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 Then she cried suddenly: "Has any thing happened to my brother?"

"Brother? Not that I know. It is you!"

"What?" She inclined toward me, and for a moment the door ceased to gravitate outward.

"You possess a terrible enemy, known or unknown."

"An enemy I haven't the least idea, sir, what the meaning of this hoax can—"

"Hoax!" I interrupted. "It isn't a hoax; it is frightfully serious, as you will soon learn, if you will only be so kind as to give me a few moments of your attention."

There spread over her beautiful face