The Tracer of Lost Persons by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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"_That's_ my story, Mr. Keen," he said crisply. "All of it?" Harren looked at the floor, then at Keen: "No, not all. You'll think me a lunatic if I tell you all." "Oh, you saw her again?" "N-never! That is--" "Never?" "Not in--in the flesh." "Oh, in dreams?" Harren stirred uneasily. "I don't know what you call them. I have seen her since--in the sunlight, in the open, in my quarters in Manila, standing there perfectly distinct, looking at me with such strange, beautiful eyes--" "Go on," said the Tracer, nodding. "What else is there to say?" muttered Harren. "You saw her--or a phantom which resembled her. Did she speak?" "No." |
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