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           Ifhebenotattheplacewhitherheisbound,hecanonlychangehimselfatnoonoratexactsunriseorsunset. Thesethingswearetold,andinthisrecordofourswehaveproofbyinference. Thus,whereashecandoashewillwithinhislimit,whenhehavehisearth-home,hiscoffin-home,hishell-home,theplaceunhallowed,aswesawwhenhewenttothegraveofthesuicideatWhitby,stillatothertimehecanonlychangewhenthetimecome. Itissaid,too,thathecanonlypassrunningwaterattheslackorthefloodofthetide. Thentherearethingswhichsoafflicthimthathehasnopower,asthegarlicthatweknowof,andasforthingssacred,asthissymbol,mycrucifix,thatwasamongstusevennowwhenweresolve,tothemheisnothing,butintheirpresencehetakehisplacefaroffandsilentwithrespect. Thereareothers,too,whichIshalltellyouof,lestinourseekingwemayneedthem. 

           "Thebranchofwildroseonhiscoffinkeephimthathemovenotfromit,asacredbulletfiredintothecoffinkillhimsothathebetruedead,andasforthestakethroughhim,weknowalreadyofitspeace,orthecutoffheadthatgivethrest. Wehaveseenitwithoureyes. 

           "Thuswhenwefindthehabitationofthisman-that-was,wecanconfinehimtohiscoffinanddestroyhim,ifweobeywhatweknow. Butheisclever. IhaveaskedmyfriendArminius,ofBuda-PesthUniversity,tomakehisrecord,andfromallthemeansthatare,hetellmeofwhathehasbeen.