How terrible it must be to have to obey the summons of the devil, and so find out the truth that while two is company, five is none!" I began to tremble again.
He fixed his terrible eye upon me, and said slowly and distinctly, "Justin Blake, resistance is useless.

I have spent years of my life in finding out the secrets of life.

By pure psychology I have obtained my power over you.

You are a weaker man than I--weaker under ordinary circumstances.

You would be swayed by my will if I knew no more the mysteries of the mind than you, because as a man I am superior to you--superior in mind and in will-force; but by the knowledge I have mentioned I have made you my slave." I felt the truth of his words.