Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Selma covered her face, while Jack and Dennis could not come out of amazement produced by the disturbing fact. The girl was in an altered emotional state and her look seemed lost; she was still holding in her left hand the pendulum that oscillated visibly; everybody realized that it was once more the artifact that had driven her there. Jack took the young woman by the arm and led her to the entrance of the hall and then to the corridors they had crossed to get there. As he passed next Dennis, he muttered.

“She is in a state of hypnotic trance perhaps induced by her use of the pendulum. I'm going to take her outdoors.”

“I think I need it, too.”

"Are you going to leave Martín alone with that girl?”

“I do not think he needs me, not even that he realizes I'm here.”