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THE STORY
Part II
"You are right," replied the Professor.
"We Germans are great eaters, but really, I had not thought of my needs until I
reached the end of the cave, being so completely taken up with the fascinating
study of your art."
Von Scholtz, having finished what he
regarded as a feast, looked in the direction of Marbado, but the Magician had
vanished.
Von Scholtz was not the man to be
distracted from the problem before him. He saw everything, it is true, and
noted its qualities for this was part of his mission, but the one great thing
he had set out to do was not yet accomplished. Believing himself no longer in
the cave, and searching as he thought in the open country for it, we must admit
he had passed in a degree under Marbado's influence.
Could he regain the mouth of the cave now
that he had submitted his subjective mind to be controlled by Marbado's
suggestion? Let us follow him and see where his own subjective mind leads him
and see if possible in what way the Magician controls his subjective mind.
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