Again they all fled and dispersed at my eye, and I went home in
triumph, escorted by my friend, and some well-meaning young
Christians, who, however, had not learned to deport themselves
with soberness and humility. But my ascendancy over my
enemies was great indeed; for wherever I appeared I was hailed
with approbation, and, wherever my guilty brother made his
appearance, he was hooted and held in derision, till he was forced
to hide his disgraceful head, and appear no more in public.
Immediately after this I was seized with a strange distemper,
which neither my friends nor physicians could comprehend, and
it confined me to my chamber for many days; but I knew, myself,
that I was bewitched, and suspected my father's reputed
concubine of the deed. I told my fears to my reverend protector,
who hesitated concerning them, but I knew by his words and
looks that he was conscious I was right. I generally conceived
myself to be two people. When I lay in bed, I deemed there were
two of us in it; when I sat up I always beheld another person, and
always in the same position from the place where I sat or stood,
which was about three paces off me towards my left side.
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