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"Your optic nerves might belong to a man of twenty," was the verdict. "Both are perfect. But at your age it is wise to save the sight as much as possible. There is a slight astigmatism...." And a prescription for the glasses was written out. YOUR OPTIC NERVES MIGHT BELONG TO A MAN OF TWENTY WAS THE VERDICT BOTH ARE PERFECT BUT AT YOUR AGE IT IS WISE TO SAVE THE SIGHT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THERE WAS THE SLIGHTEST STIGMATISM AND A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE GLASSES WAS WRITTEN OUT
at climbed the window-pane with remorseless industry, only to slip down again at the very instant when escape into the open air was within its reach, the fly grew abruptly into gigantic proportions, became blurred and indistinct as it did so, covered the entire pane with its furry, dark, ugly mass, and frightened him so that he stepped back with a cry and nearly lost his balance altogether. He collapsed into a chair. He listened with closed eyes. The metallic buzzing was audible, a small, exasperating sound, ordinarily unable to stir any emotion beyond a mild annoyance. Yet it was terrible; that so huge an insect should make so faint a sound seemed to him terrible. At length he cautiously opened his eyes. The fly was[233] of normal size once more. He hastily flicked it out of the window. An hour later he was talking with the famous oculist in Harley Street ... about the advisability of starting reading-glasses. He found it difficult to relate the rest. A curious shyness restrained him. DLY WATCHING A BLUEBOTTLE FLY THAT CLIMBED THE WINDOWPANE WITH REMORSELESS INDUSTRY ONLY TO SLIP DOWN AGAIN AT THE VERY INSTANT WHEN ESCAPE INTO THE OPEN AIR WAS WITHIN ITS REACH THE FLY GREW ABRUPTLY INTO GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS BECAME BLURRED AND INDISTINCT AS IT DID SO COVERED THE ENTIRE PANE WITH ITS FURRY DARK UGLY MASS AND FRIGHTENED HIM SO THAT HE STEPPED BACK WITH A CRY AND NEARLY LOST HIS BALANCE ALTOGETHER HE COLLAPSED INTO A CHAIR HE LISTENED WITH CLOSED EYES THE METALLIC BUZZING WAS AUDIBLE A SMALL EXASPERATING SOUND ORDINARILY UNABLE TO STIR ANY EMOTION BEYOND A MILD ANNOYANCE YET IT WAS TERRIBLE THAT SO HUGE AN INSECT SHOULD MAKE SO FAINT A SOUND SEEMED TO HIM TERRIBLE AT LENGTH HE CAUTIOUSLY OPENED HIS EYES THE FLY WAS OF NORMAL SIZE ONCE MORE HE HASTILY FLICKED IT OUT OF THE WINDOW AN HOUR LATER HE WAS TALKING WITH THE FAMOUS OCULIST IN HARLEY STREET ABOUT THE ADVISABILITY OF STARTING READING GLASSES HE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO RELATE THE REST A CURIOUS SHYNESS RESTRAINED HIM
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