“The ragged stranger was right. Lessman _is_ a Bodymaster. Already he
holds me in his power. My body is his to do with as he wills. Those
into whose hands this writing may fall will probably think me demented,
for the human mind declines to believe that which it can not understand.
And while I am under his uncanny power I may do some act—commit some
deed—which, under happier circumstances, would fill me with loathing.
Do not judge me too harshly. Remember that Lessman’s is the will which
forces me.”