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You are a painter, aren't you? Well, this is merely a rendering in picture form of"—he paused for effect, the other hung upon his words—"of the odd expression 'disappop.'" "Ah!" exclaimed the painter. "You see everything pictorially, of course, don't you?" "Yes—as a rule." YOU ARE A PAINTER AREN'T YOU WELL THIS IS MERELY A RENDERING AND PICTURE FORM OF HE PAUSED FOR EFFECT THE OTHER HUNG UPON HIS WORDS OF THE ODD EXPRESSION DISSIPOPT AH EXCLAIMED THE PAINTER YOU SEE EVERYTHING PICTORILY OF COURSE DON'T YOU YES AS A RULE
erves 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. It was only when paying the fee, and as a means of drawing attention from the awkward moment, that his story found expression. It seemed to come out in spite of himself. He made light of it even then, telling it without conviction. It seemed foolish suddenly as he told it. “How very odd,” observed the oculist vaguely, “dear me, yes, curious indeed. But that’s nothing. H’m, h’m!” Either it was no concern of his, or he deemed it negligible.... His only other confidant was a friend of psychological tendencies who was interested and eager to explain. It is on the instant plausible explanation of anything and everything that the reputation of such folk depends; this one was true to type: “A spontaneous invention, my dear fellow—a pictorial rendering of your thought. A CURIOUS SHYNESS RESTRAINED HIM 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 IT WAS ONLY WHEN PAYING THE FEE AND AS A MEANS OF DRAWING ATTENTION FROM THE AWKWARD MOMENT THAT HIS STORY FOUND EXPRESSION IT SEEMED TO COME OUT IN SPITE OF HIMSELF HE MADE LIGHT OF IT EVEN THEN TELLING IT WITHOUT CONVICTION IT SEEMED FOOLISH SUDDENLY AS HE TOLD IT HOW VERY ODD OBSERVED THE OCULIST VAGUELY DEAR ME YES CURIOUS INDEED BUT THAT'S NOTHING EITHER IT WAS NO CONCERN OF HIS OR HE DEEMED IT NEGLIGIBLE HIS ONLY OTHER CONFIDANT WAS A FRIEND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TENDENCIES WHO WAS INTERESTED AND EAGER TO EXPLAIN IT IS ON THE INSTANT PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT THE REPUTATION OF SUCH FOLK DEPENDS THIS ONE WAS TRUE TO TYPE A SPONTANEOUS INVENTION MY DEAR FELLOW A PICTORIAL RENDERING OF YOUR THOUGHT
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