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against it. We are agreed on all points; he does
not venture any more to oppose me. He admits
that Popoffsky is a scoundrel, and that all my
misfortunes are due to him. Suddenly a strange
fit of nervousness takes hold of him; he trembles
like a medium under the influence of the hypnotiser,
gets excited, shakes off the overcoat, stops
eating, lays his fork on one side, stands up and
goes off. What is the meaning of it? Does he
feel my coat to be a Nessus robe? Has my
nervous fluid become stored up in it, and through
its opposite polarity subjugated him? Does
Ezekiel, chap, xiii., ver. 18, refer to something
similar? “Woe to you that sew pillows upon
all armholes, and make kerchiefs for the heads
of persons of every stature, to catch souls....
I will tear your kerchiefs, and I will deliver my
people out of your hand, and they shall no more
be in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know
that I am the Lord.”
Have I become a wizard without knowing
it?
June 7th.—I visited my Danish friend in order
to look at his pictures. When I arrived he
seemed well and cheerful, but after half an hour
he had a nervous attack, which increased so
much that he had to undress and go to bed.
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