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. The stars are moving. I am moving. ! therefore consider it likely that I am moving through space."
He was arrested by a sudden thought. "Either that or the bump on my head is worse than I thought." He sighed a dismal sigh.
"I am sorry, my friend. I became distracted. To continue, I am apparently being flown through space with a bump on my head. It is due to the bump that I have no recollection of where I am, very little of what happened to me. The entire night last night was a ghastly experience. Now ! know why you"--here Raoul swallowed--"my poor Little One, were upset a great portion of the evening. You were undoubtedly aware of the dark thoughts being directed against us. But being unable to define your fears--these men were quite clever in concealing their evil designs--you, my unfortunate friend, were not able to warn me.
"The last thing I remember is these dreadful hulking beasts bursting into our room at an ungodly hour, dragging me bodily out of my bath, and . .. and hurting you."
Raoul blinked back tears. The memory was blurred, but it was terrible. He recalled hearing a thin, high-pitched wail, remembered seeing a shadowy hand smash down on a small and defenseless figure. The wail abruptly ceased. Despite this, the hand descended again and again, several times. It was at this point that Raoul rather indistinctly recalled feeling an unpleasant but oddly stimulating emotion
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