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This seemed reasonable, for the man spoke English, and, strangely enough, seemed to have no knowledge of French, although we both remember hearing him speak French to the woman. "'There is no doubt, my sister said, 'It is indeed a kulos-man; It knows that I am here, that I am Its master.
"'How can this be? I said to my sister in our own tongue as we drove away, I holding my prisoner on the opposite seat where he sat silent. "'It is a kulos-man, she said, shivering, 'it is a fiend-soul. There are a few such in the whole world, perhaps two or three in all. "'But he has a good face. "'You have not seen his real face yet; I will show it to you, presently.
"It was in the hope that she might make the man understand his terrible condition, that is, teach the pure soul to know its loathsome companion." "And did her effort succeed?" "Alas! it did not; my sister's purpose was defeated by the man's inability to see the pictures that were plain to every other eye. It is impossible for the kulos-man to know his own degradation."
Handing this to the kulos-man she bade him write under the first picture: 'Thus I killed my babe. And under the second picture: 'Thus I robbed my friend. And under the third, the one that was between the other two: 'This is the soul of Richard Burwell. An odd thing about this writing was that it was in the same old French the creature had used in speech, and yet Burwell knew no French.
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