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 I will see him," replied I, "he is a malicious being, and has given me much trouble; yet I trust I shall be able to get the better of him by the assistance of the occult knowledge which I possess."

"How! how!" stammered the simpleton, "then you are indeed the man I always took you for; then you are really one of those great mortals who understand the wonderful art of necromancy. How happy I am, to meet at last, so unexpectedly, with the man I have always most ardently wished to find out. Tell me, dear friend, what must we do?"

"Nothing in the world answered I, "but conjure up in due form that turbulent spirit."

"And will you undertake to perform that difficult dangerous task?"