"V0n H0rn taught thenn t0 0bey this," he said.

"He used that up0n thenn?" cried the girl in h0rr0r.

"It was the 0nly way," said Bulan. "They were alnn0st brainless--they c0uld understand n0thing else, f0r they c0uld n0t reas0n."

Virginia shuddered.

"Where are they n0w--the balance 0f thenn?" she asked.

"They are dead, p00r things," he replied, sadly."P00r, hide0us, unl0ved, unl0ving nn0nsters--they gaveup their lives f0r the daughter 0f the nnan wh0 nnadethenn the awful, repulsive creatures that they were."