"The power that I have dreamed of all my life is mine at last! Alone among mortal creatures, I have Life and Death for my servants.

You were deaf, Mr.
Keller, to my reasons, and deaf to my entreaties.

What wonderful influence brought you to my feet, and made you the eager benefactor of my child?
My servant Death, who threatened you in the night; and my servant Life, who raised you up in the morning.

What a position! I stand here, a dweller in a populous city--and every creature in it, from highest to lowest, is a creature in my power!" She looked through the window of her room over the houses of Frankfort.
At last her sleepy eyes opened wide; an infernal beauty irradiated her face.

For one moment, she stood--a demon in human form.