Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (25 page)

“
Good,
th
i
s
mak
e
s
it
ea
s
y
to
g
e
t
sta
r
t
e
d
with.
I
w
a
nt
y
ou
to tell
the
s
ce
n
a
rios
that
y
o
u
use
to
p
a
ss
through
these d
a
y
s, Ed
w
in
to
l
d
me
a
bout
th
a
t
but
I th
i
nk
y
ou
c
a
n
tell
me
b
e
t
t
e
r than he
did.”
H
e
g
e
stur
e
d
so kind
l
y
.
.

“You
a
r
e
right
U
n
c
le,
A
c
tual
l
y
I did
not
tell
him
the
e
nt
i
re si
t
u
a
t
i
on
b
eca
use
e
i
t
h
e
r
he loses
his
tem
p
e
r on
h
ea
ring
that or
do
e
sn’t
und
e
rst
a
nd
t
o
wh
a
t
I
s
a
y
.”
S
he
e
xplai
n
e
d
g
e
t
t
ing a
bit
sad.

“
Ah
a
n,
no
n
ee
d
to
wo
r
r
y
a
t
a
l
l
,
now,
I
a
m
h
e
re
a
n
d
y
ou
ca
n vom
i
t
a
ll
wh
a
t
y
ou
h
a
ve ins
i
d
e
.
Th
e
n
we wi
l
l
p
r
o
cee
d fu
r
the
r
.”
M
r. Fr
e
d
r
i
c
k
c
o
a
x
e
d to
m
a
ke
h
e
r
f
ee
l r
e
l
a
x.

Th
e
re
w
a
s
a long
discu
s
sion
b
e
tw
ee
n
h
e
r
a
nd
M
r
.
F
r
e
d
r
ick during
whi
c
h
Mr.
F
r
e
d
r
ick
a
sked
qu
e
st
i
ons
to Alicia
for
c
h
ec
king
h
e
r m
e
ntal
c
o
ndi
t
ion
p
s
y
c
hiatri
ca
l
l
y
,
a
nd
noted down a
l
i
t
t
le
a
bout he
r
.

A
f
ter  a  discussion
of 
a
bout
2
hours  Mr. 
F
r
e
d
r
ick  got pu
zz
led in
s
ide.

“
W
e
l
l
,
m
y
c
hi
l
d
y
ou
n
e
e
d
not
to
w
o
r
r
y
a
bout.
I
a
m
with
y
o
u
in
th
i
s
w
a
r  of 
e
xis
t
e
n
c
e
a
nd
p
re
s
e
n
c
e,
a
nd
w
e
’ll
c
onqu
e
r it tog
e
the
r
.
” He
g
a
ve
h
e
r ho
p
e
.

“
Th
a
nk 
y
ou
so
much
Un
c
le.”
S
he
than
k
e
d
him
a
nd
f
e
lt r
e
lax
e
d
b
e
c
a
use he
did
not
disag
ree
d
with
h
e
r
f
or
e
v
e
n
a sing
l
e
t
i
me.

Mr.
a
nd Mrs.
W
ick
e
ts
t
h
a
nk
e
d them
a
nd
ca
me to
s
ee
, him
a
nd Ed
w
in, off
to
t
he
e
n
t
r
a
n
c
e
o
f th
e
ir hous
e
.

“
W
h
a
t
do
y
ou
inf
e
r
U
n
c
le
?
”
Ed
w
in
a
sked
i
m
p
a
t
i
e
nt
l
y
a
s

th
e
y
l
e
ft the
e
ntr
a
n
c
e
o
f th
e
ir hous
e
.

“
This
i
s quite
c
omp
l
ic
a
t
e
d Ed
w
in.”
He
w
a
s looking pu
z
z
le.

“
Comp
l
ic
a
ted m
ea
n
?
”
E
d
win b
eca
me
c
u
r
ious.

“
I h
a
v
e
a
n
e
x
p
e
ri
e
n
c
e
o
f
a
bout
23
y
e
a
rs
a
nd
on
t
h
e
b
a
sis
of th
i
s
e
xp
e
ri
e
n
c
e
I
ca
n
c
laim
that
i
t
is
not
e
x
ac
t
l
y  a p
s
y
c
hia
t
ric p
r
oblem.”
He
said.

“
Th
e
n
?
”
Ed
w
in ask
e
d.

“
Th
e
r
e
a
re
a
f
e
w
dis
e
a
s
e
s
that
I f
e
lt
c
ould
be
t
he
one
o
f whi
c
h
Alicia
is
suf
fe
ring
f
r
o
m
.
But
a
ll
the
s
y
mp
t
oms
w
e
re just
taking
h
e
r
c
lose
to
eac
h
o
f
them
but
th
e
y w
e
re not
e
x
ac
t
l
y
the m
e
ntal diso
r
d
e
rs.”
H
e
w
a
s
g
e
t
t
ing
tens
e
d.

“
You would
h
a
ve figu
r
e
d
out
a
t
le
a
st
someth
i
ng
Un
c
l
e
? Didn
’
t
y
ou
?
” Ed
w
in
w
a
s
los
i
ng
c
ontrol
for
h
id
i
n
g
his d
e
p
re
ss
i
on.

“
Th
e
r
e
is
le
f
t
on
l
y
one
c
on
ce
pt
whi
c
h
c
a
n
d
e
fi
n
e
th
i
s
a
nd

we
ca
ll
it
a
b
l
ac
k
m
a
gic.”
He
pro
p
osed
the
a
l
t
e
rn
a
t
ive.

“
You
me
a
n
…
”
B
e
fo
r
e
E
dwin
c
ould
c
omp
l
e
te
the
s
e
nten
ce
,

Mr. Fr
e
d
r
ick inte
r
rupt
e
d.

“
Ex
ac
t
l
y
,
she
m
i
ght
be
und
e
r
the
influ
e
n
c
e
o
f
s
ome
bla
c
k

magi
c
.”