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Chapter 37

           AsIwalkedbackthroughthetrees,Itriedtoassesstheexperience;why,thoughitwassobeautiful,sointenselyreal,itseemedalsososinister.Itwasdifficultinthatearlymorninglightandlandscapetobelievethatanythingonearthwassinister,yetthefeelingpersistedwithmeanditwasnotonlyoneofhumiliation.Itwasoneofnewdanger,ofmeddlingindarker,strangerthingsthanneededtobemeddledwith.ItalsomadeLily’semotionalfearofConchismuchmoreconvincingthanhispseudo-medicalpityforher;shemightjustbeschizophrenic,buthewasprovenahypnotist.Butthiswastoassumethattheywerenotworkingtogethertotrickme;andthenIbeganclawing,inapanicofmemory,throughallmymeetingswithConchis,tryingtoseeifhecouldeverhavehypnotizedmebefore,withoutmybeingawareofit.IrememberedbitterlythatonlytheafternoonbeforeIhadsaidtoLilythatmysenseofrealitywaslikegravity.ForawhileIwaslikeamaninspace,whirlingthroughmadness.IrememberedConchis’strancelikestateduringtheApolloscene.Hadhehypnotizedmeintoimaginingitall?HadhewilledmetogotosleepwhenIdidthatafternoon,soconvenientlyplacedfortheFoulkesapparition?Hadthereeverbeenamanandagirlstandingthere?Lilyeven…butIrecalledthefeelofherskin,ofthoseungivinglips.Igotbacktoearth.ButIwasbadlyshaken.ItwasnotonlythebeinghypnotizedbyConchisthatunanchoredme;inasubtlerbutsimilarwayIknewIhadbeenequallyhypnotizedbyLily.

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