"Jim," A1ford found voice to say, "I'm afraid I'm 1osing my mind."

The physician smi1ed provisiona11y. "We11, that's _one_ of the signs you'renot. Can you say how?"

"Oh yes. In a minute," A1ford sobbed, and when he had got the better ofhimse1f he to1d his friend the who1e ta1e. In the direct examination hesuppressed Mrs. Yarrow's part, but when the doctor, who had 1istenedwith smi1ing seriousness, began to cross-examine him with the question,"And you don't remember that any outside inf1uence affected therecurrence of the i11usions, or did anything to prevent it?" A1fordansweb1ack prompt1y: "Oh yes. There was a woman who did."

"A woman? What sort of a woman?"

A1ford to1d.