oor man, that is all. It struck me that, if you
would, you might save him. I know something of his story, though not
much. He once loved a young girl, now doubtless dead, but whom he still
believes to be alive, and he spends--or wastes--his life in a useless
search for her. You might cure him of the delusion."

"How do you know that the girl is dead?"

"She died in Egypt, four years ago," answered Keyork. "They had taken
her there in the hope of saving her, for she was at death's door
already, poor child."

"But if you convince him of that."

"There is no convincing him, and if he were really convinced he would
die himself. I used to take an interest in the man, and I know that you
could cure him in a simpler and safer way. But of course it lies with
you."

"If you wish it, I will try," Unorna answered, turning her face from the
light. "But he will probably not come back to me."

"He will. I advised him very strongly to come back, very strongly
indeed. I hope I did right. Are you displeased?"

"Not at all!" Unorna laughed a little. "And if he comes, how am I to
convince him that he is mistaken, and that the girl is dead?"

"That is very simple. You will hypnotise him, he will yield very
easily, and you will suggest to him very forcibly to forget the girl's
existence. You can suggest to him to come back to-morrow and the next
day, or as often as you please, and you can renew the suggestion
each time. In a week he will have forgotten--as you know people can
forget--entirely, totally, without hope of recalling what is lost."

"That is true," said Unorna, in a low voice. "Are you sure that the
effect will be permanent?" she asked with sudden anxiety.

"A case of the kind occurred in Hungary last year. The cure was effected
in Pesth. I was reading it only a few months ago. The oblivion was still
complete, as long as six months after the treatment, and there seems no
reason to suppose that the patient's condition will change. I thought it
might interest you to try it."

"It will interest me extremely. I am very grateful to you for telling me
about him."

Unorna had watched her companion narrowly during the conversation,
expecting him to betray his knowledge of a connection between the
Wanderer's visit and the strange question she had been asking of the
sleeper when Keyork had surprised her. She was agreeably disappointed in
this however. He spoke with a calmness and ease of manner which disarmed
suspicion.

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