large/9571/short_ghost_and_horror_collection_025_1411_librivox_64kb_mp3/ghohor025_20_various_64kb_1
large/9571/short_ghost_and_horror_collection_025_1411_librivox_64kb_mp3/ghohor025_20_various_64kb
English
9571
"Half a mile!" he repeated under his breath, "why it was even more, it was easily a mile." It had been exactly as though he suddenly looked at her down the wrong end of a powerful telescope. It had really happened; he could not explain it; there was no more to be said. HALF A MILE HE REPEATED UNDER HIS BREATH WHY IT WAS EVEN MORE IT WAS EASILY A MILE IT HAD BEEN EXACTLY AS THOUGH HE SUDDENLY LOOKED AT HER DOWN THE WRONG END OF A POWERFUL TELESCOPE IT HAD REALLY HAPPENED HE COULD NOT EXPLAIN IT THERE WAS NO MORE TO BE SAID
he sat there in the dark. He heard the wind walking round the house, trying the doors and windows. He was troubled by a memory he could not seize. Yet the emotion instantly resolved itself into one of personal anxiety: something had gone wrong with his eyes. Sight, his most precious possession as an artist, was of course affected. He was conscious of a little trembling in him, as he at once began trying his sight at various objects—his hands, the high ceiling, the trees dim in the twilight on the lawn outside. He opened a book and read half a dozen lines, at changing distances; finally he stared carefully at the second hand of his watch. “Right as a trivet!” he exclaimed aloud. He emitted a long sigh; he was immensely relieved. “Nothing wrong with my eyes.” He thought about the actual occurrence a great deal—he felt as puzzled as any other normal person must have felt. While he held the child actually in his arms, gripping her with both hands, he had seen her suddenly half a mile away.  HE KNEW A CURIOUS QUAM AS HE SAT THERE IN THE DARK HE HEARD THE WIND WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE TRYING THE DOORS AND WINDOWS HE WAS TROUBLED BY A MEMORY HE COULD NOT SEIZE YET THE EMOTION INSTANTLY RESOLVED ITSELF INTO ONE OF PERSONAL ANXIETY SOMETHING HAD GONE WRONG WITH HIS EYES SIGHT HIS MOST PRECIOUS POSSESSION AS AN ARTIST WAS OF COURSE AFFECTED HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF A LITTLE TREMBLING IN HIM AS HE AT ONCE BEGAN TRYING HIS SIGHT AT VARIOUS OBJECTS HIS HANDS THE HIGH CEILING THE TREES DIM IN THE TWILIGHT ON THE LAWN OUTSIDE HE OPENED A BOOK AND READ HALF A DOZEN LINES AT CHANGING DISTANCES FINALLY HE STARED CAREFULLY AT THE SECOND HAND OF HIS WATCH RIGHT IS A TRIVET HE EXCLAIMED ALOUD HE EMITTED A LONG SIGH HE WAS IMMENSELY RELIEVED NOTHING WRONG WITH MY EYES HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE ACTUAL OCCURRENCE A GREAT DEAL HE FELT AS PUZZLED AS ANY OTHER NORMAL PERSON MIGHT HAVE FELT WHILE HE HELD THE CHILD ACTUALLY IN HIS ARMS GRIPPING HER WITH BOTH HANDS HE HAD SEEN HER SUDDENLY HALF A MILE AWAY
large/9571/short_ghost_and_horror_collection_025_1411_librivox_64kb_mp3/ghohor025_20_various_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/9571/short_ghost_and_horror_collection_025_1411_librivox_64kb_mp3/ghohor025_20_various_64kb.flac