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Chapter 5
Thisrevelationproducednovisibleeffect,andbeforeitwasmadethevisitorscouldseethattheirhosthadalreadythelookofahuntedman.Afterthathewouldconversenomore,soWillettandthefatherdepartedpresently;leavingbehindacautionagainstthebeardedAllen,towhichtheyouthonlyrepliedthatthisindividualwasverysafelytakencareof,andcoulddonooneanyharmevenifhewished.Thiswassaidwithanalmostevilchuckleverypainfultohear.TheydidnotworryaboutanycommunicationsCharlesmightinditetothatmonstrouspairinEurope,sincetheyknewthatthehospitalauthoritiesseizedalloutgoingmailforcensorshipandwouldpassnowildoroutré-lookingmissive.
Thereis,however,acurioussequeltothematterofOrneandHutchinson,ifsuchindeedtheexiledwizardswere.Movedbysomevaguepresentimentamidstthehorrorsofthatperiod,Willettarrangedwithaninternationalpress-cuttingbureauforaccountsofnotablecurrentcrimesandaccidentsinPragueandineasternTransylvania;andaftersixmonthsbelievedthathehadfoundtwoverysignificantthingsamongstthemultifariousitemshereceivedandhadtranslated.OnewasthetotalwreckingofahousebynightintheoldestquarterofPrague,andthedisappearanceoftheeviloldmancalledJosefNadek,whohaddweltinitaloneeversinceanyonecouldremember
