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"Well," demanded Avery, "what's all the show? Do you think you are teaching me anything  about my own instrument?" There was hurt pride and jealous resentment in his voice. WELL DEMANDED AVERY WHAT'S ALL THE SHOW DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TEACHING ME ANYTHING ABOUT MY OWN INSTRUMENT THERE WAS HURT PRIDE AND JEALOUS RESENTMENT IN HIS VOICE
the side of the metal. "About here, I should think.... Have you a drill? And a bit of quartz?" The inventor's eyes were puzzled, but the assurance of his old instructor claimed obedience. He produced a small drill and a fragment like broken glass. And he started visibly as the one hand worked awkwardly to make a small hole in the side of the lead. But he withdrew his own restraining hand, and he watched in mystified silence while the quartz was fitted to make a tiny window and the thin figure stooped to sight as if aiming the opening toward a far corner where a brown rat sat upright in earnest munching of a dry crust. The Professor drew Avery with him as he retreated noiselessly from the instrument. "Will you close the switch," he whispered. The young man hesitated, bewildered, at this unexpected demonstration, and the Professor himself reached with his one hand for the black lever. Again the arc crashed into life, to hold for a brief instant until Professor Eddinger opened the switch. HE PLACED A FINGER ON THE SIDE OF THE METAL ABOUT HERE I SHOULD THINK HAVE YOU A DRILL AND A BIT OF QUARTZ THE INVENTOR'S EYES WERE PUZZLED BUT THE ASSURANCE OF HIS OLD INSTRUCTOR CLAIMED OBEDIENCE HE PRODUCED A SMALL DRILL AND A FRAGMENT LIKE BROKEN GLASS AND HE STARTED VISIBLY AS THE ONE HAND WORKED AWKWARDLY TO MAKE A SMALL HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE LEAD BUT HE WITHDREW HIS OWN RESTRAINING HAND AND HE WATCHED IN MYSTIFIED SILENCE WHILE THE QUARTZ WAS FITTED TO MAKE A TINY WINDOW AND THE THIN FIGURE STOOPED TO SIGHT AS IF AIMING THE OPENING TOWARD A FAR CORNER WHERE A BROWN RAT SAT UPRIGHT IN THE EARNEST MUNCHING OF A DRY CRUST THE PROFESSOR DREW OVER IT WITH HIM AS HE RETREATED NOISELESSLY FROM THE INSTRUMENT WILL YOU CLOSE THE SWITCH HE WHISPERED THE YOUNG MAN HESITATED BEWILDERED AT THIS UNEXPECTED DEMONSTRATION AND THE PROFESSOR HIMSELF REACHED WITH HIS ONE HAND FOR THE BLACK LEVER AGAIN THE ARK CRASHED INTO LIFE TO HOLD FOR A BRIEF INSTANT UNTIL PROFESSOR EDINGER OPENED THE SWITCH
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