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He had taken off his ring without unbending his finger. Yes, he could do it again now; it was just as easy as taking it off in the ordinary way. He certainly had not been dreaming when the Mummy had become Queen Nitocris and given him the wine. He could not have been mad or dreaming, because his daughter was there. HE HAD TAKEN OFF HIS RING WITHOUT UNBENDING HIS FINGER YES HE COULD DO IT AGAIN NOW IT WAS JUST AS EASY AS TAKING IT OFF THE ORDINARY WAY HE CERTAINLY HAD NOT BEEN DREAMING WHEN THE MUMMY HAD BECOME QUEEN NIDIKRUS AND GIVEN HIM THE WINE HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MAD OR DREAMY BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER WAS THERE
here is one dogma to which humanity has clung with unanimous consistency, it is to the dogma that two and two make four. What if he were to prove--as, of course, he could do now that this mysterious hand, outstretched through the mists of the far past, had led him across the horizon which divides the two states of Existence--that, under certain circumstances, they would also make three or five? What if he demonstrated that even the axioms of Euclid could, under different conditions, be both true and false at the same time? No, the thought of overthrowing such a venerable authority and plunging the scientific world into a hopeless state of intellectual chaos sent a shudder through his nerves. He could not do it. And yet it was only the bare, solid truth that he did possess these powers. The dream of the death-bridal of Nitocris might possibly have been nothing more than just a dream, or possibly the revival of an episode in a past existence; but the other experiences certainly were not.  FOR INSTANCE IF THERE WERE ONE DOGMA TO WHICH HUMANITY HAS CLUNG WITH WITH UNANIMOUS CONSISTENCY IT IS TO THE DOGMA THAT TWO AND TWO MAKE FOUR WHAT IF HE WOULD PROVE AS OF COURSE HE COULD DO NOW THAT THE MYSTERIOUS HAND OUTSTRETCHED THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE FAR PAST HAD LED HIM CROSS THE HORIZON WHICH DIVIDES THE TWO STATES OF EXISTENCE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THEY COULD ALSO MAKE THREE OR FIVE WHAT IF HE DEMONSTRATED THAT EVEN THE AXIOMS OF EUCLID COULD UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS BE BOTH TRUE AND FALSE AT THE SAME TIME NO THE THOUGHT OF OVERTHROWING SUCH A VENERABLE AUTHORITY AND PLUNGING THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD INTO A HOPELESS STATE OF INTELLECTUAL CHAOS SENT A SHUDDER THROUGH HIS NERVES HE COULD NOT DO IT AND YET IT WAS ONLY THE BARE SOLID TRUTH THAT HE DID POSSESS THESE POWERS THE DREAM OF THE DEATH BRIDAL OF NIDICHRUS MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN NOTHING MORE THAN JUST A DREAM OR POSSIBLY THE REVIVAL OF AN EPISODE IN A PAST EXISTENCE BUT THE OTHER EXPERIENCES CERTAINLY WERE NOT
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