FINIS

Somewhere, a funeral bell was tolling.

Somewhere, a thousand and one miles away, a woman was asking her lover for the third time in five minutes if he really loved her.

The following changes have been made to the text:

Page 5: "Immorality" changed to "[Immortality]".

Page 6: "Scholar" changed to "[The] Scholar".

Page 6: "Grotesqueries" changed to "[Grotesquerie]".

Page 78: "stood be fore" changed to "stood [before]".