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Charles Deveril's unscrupulous experiments with his mesmeric powers on the mind of Naomi Chester drive her to the brink of madness and hasten her mother's death. Her sister Ruth's love for the hard-working school-teacher Alan Hearne seems similarly ill-fated for a time ... (PB)
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This story was in competition for the five guinea prize. 'Rough but promising; was the judgement; this entry disappointing for the effects of a period of insanity on a woman's marriage prospects. (PB)
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