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As he said the last word, his voice rose a little, and, as it seemed, an echo came back from one of the corners of the room: "Impossible, impossible?" There seemed to be a sarcastic note of interrogation after the last word. AS HE SAID THE LAST WORD HIS VOICE ROSE A LITTLE AND AS IT SEEMED AN ECHO CAME FROM ONE OF THE CORNERS OF THE ROOM IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE THERE SEEMED TO BE A SARCASTIC NOTE OF INTERROGATION AFTER THE LAST WORD
t lips would speak to him. But no! For all the answer that he got he might as well have been looking upon the granite features of the Sphinx itself. He turned away again towards the table, and murmured: "Ah well! I suppose it was only an hallucination, after all. One of these strange pranks that the over-strained intellect sometimes plays with us. Perhaps I have been thinking too much lately. And now I really think I had better follow Niti's advice, and take my night-cap and go to bed." But as he put out his hand to take the whisky decanter he stopped and pulled it back. "What on earth is the matter with me?" he said, putting his hand to his head. "That decanter is mine--it is the same, and yet it is standing in just the same place as that other thing--and I remember that, too. Look here, Franklin Marmion, my friend, if you were not a rather over-worked man I should think you had had a good deal too much to drink. Two bodies _cannot_ occupy the same space. It is ridiculous, impossible!  LONG CLOSED EYES WOULD OPEN AGAIN AND THAT THE LONG SILENT LIPS WOULD SPEAK TO HIM BUT NO FOR ALL TO ANSWER THAT HE GOT HE MIGHT AS WELL BEEN LOOKING UPON THE GRANITE FEATURES OF THE SPHINX ITSELF HE TURNED AWAY TOWARDS THE TABLE AND MURMURED AH WELL I SUPPOSE IT WAS ONLY AN HALLUCINATION AFTER ALL ONE OF THOSE STRANGE PRANKS THAT THE OVERSTRAINED INTELLECT SOMETIMES PLAYS WITH US PERHAPS I HAVE BEEN THINKING TOO MUCH LATELY AND NOW I REALLY THINK I'D BETTER FOLLOW KNITTY'S ADVICE AND TAKE MY NIGHTCAP AND GO TO BED BUT AS HE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO TAKE THE WHISKY DECANTER HE STOPPED AND PULLED IT BACK WHAT ON EARTH IS THE MATTER WITH ME HE SAID PUTTING HIS HAND TO HIS HEAD THE DECANTER IS MINE IT IS THE SAME AND YET STANDING IN JUST THE SAME PLACE AS THE OTHER THING AND I REMEMBER THAT TOO LOOK HERE FRANKLIN MARMION MY FRIEND IF YOU WERE NOT A RATHER OVERWORKED MAN I SHOULD THINK YOU HAD HAD A GOOD DEAL TOO MUCH TO DRINK TWO BODIES CANNOT OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE IT IS RIDICULOUS IMPOSSIBLE
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