"How Love Came To Professor Guildea" PART ONE by Robert Hichens

<p>The eminent scientist Professor Guildea eschews physical and emotional intimacy. But, after beginning a friendship with a priest, his life is disrupted by an apparently supernatural visitor to his house...who won't leave him alone.</p> <p>This is the first part of a novella in two parts.</p> <p>This &nbsp;original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for &nbsp;EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "How Love Came To Professor &nbsp;Guildea" by Robert Hichens was first published in 1897.</p> <p>💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀</p> <p><strong>Please support my work...</strong></p> <p>Researching, reading, re-reading, recording, mixing, uploading, &nbsp;&nbsp;promoting each of these short story audio presentations takes many hours &nbsp;&nbsp;- possibly more than you'd imagine. &nbsp;&nbsp;You can say thank you in the &nbsp;following ways:</p> <p>Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/encryptedpod</p> <p>YouTube channel membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnCryptedClassicHorror/join</p> <p>One-off donation: https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast</p> <p>You can now also say THANKS with a SUPER THANKS!</p> <p>Get in touch! &nbsp;I like to hear from listeners, so feel free to reach out to me on the &nbsp;&nbsp;socials. &nbsp;If you want to discuss the show, talk business, or have any &nbsp;&nbsp;ideas for stories you'd like to hear in future episodes, contact me: &nbsp;&nbsp;encryptedpod@gmail.com</p> <p>💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀</p> <p>About the story:</p> <p>First published as "The Man Who Was Beloved" in <em>Pearson's Magazine</em>, October 1897. First book publication 1900 - "Tongues of Conscience" (Methuen).</p> <p>Credit where credit's due:</p> <p>Theme &nbsp;music: &nbsp;The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au &nbsp;Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International &nbsp;(CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> <p>Music used : "THERE WAS A TIME" by Scott Buckley (www.scottbuckley.com.au) Attribution 4.0 International &nbsp;(CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/lic