But when he had dons so, the milk can was empty, the fireman was Eisengrim." (206) This example proves that Eisengrim could have gotten out of the car with Percy when it was in the water or just before it went into the water. Paul could have easily gotten out without much trouble. The last proof for him being an escape artist is the simple fact that Paul had changed identities twice. The first time, he was found to be Faustus Legrand; "he had been Faustus Legrand for more years than the ten during which he answered to his earlier name." (146) Later, he changed his name once again to Magnus Eisengrim; "It was certainly not the role in which I had expected to reencounter Paul Dempster. This was Paul, without a doubt, so self-assured, so polished, so utterly unlike the circus conjurer with the moustache and beard and shabby clothes whom I had met in Le grand Cirque forain de St Vite more than fifteen years before- (204). He was able to change his identities a few times and who's to say that he could have changed his name again after the death of Percy? He was an expert at leaving his previous identities behind and forgetting the parts that were unimportant.
Paul could have used hypnosis. Paul uses hypnosis a few times in the book. Paul had used hypnotism in his magic acts in front of the public and in front of the teachers on Dunstan. The hypnotism on the public was in Eisengrim's magic show performance. He had gotten about 50 volunteers up on the stage to do be in the magic show. (205) " I was able to get Eisengrim to come to the school on the Sunday night in the middle of his fortnight's engagement, to talk to the boarders about hypnotism However, he did hypnotize me- (261). Paul was quite able to hypnotize almost anybody. When Percy was found in the water, his teeth were clenched and his hands were in a death grip that wouldn't let go when he was found. "His (Percy's) body was in the driver's seat, the hands gripping the wheel so tightly that it was very difficult for the police to remove him from the car.
