faster!" Faster and still faster she flew, spurting and spinning around the rim of the sky, her mane streaming with sun, and snow waving out of her tail. The sense of power I had was overwhelming. I was unassailable, supreme. I was the Lord of the Universe, scattering the planets and catching the stars in the palm of my hand..." "Oh, ecstasy and ravishment! Oh, Jericho and Tyre and Sidon! The walls came tumbling down and the firmament disintegrated, and out of the smoke and fire of the explosion, the sitting-room in the Waldorf Towers came swimming slowly back into my consciousness like a rainy day..." When he awakes, he is naked and the suite has been ransacked. The story ends with Mrs. Ponsomby telling the author "Young man, I don't know who you are, but you've done me a power of good." Publications It was originally published in the July 1974 issue of Playboy, and appears as part of Dahl's short story collection Switch Bitch. See also "Switch Bitch" "My Uncle Oswald" "The Visitor" References Short stories by Roald Dahl Short stories set in Paris 1974 short stories Works originally published in Playboy