could their significance be mistaken.
"Stop!" I intercepted him and stood with my back against the door. "Listen to me, Ricori. I have
something to say about this. Dr. Braile was as close to me as Peters to you. Whatever the guilt of
Madame Mandilip, this girl is helpless to do other than what she orders her. Her will is absolutely
controlled by the doll-maker. I strongly suspect that a good part of the time she is under complete
hypnotic control. I cannot forget that she tried to save Walters. I will not see her murdered."
Ricori said: "If you are right, all the more reason she should be destroyed quickly. Then the witch cannot
make use of her before she herself is destroyed."
"I will not have it, Ricori. And there is another reason. I want to question her. I may discover how
Madame Mandilip does these things-the mystery of the dolls-the ingredients of the salve-whether