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place up with a woman's tenderness。 

     Meanwhile�察       �as   he   ministered�察    �there   was    time    to  look    about    me。 

Where   was   I�拭     �It   was   not   the   Broadway�察  �it   was   not   Staten   Island   on   a 

Saturday afternoon。          The night was just over�察�and the sun on the point of 

rising。    Yet it was still shadowy all about�察�the air being marvellously tepid 

and pleasant to the senses。           Quaint�察�soft aromas like the breath of a new 

worldthe   fragrance   of   unknown   flowers�察  �and   the   dewy   scent   of   never´ 

trodden   fields   drifted   to   my   nostrils�察  �and   to   my   ears   came   a   sound   of 

laughter scarcely more human than the murmur of the wind in the trees�察�

and   a   pretty   undulating   whisper   as   though   a   great   concourse   of   people 

were talking softly in their sleep。             I gazed about scarcely knowing how 

much of my senses or surroundings were real and how much fanciful�察�until 

I presently be´ came aware the rosy twilight was broadening into day�察�and 

under the increasing shine a strange scene was fashion´ ing itself。 

     At   first   it   was   an   opal   sea   I   looked   on   of   mist�察  �shot   along   its   upper 

surface     with    the   rosy    gold   and    pinks    of   dawn。    Then�察    �as  that   soft�察�

translucent lake   ebbed�察  �jutting   hills   came   through   it�察 �black   and   crimson�察�

and as they seemed to mount into the air other lower hills showed through 

the   veil   with   rounded   forest   knobs   till   at   last   the   brightening   day   dis´ 

pelled   the   mist�察  �and   as   the   rosy´coloured   gauzy   fragments   went   slowly 

floating away a wonderfully fair country lay at my feet�察�with a broad sea 



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glimmering   in   many   arms   and   bays   in   the   distance   beyond。       It   was   all 

dim   and   unreal   at   first�察  �the   mountains   shadowy�察  �the   ocean   unreal�察  �the 

flowery fields be´ tween it and me vacant and shadowy。 

     Yet were they vacant�拭         �As my eyes cleared and day brightened still 

more�察�and I turned my head this way and that�察�it presently dawned upon 

me all the meadow cop´ pices and terraces northwards of where I lay�察�all 

that blue and spacious ground I had thought to be bare and vacant�察�were 

alive with a   teeming city of   booths and tents�察�now I came   to look   more 

closely there was a whole town upon the slope�察�built as might be in a night 

of boughs and branches still unwithered�察�the streets and ways of that city 

in   the   shadows   thronged   with   expectant   people   moving   in   groups   and 

shifting to   and   fro   in   lively  streamschatting  at the  stalls   and   clustering 

round the tent doors in soft�察�gauzy�察�parti´coloured crowds in a way both 

fascinating and       per´ plexing。 

     I   stared    about    me    like   a  child    at  its   first  pantomime�察      �dimly 

understanding all I saw was novel�察�but more allured to the colour and life 

of the picture than concerned with its exact meaning�察�and while I stared 

and turned my finger was bandaged�察�and my new friend had been lisping 

away   to   me   without   getting   anything   in   turn   but   a   shake   of   the   head。 

This made him thoughtful�察�and thereon followed a curious incident which 

I cannot explain。       I doubt even whether you will believe it�察�but what am I 

to do in that case�拭       �You have already accepted the episode of my com´ 

ing�察�or you would have shut the covers before arriving at this page of my 

modest narrative�察�and this emboldens me。 I may strengthen my claim on 

your credulity by pointing out the extraordinary marvels which science is 

teaching you even on our own little world。               To quote a single instance�此�If 

any one had declared ten years ago that it would shortly be practicable and 

easy for two persons to converse from shore to shore across the Atlantic 

without   any   intervening   medium�察  �he   would   have   been   laughed   at   as   a 

possibly     amusing      but  certainly    extravagant     romancer。      Yet    that   pic´ 

turesque   lie   of   yesterday   is   amongst   the   accomplished   facts   of   today� �

Therefore I am encouraged to ask your in´ dulgence�察�in the name of your 

previous errors�察�for the following and any other instances in which I may 

appear     to  trifle  with   strict  veracity。    There     is  no   such    thing   as  the 



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impossible in our universe� �

