the story, as far as she knew it, of yourself and
Miss Wynne, but I could see that she was not telling me all.

We were both perplexed as to what would be the best course of action
to take in regard to Miss Wynne--whether to let her see Sinfi or not,
for evidently she was getting worse, the paroxysms were getting more
frequent and more severe. They would come without any apparent
disturbing cause whatever. Now that I had to connect her you had lost
in Wales with the model, many things returned to me which I had
previously forgotten, things which you had told me in London. I had
quite lately learnt a good deal from Dr. Mivart, who formerly
practised near the town in which you lived, but who now lives in
London. He had been attending me for insomnia. While speculating as
to what would be best to do, it occurred to me that I would write to
Mivart, asking him to run down to me at Hurstcote Manor and consult
with me, because he had told me that he had given attention to cases
of hysteria. I did this, and persuaded Sinfi to remain and to keep
out of Miss Wynne's sight. Although Sinfi was still as splendid a
woman as ever, I noticed a change in her. Her animal spirits had
fled, and she had to me the appearance of a woman in trouble; but
what her trouble was I could not guess, and I cannot now guess.
Perhaps she had been jilted by some Gypsy swain.

When Dr. Mivart came he was much startled at recognising in Miss
Wynne his former patient of Raxton, whom he had attended on her first
seizure. He said that it would now be of no use for me to write to
you, as it was matter of common knowledge that you had gone to Japan.
If it had not been for this I should have written to you at once. He
took a very grave view of Miss Wynne's case, and said that her
nervous system must shortly succumb to the terrible seizures. Sinfi
Lovell was in the room at the time. I asked Dr. Mivart if there was
any possible means of saving her life.

'None,' he said, 'or rather there is one which is unavailable.'

'And what is that?' I asked.

'They have a way at the Salpetriere Hospital of curing cases of acute
hysteria By transmitting the seizure to a healthy patient by means of
a powerful magnet. My friend Marini, of that hospital, has had
recently some extraordinary successes of this kind. Indeed, by a
strange coincidence, as I was travelling here this morning I chanced
to buy a _Daily Telegraph_, in which this paragraph struck my eye.'

Mivart then