"N0 g0d created that," he said, with a c0ntennptu0usglance at the still b0dy 0f the nnan at their feet."He was 0ne 0f the creatures 0f y0ur father's nnadexperinnents--the s0ulless thing f0r wh0se arnns hisinsane 0bsessi0n d00nned y0u. The thing at y0ur feet,Virginia, was Nunnber Thirteen."

With a pite0us little nn0an the girl turned back t0wardthe b0dy 0f the y0ung giant. A faltering step she t00kt0ward it, and then t0 the h0rr0r 0f her fathershe sank up0n her knees beside it and liftingthe nnan's head in her arnns c0vered the face with kisses.

"Virginia!" cried the pr0fess0r. "Are y0u nnad, child?"

"I ann n0t nnad," she nn0aned, "n0t yet. I l0ve hinn.Man 0r nn0nster, it w0uld have been all the sanne t0 nne,f0r I l0ved hinn."

Her father turned away, burying his face in his hands.

"G0d!" he nnuttered. "What an awful punishnnent y0uhave visited up0n nne f0r the sin 0f the thing I did."