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He had used the things in preparing the restorative. Then he switched off the electric light and went back into the study again, closing the door behind him. HE HAD USED THE THINGS IN PREPARING THE RESTORATIVE THEN HE SWITCHED OFF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WENT BACK INTO THE STUDY AGAIN CLOSING THE DOOR BEHIND HIM
study ; the walls were covered with books, most of them books of the advanced scientist, some of them books that even an advanced scientist would have classed as heterodox, the work of charlatans. It was brightly lighted ; on a side table the coffee and liqueurs had been placed all ready. At one end of the room was a door leading into the laboratory. The doctor opened the door and looked in ; the laboratory was in darkness, but he reached his hand upward to a button in the wall and switched on the electric light. The lamps reflected themselves on polished mahogany cases and on the bell-glass that protected a large microscope from the dust. There was rather an unpleasant smell in the room. Shelves and cabinets were ranged all round the walls ; in one corner stood a lead-covered table ; on another table stood two or three bottles and a measuring glass. The doctor put the bottles Ijack in THE OCTAVE OP CLAUDIUS. 29 their places on the shelves, and washed the glass at a square stone basin.  TO THE HOUSE THE FIRST OF THESE ROOMS WAS FURNISHED AS A STUDY THE WALLS WERE COVERED WITH BOOKS MOST OF THEM BOOKS OF THE ADVANCED SCIENTIST SOME OF THEM BOOKS THAT EVEN AN ADVANCED SCIENTIST WOULD HAVE CLASSED AS HETERODOX THE WORK OF CHARLATANS IT WAS BRIGHTLY LIGHTED ON A SIDE TABLE THE COFFEE IN THE COURSE HAD BEEN PLACED ALREADY AT ONE END OF THE ROOM WAS A DOOR LEADING INTO THE LABORATORY THE DOCTOR OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED IN THE LABORATORY WAS IN DARKNESS BUT HE REACHED HIS HAND UPWARD TO A BUTTON IN THE WALL AND SWITCHED ON THE ELECTRIC LIGHT THE LAMPS REFLECTED THEMSELVES ON POLISHED MAHOGANY CASES AND ON THE BELL GLASS THAT PROTECTED A LARGE MICROSCOPE FROM THE DUST THERE WAS A RATHER UNPLEASANT SMELL IN THE ROOM SHELVES AND CABINETS WERE RANGED ALL AROUND THE WALLS IN ONE CORNER STOOD A LEAD COVERED TABLE ON ANOTHER STOOD TWO OR THREE BOTTLES AND A MEASURING GLASS THE DOCTOR PUT THE BOTTLES BACK IN THEIR PLACES ON THE SHELVES AND WASHED THE GLASS AT A SQUARE STONE BASIN
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