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That accords with your limited view ! However , you shall be permitted to take a peep into a dark region of which you have no notion , and which may , perhaps , have a destructive effect upon you . I warn you against it , and would have you reflect , that your mind may not be strong enough to bear many things , which to me would be no more than agreeable pastime . ' `` The captain protested that he was quite ready to cope with all the spirits and devils that O'Malley could raise , and we were obliged to give our word of honour to the major that we would meet him at ten o'clock on the night of the autumnal equinox , at the inn near the -- gate , when we should learn more . `` In the meanwhile it had become clear daylight ; the sun was shining through the window . The major then placed himself in the middle of the room , and cried with a voice of thunder , ` Incubus ! Incubus !