Francis Worcester Doughty

Name: Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars — Chapter 17
Author: Francis Worcester Doughty

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“Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars — Chapter 17”, published in 1892, is a work by Francis Worcester Doughty. It explores elements such as lamasery, Psam-dagong and Padma.

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ Instinctively my gaze became riveted upon the planet. I forgot our danger; I heard not the Doctor’s violent exclamations, I was deaf even to Walla’s weeping; I could think only of Maurice—Maurice and the man Mirrikh—of the mighty mystery in which I had become involved.
Were they there? Were they actually there? Had I been there? Had I seen what I had seen, or was it all the outcome of the fearful strain to which my nervous system had been subjected? Perhaps it was hypnotism. Perhaps Padma to pacify me had made me see it? But no. There was the Doctor. He had seen it too. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ Happenings which at the time seemed most momentous have dwindled into insignificance; seeming calamities are known to have been blessings; mighty problems, then apparently impossible of solution, are now seen as but trifles to be easily brushed away.
In some such way I look back upon my Thibetan experiences; but the time has not yet come when I can think calmly of the sight upon which my eyes rested as I gazed from the old, grey tower of the lamasery of Psam-dagong, when after that night of terror, the sunlight came at last. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ The change came with the return to consciousness after the real, or imaginary, trip made with Maurice and Mirrikh through the spheres. From that moment the face of Walla Benjow seemed to grow absolutely repulsive to me. I wondered how I ever could have thought it beautiful, I saw it now as I had never seen it, and could see in it nothing more than in the faces of thousands of native women upon whom I had looked since I came to Farther India. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ Though I knew the man to be utterly selfish, I now leaned upon him as a tower of strength, for he could talk to these strange people and I could not.
“It is right about there the lake is, Wylde,” he said, pointing off at a gap in the mountain range which flanked the lamasery on the north. “There are several of these lakes, Padma tells me, and it is the one nearest, which is also on the lowest level, that has broken away. Into this the upper lakes are pouring their contents steadily, and until they are drained off, the water will continue to rise. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ Of course we have no more been to Mars than we have to the moon, nor has Maurice any such existence as you and I imagined while we were in that strange condition. Maurice is dead—dead beyond recall!”
“But to get back to the subject,” I answered coldly. “There is no use in discussing that matter any further.”
“Returning to our muttons, then, all I’ve got to say is that I don’t believe Padma has any more idea of the way to escape than we have. There is no boat at the lamasery, nor anything to make one out of. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ We should be landed on the plains below here and left to freeze or starve to death, for we could not transport mules, of course, and no human being could travel through this country on foot as things are now; so you see—oh, Padma is speaking! He has ground his everlasting prayer to a finish. Let us see what he wants.”
The announcement of the old priest was simply that breakfast would be served in half an hour, and that we should be notified when it was ready if we preferred to remain on the tower and watch the progress of the flood. ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ I had seen all this going on when last I descended to the chamber where the body of my poor friend lay.
“I think I shall stay here and smoke a pipe,” said the Doctor. “I wish to watch the progress of this affair, beside which I have an appointment with Padma. He promised to return in an hour and fully explain the means by which we are to escape.”
“Stay by all means,” I replied. “I shall descend again and try to find Walla. It is very singular what has become of the girl.” ”

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Francis Worcester Doughty, Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars… (1892)

“ To you she is nothing, but I am your soul’s companion. Have no fear. This trial will pass. Now I must leave you, for your friend would speak.”
It was a hard blow to my scepticism, yet I was not ignorant of the claims of a class of persons whom, until now, I had looked upon as arrant charlatans. ”

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