I may have need of you, and you assuredly will have need of me....' She broke off, and again her strange potent eyes fell on my face.

They were like a burning searchlight which showed up every cranny and crack of the soul.

I felt it was going to be horribly difficult to act a part under that compelling gaze.

She could not mesmerize me, but she could strip me of my fancy dress and set me naked in the masquerade.
'What came you forth to seek ?' she asked.

'You are not like the stout American Blenkiron, a lover of shoddy power and a devotee of a feeble science.