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"Come," he whispered, after we had watched for some minutes the frantic efforts to escape from the circle of thought and will that held it prisoner, "come a little farther away while I release it." COME HE WHISPERED AFTER WE HAD WATCHED FOR SOME MINUTES THE FRANTIC EFFORTS TO ESCAPE FROM THE CIRCLE OF THOUGHT AND WILL THAT HELD IT PRISONER COME A LITTLE FARTHER AWAY WHILE I RELEASE IT
 the occasional gleam of fiery eyes and white fangs. I held my breath and kept utterly still, inwardly and outwardly, for fear, I suppose, that the creature would become conscious of my presence; but the distress I felt went far deeper than the mere sense of personal safety, or the fact of watching something so incredibly active and real. I became keenly aware of the dreadful psychic calamity it involved. The realisation that Sangree lay confined in that narrow space with this species of monstrous projection of himself—that he was wrapped there in the cataleptic sleep, all unconscious that this thing was masquerading with his own life and energies—added a distressing touch of horror to the scene. In all the cases of John Silence—and they were many and often terrible—no other psychic affliction has ever, before or since, impressed me so convincingly with the pathetic impermanence of the human personality, with its fluid nature, and with the alarming possibilities of its transformations. E TENT SIDES AND THE OCCASIONAL GLEAM OF FIERY EYES AND WHITE FANGS I HELD MY BREATH AND KEPT UTTERLY STILL INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FOR FEAR I SUPPOSED THAT THE CREATURE WOULD BECOME CONSCIOUS OF MY PRESENCE BUT THE DISTRESS I FELT WENT FAR DEEPER THAN THE MERE SENSE OF PERSONAL SAFETY OR THE FACT OF WATCHING SOMETHING SO INCREDIBLY ACTIVE AND REAL I BECAME KEENLY AWARE OF THE DREADFUL PSYCHIC CALAMITY IT INVOLED THE REALIZATION THAT SANGREE LAY CONFINED IN THAT NARROW SPACE WITH THIS SPECIES OF MONSTROUS PROJECTION OF HIMSELF THAT HE WAS WRAPPED THERE IN THE CATALEPTIC SLEEP ALL UNCONSCIOUS THAT THIS THING WAS MASQUERADING WITH HIS OWN LIFE AND ENERGIES ADDED A DISTRESSING TOUCH OF HORROR TO THE SCENE IN ALL THE CASES OF JOHN SILENCE AND THEY WERE MANY AND OFTEN TERRIBLE NO OTHER PSYCHIC AFFLICTION HAS EVER BEFORE OR SINCE IMPRESSED ME SO CONVINCINGLY WITH THE PATHETIC IMPERMANENCE OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY WITH ITS FLUID NATURE AND WITH THE ALARMING POSSIBILITIES OF ITS TRANSFORMATIONS
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