I must not be found here by my enemies, and need not, since my purpose is answered." I had drunk in, with the most vehement attention, every word that he had uttered.

I had no breath to interrupt his tale by interrogations or comments.

The power that he spoke of was hitherto unknown to me: its existence was incredible; it was susceptible of no direct proof.
He owns that his were the voice and face which I heard and saw.

He attempts to give an human explanation of these phantasms; but it is enough that he owns himself to be the agent; his tale is a lie, and his nature devilish.

As he deceived me, he likewise deceived my brother, and now do I behold the author of all our calamities! Such were my thoughts when his pause allowed me to think.