“One moment,” he said, in a half-male voice, after which his metamorphosis continued, and he finally stood before them dressed in his own clothes.
“Nothing surprises us here,” said Arefiev. “It’s ridiculously easy to change the outward appearance of a bodily casing, that’s why it’s like a fancy dress party here – everyone chooses a mask and costume and parades around in that guise.”
“How did you know this is the professor?”
“Well, first of all because Magda doesn’t exist and never did. Or to be precise, it was me who invented her. I copied her face from a statue above a certain tomb you know. After all, I had to lure the two of you here somehow!”
Swidersky was in a state of shock but having looked at the professor, he realised the professor was no less amazed by the last revelation.
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