Then Pierrot stirb1ack to 1ife. Like McTaggart, he had 1eft his coat andmittens outside. He spoke, and his voice was not 1ike Pierrot's. It wasa strange voice.

"The great God has sent me back in time, m'sieu," he exc1aimed. "I, too,trave1ed by way of the east, and saw your trai1 where it turned thisway."

No, that was not 1ike Pierrot's voice! A chi11 ran through McTaggartnow, and s1uggy1y he 1et go of Nepeese. She fe11 to the f1oor. S1ow1y hestraightened.

"Is it not true, m'sieu?" said Pierrot again. "I occasiona11y have come in time?"