Name: Monsieur Delamort
Author: Rafael Sabatini

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Rafael Sabatini, Monsieur Delamort

“ III "Now, to business," said Delamort. "You may think, monsieur, that I am a rank impostor. I am not. I am a genuine spiritualist, as well as something of a hypnotist. Indeed, I have a reputation to maintain. Now, it occasionally happens that I come across a man so strongminded, of such determination and willpower that my art is defeated and baffled. Such a man, my dear M. Grosjean, are you. I confess it with regret, for it is never pleasant to find ourselves confronted by a stronger individuality, which will not bring itself under our control." ”

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Rafael Sabatini, Monsieur Delamort

“ Delamort reminded him. "Surely a gain of six napoleons is better than a gain of only three. And you are earning it without any trouble or inconvenience. How much better would you be if I did raise your father's ghost? It would only scare you to death. I beg that you will seriously consider my proposal."
"I can't be a party to such a swindle. I really can't--not for six napoleons, anyhow. If I practise this wretched deceit upon my trusting friends, I must have half your profit. That is to say, I must have thirteen napoleons." ”

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Rafael Sabatini, Monsieur Delamort

“ II Grosjean paled a little before the man's assurance, and in consideration of the confidence which had led him to wager a sum of over six hundred francs. At heart, however skeptic, the old man was far from valiant, and he would certainly have backed out of the business had he seen a way of doing it without loss of prestige.
But he feared the derision of his friends. He braced himself with the assurance that there were no such things as ghosts, and that Delamort was an impostor, whom a sharp lookout on his part must baffle. ”

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Rafael Sabatini, Monsieur Delamort

“ The occultist now turned to the door, which he opened immediately.
"What are you doing to him?" demanded half a dozen of Grosjean's friends as they sprang into the room.
"No more than I undertook to do," Delamort replied. "I think you had better attend to him. The sight of his father has frightened him a little, but he will be all right shortly."
They hastened to the prostrate man, and raised him tenderly.
"There. He is better now," exclaimed one.
"His color is returning," announced another.
"I feared that ill would come of it," put in a third. "It is an evil thing to tamper with the dead." ”

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Rafael Sabatini, Monsieur Delamort

“ Grosjean, now feigning to recover, was giving the company an awe-inspiring account of the apparition that had visited him.
"I am punished," groaned that old scoundrel. "Never again will I laugh at spiritualism." Then to the host: "You may hand the stakes to M. Delamort," he said. "He has certainly won his wager, curse him!"
It was with an extremely ill grace that the landlord handed the occultist the package containing the money. Delamort accepted it in silence, and slipped it into his pocket. ”

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Rafael Sabatini, Monsieur Delamort

“ He no longer held forth to gaping villagers upon the mysteries of the spirit-world, no longer talked of "psychic forces" and the "obsessing flesh." He fell back upon the more vulgar and less remunerative craft of fortune-telling, and had to be content to pocket silver, where before he had taken gold. ”

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Rafael Sabatini, Monsieur Delamort

“ Grosjean nodded that he understood, and pocketed each coin as he received it. When he had received the thirteenth he still put forth his hand, and upon being asked by Delamort what he wanted, he insolently replied that he wanted the return of his stake of three napoleons.
"That was included. It was to be thirteen altogether," the occultist protested. But Grosjean had not so understood it, and swore that he would not perform his part of the bargain until he received another sixty francs. ”

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