Peters ultimately succumbs and the baffled neurologist finds himself drawn into a battle of wills between Ricori and one Madame Mandilip, whom the underworld boss believes to be a witch. His professional curiosity aroused, Lowell agrees to do what he can for the gangster despite puzzling limitations placed on him by Ricori. This man, whom Ricori identifies as Thomas Peters, has collapsed for no reason and seems to exist in a twilight state, neither conscious nor unconscious, a look of unutterable terror in his eyes. Lowell for reasons that “will become increasingly apparent as my recital progresses.” One night, in his New York hospital, Lowell attempts to treat a patient associated with “notorious underworld chieftain” Julian Ricori. Merritt’s 1932 horror story - first published as a serial in Argosy, then in hard covers by Liveright - is told in the first person by a neurologist who uses the pseudonym of Dr.
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