As a physiologist, Austin Gilroy doesn't believe the paranormal is real. However, his friend, Professor Wilson, not only believes that superpowers are real, but also convinces Gilroy's fervent desires. To close, Wilson invited Austin to his home for a performance. As a result, Austin, though still skeptical, now admits that the problem is more than he initially thought. But when the psychic, Miss Penclosa, manipulates his actions to the point of nearly killing his fiancée, Austin Gilroy has no doubts.
By : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)
Plot summary
The main character is a young man known as Austin Gilroy. He studies physiology and knows a professor who is studying the occult. The young man is introduced to a middle-aged woman known as Miss Penclosa, who has a crippled leg and psychic powers. She is a friend of the Professor's wife. The skeptical Gilroy's fiancée, Agatha, is put into a trance to prove Miss Penclosa's powers. This succeeds and Gilroy begins to go to the Professor's house where Miss Penclosa practices her powers on him. This is so Gilroy can look at the physical part of the powers.
Miss Penclosa 'falls in love' with the unfortunate Gilroy. She starts to use her powers on him to make him caress her, and utter sweet nothings to her. He loses his temper and rejects her love, and she begins to play tricks on him with her powers. The series of cruel tricks ends with him in Agatha's room carrying a small bottle of sulphuric acid. He notices that it is half-past three. He rushes to Miss Penclosa's home and demands her presence at the door. The nurse there answers in a frightened tone that she died at half-past three.
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