     When my friendly companion found I could not under´ stand him�察�he 

looked serious for a minute or two�察�then shortened his brilliant yellow toga�察�

as   though   he   had   ar´   rived   at   some   resolve�察  �and   knelt   down   directly   in 

front of   me。     He   next   took   my   face   between his   hands�察  �and   putting   his 

nose within an inch of mine�察�stared into my eyes with all his might。                     At 

first I was inclined to laugh�察�but before long the most curious sensations 

took hold of me。 They commenced with a thrill which passed all up my 

body�察�and next all feeling save the consciousness of the loud beating of my 

heart ceased。       Then it seemed that boy's eyes were inside my head   and 

not outside�察�while along with them an intangible something pervaded my 

brain。 The sensation at first was like the application of ether to the skina 

cool�察�numbing emotion。           It was followed by a curious tingling feeling�察�as 

some dormant cells in my mind answered to the thought´transfer�察�and were 

filled   and    fertil´  ised�   �My     other   brain´cells    most    distinctly   felt  the 

vitalising   of   their   companions�察  �and   for   about   a   minute   I   experi´   enced 

extreme   nausea   and   a   headache   such   as   comes   from   over´study�察  �though 

both passed swiftly off。         I presume that in the future we shall all obtain 

knowledge   in   this   way。   The   Professors   of   a   later   day   will   perhaps   keep 

shops for the sale of miscellaneous information�察�and we shall drop in and 

be inflated with learning just as the bicyclist gets his tire pumped up�察�or 

the    motorist     is   recharged     with    electricity    at   so   much     per    unit。 

Examinations will then become matters of capacity in the real meaning of 

that   word�察   �and   we    shall  be   tempted     to  invest   our   pocket´money       by 

advertisements of ;A cheap line in Astrology�察─ �Try our double´strength�察�

two´ minute course of Classics�察─ �This is remnant day for Trig´ onometry 

and Metaphysics�察─�and so on。 

     My  friend   did   not   get   as   far   as   that。 With   him  the   process   did   not 

take more than a minute�察�but it was startling in its results�察�and reduced me 

to an extraordinary state of hypnotic receptibility。             When it was over my 

instructor tapped with a finger on my lips�察�uttering aloud as he did so the 

words 

     ;Know none�察�know some�察�know little�察�know morel; again                      and again�察�

and the strangest part of it is that as he spoke I did know at first a little�察�



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then    more�察  �and   still  more�察  �by  swift   accumulation�察    �of   his  speech   and 

meaning。      In fact�察�when pre´ sently he suddenly laid a hand over my eyes 

and then let go of my head with a pleasantly put question as to how I felt�察�I 

had no difficulty whatever in answering him in his own tongue�察�and rose 

from the ground as one gets from a hair´dresser's chair�察�with a vague idea 

of looking round for my hat and offering him his fee。 

     ;My word�察�sir� ─�I said�察�in lisping Martian�察�as I pulled down my cuffs 

and put my cravat straight�察 �that was a quick process。               I once heard of a 

man who learnt a language in the moments he gave each day to having his 

boots blacked�察�but this beats all。       I trust I was a docile pupil�拭─�

     ;Oh�察�fairly�察�sir�察─�answered the soft�察�musical voice of the strange being 

by me�察 �but your head is thick and your brain tough。              I could have taught 

another in half the time。; 

     ;Curiously   enough�察─      �was   my   response�察   �those    are   almost  the   very 

words   with   which   my   dear   old   tutor   dismissed   me   the   morning   I   left 

college。     Never mind�察�the thing is done。         Shall I pay you anything�拭─�

     ;I do not understand。; 

     ;Any honorarium�察�then�拭         �Some people understand one word and not 

the other。;    But the boy only shook his head in answer。 

     Strangely enough�察�I was not greatly surprised all this time either at the 

novelty     of  my   whereabouts      or   at  the  hypnotic    instruction    in  a  new 

language just received。        Per´ haps it was because my head still spun too 

giddily with that flight in the old rug for much thought�察�perhaps be´ cause 

I did not yet fully realise the thing that had happened。 But�察�anyhow�察�there 

is the fact�察�which�察�like so many others in my narrative�察�must�察�alas� �remain 

unexplained for the moment。           The rug�察�by the way�察�had completely disap´ 

peared�察�my friend comforting me on this score�察�however�察�by saying he had 

seen it rolled up and taken away by one whom he knew。 

     ;We   are   very   tidy   people   here�察  �stranger�察─  �he   said�察   �and   everything 

found Lying about goes back to the Palace store´ rooms。                 You will laugh 

to see the lumber there�察�for few of us ever take the trouble to reclaim our 

property。; 

     Heaven knows I was in no laughing mood when I saw that enchanted 

web again� �



                 

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