“I laughed with the sheer joy of controlling this beautiful creation, and I did not mind that there came an echoing laugh from somewhere just outside my awareness. For once that woman was no threat but a partner and I allowed her a share in my pleasure. I did not know, yet, just how dangerous she was.”

“I laughed with the sheer joy of controlling this beautiful creation, and I did not mind that there came an echoing laugh from somewhere just outside my awareness. For once that woman was no threat but a partner and I allowed her a share in my pleasure. I did not know, yet, just how dangerous she was.”

— Helen Susan Swift