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"In the Stone Age no man dared to come between man and woman," said
Denton.
The hypnotist thought again.
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What are you going to do?" he asked.
While you were insensible I found the girl's address on your tablets.
I did not know it before. I telephoned. She will be here soon. Then--"
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She will bring her chaperone."
That is all right."
But what--? I don't see. What do you mean to do?"
I looked about for a weapon also. It is an astonishing thing how few
weapons there are nowadays. If you consider that in the Stone Age men
owned scarcely anything but weapons. I hit at last upon this lamp. I
have wrenched off the wires and things, and I hold it so." He extended
it over the hypnotist's shoulders. "With that I can quite easily smash
your skull. I will--unless you do as I tell you."
"Violence is no remedy," said the hypnotist, quoting from the "Modern
Man's Book of Moral Maxims."
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