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An hour later he was talking with the famous oculist in Harley Street ... about the advisability of starting reading glasses. He found it difficult to relate the rest. A curious shyness restrained him. AN HOUR LATER HE WAS TALKING WITH THE FAMOUS OCULIST IN HARLEY STREET ABOUT THE ADVISABILITY OF STARTING READING GLASSES HE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO RELATE THE REST A CURIOUS SHYNESS RESTRAINED HIM
 to consult. This particular notion hung unpleasantly about his mind, when, the day after the theatre visit, the thing recurred, but with a startling difference. While idly watching a blue-bottle fly that climbed the window-pane with remorseless industry, only to slip down again at the very instant when escape into the open air was within its reach, the fly grew abruptly into gigantic proportions, became blurred and indistinct as it did so, covered the entire pane with its furry, dark, ugly mass, and frightened him so that he stepped back with a cry and nearly lost his balance altogether. He collapsed into a chair. He listened with closed eyes. The metallic buzzing was audible, a small, exasperating sound, ordinarily unable to stir any emotion beyond a mild annoyance. Yet it was terrible; that so huge an insect should make so faint a sound seemed to him terrible. At length he cautiously opened his eyes. The fly was[233] of normal size once more. He hastily flicked it out of the window.  RATHER THAN AN OCULIST HE OUGHT TO CONSULT THIS PARTICULAR NOTION HUNG UNPLEASANTLY ABOUT HIS MIND WHEN THE DAY AFTER THE THEATRE VISIT THE THING RECURRED BUT WITH A STARTLING DIFFERENCE WHILE IDLY WATCHING A BLUEBOTTLE FLY THAT CLIMBED THE WINDOWPANE WITH REMORSELESS INDUSTRY ONLY TO SLIP DOWN AGAIN AT THE VERY INSTANT WHEN ESCAPE INTO THE OPEN AIR WAS WITHIN ITS REACH THE FLY GREW ABRUPTLY INTO GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS BECAME BLURRED AND INDISTINCT AS IT DID SO COVERED THE ENTIRE PANE WITH ITS FURRY DARK UGLY MASS AND FRIGHTENED HIM SO THAT HE STEPPED BACK WITH A CRY AND NEARLY LOST HIS BALANCE ALTOGETHER HE COLLAPSED INTO A CHAIR HE LISTENED WITH CLOSED EYES THE METALLIC BUZZING WAS AUDIBLE A SMALL EXASPERATING SOUND ORDINARILY UNABLE TO STIR ANY EMOTION BEYOND A MILD ANNOYANCE YET IT WAS TERRIBLE THAT SO HUGE AN INSECT SHOULD MAKE SO FAINT A SOUND SEEMED TO HIM TERRIBLE AT LENGTH HE CAUTIOUSLY OPENED HIS EYES THE FLY WAS OF NORMAL SIZE ONCE MORE HE HASTILY FLICKED IT OUT OF THE WINDOW
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