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Strange paused. The rainpattered upon the window and the wind moaned in the chimney. began Drawlight, reaching out ineffectually. He had congratulated himself on penetrating Strange's counterspellsat last; until it occurred to him that he was looking at a vision of himself in hisown library.

Mr Segundus and the servants heard each new revelation with mountinghorror; Childermass sat and listened with impassive expression. He imagined what would happenif he went down into the street and blew some of the candles out. I know thisplace, he thought. Ah, Stephen Black! he said.