Three John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood
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Title: Three John Silence Stories
Author: Algernon Blackwood
Release Date: January 7, 2004 [EBook #10624]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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Three John Silence Stories
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
To M.L.W. The Original of John Silence
and
My Companion in Many Adventures
Contents
Case I: A Psychical Invasion
Case II: Ancient Sorceries
Case III: The Nemesis of Fire
CASE I: A PSYCHICAL INVASION
I
"And what is it makes you think I could be of use in this particular case?" asked Dr. John Silence, looking across somewhat sceptically at the Swedish lady in the chair facing him.
"Your sympathetic heart and your knowledge of occultism--"
"Oh, please--that dreadful word!" he interrupted, holding up a finger with a gesture of impatience.
"Well, then," she laughed, "your wonderful clairvoyant gift and your trained psychic knowledge of the processes by which a personality may be disintegrated and destroyed--these strange studies you've been experimenting with all these years--"
"If it's only a case of multiple personality I must r