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Strangely that wonderful hot day of the fifties rose up again in Clarke's imagination; the sense of dazzling all pervading sunlight seemed to blot out the shadows and the lights of the laboratory, and he felt again the heated air beating in gusts about his face, saw the shimmer rising from the turf, and heard the myriad murmur of the summer. STRANGELY THAT WONDERFUL HOT DAY OF THE FIFTIES ROSE UP AGAIN IN CLARKE'S IMAGINATION THE SENSE OF DAZZLING ALL PERVADING SUNLIGHT SEEMED TO BLOT OUT THE SHADOWS AND THE LIGHTS OF THE LABORATORY AND HE FELT AGAIN THE HEATED AIR BEATING IN GUSTS ABOUT HIS FACE SAW THE SHIMMER RISING FROM THE TURF AND HEARD THE MYRIAD MURMUR OF THE SUMMER
as he bent over a row of phials and lit the flame under the crucible. The doctor had a small hand-lamp, shaded as the larger one, on a ledge above his apparatus, and Clarke, who sat in the shadows, looked down at the great shadowy room, wondering at the bizarre effects of brilliant light and undefined darkness contrasting with one another. Soon he became conscious of an odd odour, at first the merest suggestion of odour, in the room, and as it grew more decided he felt surprised that he was not reminded of the chemist’s shop or the surgery. Clarke found himself idly endeavouring to analyse the sensation, and half conscious, he began to think of a day, fifteen years ago, that he had spent roaming through the woods and meadows near his own home. It was a burning day at the beginning of August, the heat had dimmed the outlines of all things and all distances with a faint mist, and people who observed the thermometer spoke of an abnormal register, of a temperature that was almost tropical. RKE WATCHED HIM DREARILY AS HE BENT OVER A ROW OF FILES AND LIT THE FLAME UNDER THE CRUCIBLE THE DOCTOR HAD A SMALL HAND LAMP SHADED AS THE LARGER ONE ON A LEDGE ABOVE HIS APPARATUS AND CLARKE WHO SAT IN THE SHADOWS LOOKED DOWN AT THE GREAT SHADOWY ROOM WONDERING AT THE BIZARRE EFFECTS OF BRILLIANT LIGHT AND UNDEFINED DARKNESS CONTRASTING WITH ONE ANOTHER SOON HE BECAME CONSCIOUS OF AN ODD ODOUR AT FIRST THE MEREST SUGGESTION OF AN ODOUR IN THE ROOM AND AS IT GREW MORE DECIDED HE FELT SURPRISED THAT HE WAS NOT REMINDED OF THE CHEMIST SHOP OR THE SURGERY CLARK FOUND HIMSELF IDLY ENDEAVOURING TO ANALYZE THE SENSATION AND HALF CONSCIOUS HE BEGAN TO THINK OF A DAY FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THAT HE HAD SPENT ROAMING THROUGH THE WOODS AND MEADOWS NEAR HIS OWN HOME WAS A BURNING DAY AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST THE HEAT HAD DIMMED THE OUTLINES OF ALL THINGS AND ALL DISTANCES WITH A FAINT MIST AND PEOPLE WHO OBSERVED THE THERMOMETER SPOKE OF AN ABNORMAL REGISTER OF A TEMPERATURE THAT WAS ALMOST TROPICAL
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