negative to both her ques-
tions; but which one he said " yes "
to, and which one he said " no " to,
he could not for the life of him tell.
He was so entirely under the sway of
some strange influence that it seemed
he had lost complete control of all his
faculties, mental and physical, and
possessed no preference that did not
first defer to this woman's; no impulse
that did not emanate from the domin-
ating intentions of herself. He won-
dered if he had not fallen asleep and
if he were not dreaming that strange
dream again; dreaming as he had
dreamed only last night; that dream
which had so absorbed and possessed
him for the past three days. Only
how different was this woman from
the supernatural creature of his
dream, the stately, mournful beauty
in trailing black! Here was coquet-
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