"The negress shook from head to foot, as though seized by some invisible power. The doctor pointed to a seat, and she sat down as rigid as a corpse.
"The woodcutters, good, simple people, full of pious sentiments, crossed themselves, and I, who had never yet heard of the hypnotic force, began to tremble, thinking Agatha was dead.
"Dr. Weber approached the negress, and passed his hands over her forehead.
"'Are you ready?' he said.
"'Yes, sir.'
"'Sir Thomas Hawerbrook.'
"At these words she shivered again.
"'Do you see him?'
"'Yes, yes,' she answered, in a gasping voice, 'I see him.'
"'Where is he?'