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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 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
, 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. “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. This 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. ED 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 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 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
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