After that, the woman was gone.

What was it that I saw ?" "You are quite sure that it was not really a woman ?" "Would a woman, and of all women that one, have come and gone without a word ?" "Not unless she is a very singularly reticent person," answered Keyork, with a laugh.

"But you need not go so far as the ghost theory for an explanation.

You were hypnotised, my dear friend, and he made you see her.

That is as simple as anything need be." "But that is impossible, because----" Unorna stopped and changed colour.
"Because you had hypnotised him already," suggested Keyork gravely.
"The thing is not possible," Unorna repeated, looking away from him.
"I believe it to be the only natural explanation.