But soon all of Paris was abuzz about somebody new. Someone remarkable — thrilling — and definitely strange. Someone called... Dr. Mesmer.”
B: “Ben watched a group of patients being mesmerized by Dr. Mesmer's helper, Charles.”
C: “Dr. Mesmer said this force streamed from the stars and flowed into his wand. When he stared into his patients' eyes and waved the wand, things happened."
D: “Dr. Mesmer was as different from Ben Franklin as a fancy layered torte was from a homemade apple pie.”
