Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (57 page)

Th
e
re
w
a
s
a
si
l
e
n
c
e
f
o
r
a
few
m
i
nutes
then
th
e
y both laugh
e
d.

“
You
s
a
id
that
Un
c
le
Fr
e
d
r
ick
h
a
s
the
po
w
e
r
o
f
a
t
t
o
r
n
e
y
?
”

she
a
sked.

“
Y
ea
h,
I
did.”
H
e
s
a
id s
i
pping
m
i
l
k.

“
I
t
m
e
a
ns
if
Un
c
le
F
r
e
d
r
ick
is
gon
e
,
a
ll
that
i
s
g
on
e
?
”
she

s
a
id.

“
Y
ea
h,
But
I
’m
w
o
r
ri
e
d
a
bout
Un
c
le
ins
t
ea
d
of
p
r
op
e
r
t
y
.”

He
said.

“
Ed
w
in
y
ou
a
re
not
g
e
t
t
i
ng
m
y poin
t
.”
S
he
s
a
id
“
He
ca
me with
his
c
ol
l
ea
gue
a
nd
l
e
ft to
n
e
v
e
r
c
ome
b
ac
k
a
n
d
he h
a
s
a tr
ea
sure
of
p
r
op
e
r
t
y
.”
S
he s
a
w
in
t
o
his
e
y
e
s
a
s
to
i
m
p
a
rt wh
a
t she
wa
s th
i
nking.

“
Oh,
no,
no
y
ou 
a
r
e
t
a
king
him
w
r
ong.”
H
e
n
odd
e
d
in

n
e
g
a
t
i
on.

“
Ed
w
in,
the
r
e
ca
n
be
a
p
oss
i
bi
l
i
t
y
.
Don
’
t
b
e
l
i
e
v
e
too
much on
the
p
e
ople
e
sp
e
c
ial
l
y in
te
r
ms
of ma
t
e
ri
a
l
th
i
ngs.
Th
e
y h
a
ve the p
o
w
e
r to
ea
t
u
p
the r
e
lationships.”
S
h
e tried to p
e
rsu
a
de hi
m
.

Ed
w
in
sque
e
z
ed
his
e
y
e
s
to
pond
e
r
ov
e
r
h
e
r
wo
r
ds
wh
e
n the
c
lock stru
c
k o
n
e
.

“
Oh, it’s too
l
a
te.
I
must
le
a
ve
now
.
”
He
s
a
id.

“
Oh 
y
ea
h, 
y
ou 
should. 
Oth
e
r
w
ise 
f
a
ther 
will 
b
r
ing

something
e
lse
f
or
y
ou.”
S
he
c
hu
c
kled.

“
Y
ea
h,
I
kn
o
w th
a
t
w
a
s
a
c
h
e
c
k.”
He
bl
i
nk
e
d
h
e
r
a
nd Ali
c
ia w
a
lked
w
i
t
h him
to
t
he
gu
e
st room.

“
S
t
a
y
h
e
r
e
for
a
whil
e
.”
He
s
a
id
s
e
e
ing,
hi
m
s
e
lf
with

Alicia, in
t
he
la
r
ge
m
i
r
r
o
r
a
t
t
he
turn of
the stai
r
s.

Alicia
sm
i
led
on
his
innoc
e
nt
in
t
e
nt
i
on
then
th
e
y w
a
lked
to the gu
e
st room.

“
This
is
y
o
u
r
b
e
d,
th
i
s
is
w
a
shr
o
om
a
nd
y
ou
m
a
y k
ee
p
the windows op
e
n
e
d
or
c
los
e
d
acc
o
r
ding
to
y
o
u
r
c
on
v
e
nien
ce
.
”
S
he
guided him
t
h
r
ough the
r
oom.

“
Th
a
nks”
E
d
win smi
l
e
d. Alicia
sm
i
led in
re
sponse.
“
Good night.” She s
a
id.
“
Good night.”
H
e
r
e
spo
n
d
e
d.

Alicia le
f
t
the
room
a
n
d
Ed
w
in
switch
e
d
o
f
f
t
he l
i
g
hts, op
e
n
e
d the
w
indow
p
a
ne
a
nd
w
e
nt
t
o the b
e
d.

Till
late
a
t
night
he th
o
ught
a
bout
his
c
onv
e
r
s
a
t
i
on
wi
t
h Alicia
r
e
g
a
rding
Un
c
le
F
r
e
d
r
ic
k
.
A thought
a
bout
spen
d
ing t
i
me with
Alicia b
r
oug
h
t
sm
i
le on
his
f
ac
e
but
the other mo
m
e
nt
he
b
eca
me
s
a
d,
th
i
nking
a
bout Mr.
F
r
e
d
r
ic
k
.
The s
a
me
si
t
u
a
t
i
on
w
e
nt
on
for lon
g
,
unt
i
l
h
e
got
in
t
o
the
c
uddl
i
ng
a
rms of
his
s
le
e
p.