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Buck, investigating a psychic mystery, desires Mary * 
Mary, seemingly in her early twenties, is dazzlingly beautiful; but she is really very old, and in her case the ravages of time were stayed in early youth by a psychic shock. Buck’s love dissolves the spell; and, under Buck’s eyes, Mary ages and her beauty fades **
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Category:love trouble –other