[Weapons of Mystery by Joseph Hocking]@TWC D-Link bookWeapons of Mystery CHAPTER XVII 19/35
"That's it, thank you.
You've been travelling all night and are a little tired, I expect. No? Well, it's well to be strong and able to bear fatigue.
There, look at me.
Ah, that's it!" With that he put his fingers on Simon's forehead, and my humble friend was unconscious of what was going on around him. "He's very susceptible; but I am afraid he has not been under this influence a sufficient number of times for his vision to be clear. Still, we'll try .-- Simon!" "That's me," said Simon, sleepily. "Do you see Kaffar, the Egyptian ?" He looked around as if in doubt.
His eyes had a vacant look about them, and yet there seemed a certain amount of intelligence displayed--at any rate, it seemed so to me. "I see lots of people, all dim like," said Simon, slowly; "but I can't tell no faces.
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