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Twice this happened to him, once with an individual, his brother's child, and once with a landscape, an Eastern stage scene. Both occurrences were within the week, during which time he had been considering a visit to the oculist, though without putting his decision into execution. TWICE THIS HAPPENED TO HIM ONCE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL HIS BROTHER'S CHILD AND ONCE WITH A LANDSCAPE AN EASTERN STAGE SCENE BOTH OCCURRENCES WERE WITHIN THE WEEK DURING WHICH TIME HE HAD BEEN CONSIDERING A VISIT TO THE OCULIST THOUGH WITHOUT PUTTING HIS DECISION INTO EXECUTION
was the first time it happened to him. At the theatre, a week later, when the phenomenon was repeated, the stage he was watching fixedly at the moment went far away, as though he saw it from a long way off. The distance, so far as he could judge, was the same as before, about a mile. It was an Eastern scene, realistically costumed and produced, that without an instant’s warning withdrew. The entire stage went with it, although he did[232] not actually see it go. He did not see movement, that is. It was suddenly remote, while yet the actors’ voices, the orchestra, the general hubbub retained their normal volume. He experienced again the distressing dizziness; he closed his eyes, covering them with his hand, then rubbing the eyeballs slightly; and when he looked up the next minute, the world was as it should be, as it had been, at any rate. Unwilling to experience a repetition of the thing in a public place, however, and fortunately being alone, he left the theatre at the end of the act. T THERE WAS NO MORE TO BE SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED TO HIM AT THE THEATER A WEEK LATER WHEN THE PHENOMENON WAS REPEATED THE STAGE HE WAS WATCHING FIXEDLY AT THE MOMENT WENT FAR AWAY AS THOUGH HE SAW IT FROM A LONG WAY OFF THE DISTANCE SO FAR AS HE COULD JUDGE WAS THE SAME AS BEFORE ABOUT A MILE IT WAS AN EASTERN SCENE REALISTICALLY COSTUMED AND PRODUCED THAT WITHOUT AN INSTANT'S WARNING WITHDREW THE ENTIRE STAGE WENT WITH IT ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT ACTUALLY SEE IT GO HE DID NOT SEE A MOVEMENT THAT IS IT WAS SUDDENLY REMOTE WHILE YET THE ACTORS VOICES THE ORCHESTRA OF A GENERAL HUBBUB RETAINED THEIR NORMAL VOLUME HE EXPERIENCED AGAIN THE DISTRESSING DIZZINESS HE CLOSED HIS EYES COVERING THEM WITH HIS HAND THEN RUBBING THE EYEBALLS SLIGHTLY AND WHEN HE LOOKED UP THE NEXT MINUTE THE WORLD WAS AS IT SHOULD BE AS IT HAD BEEN AT ANY RATE UNWILLING TO EXPERIENCE A REPETITION OF THE THING IN A PUBLIC PLACE HOWEVER AND FORTUNATELY BEING ALONE HE LEFT THE THEATRE AT THE END OF THE ACT
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