... CHAPTER (Continued.) The alchemist threw off his garb of doctor and drew on impenetrable coat of mail, fashioned of innumerable links of the finest and hardest steel. This now protected all his front and back from his thighs to his throat, and from his shoulders to his waist. So exquisite was its temper that neither dagger nor bullet could penetrate its links. Over this he woro the dress of a ...