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Clarke looked about him. Scarcely a foot of wall remained bare; there were shelves all around laden with bottles and phials of all shapes and colours, and at one end stood a little Chippendale book case. Raymond pointed to this. "You see that parchment Oswald Crollius? He was one of the first to show me the way, though I don't think he ever found it himself. That is a strange saying of his: 'In every grain of wheat there lies hidden the soul of a star. CLARKE LOOKED ABOUT HIM SCARCELY A FOOT OF ALL REMAINED BARE THERE WERE SHELVES ALL AROUND LADEN WITH BOTTLES AND FILES OF ALL SHAPES AND COLORS AND AT ONE END STOOD A LITTLE CHIPPENDALE BOOKCASE RAYMOND POINTED TO THIS YOU SEE THAT PARCHMENT OSWALD CRAWLEUS HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO SHOW ME THE WAY THOUGH I DON'T THINK HE EVER FOUND IT HIMSELF THAT IS A STRANGE SAYING OF HIS IN EVERY GRAIN OF WHEAT THERE LIES HIDDEN THE SOUL OF A STAR
at she—” He whispered the rest into the doctor’s ear. “Not at all, not at all. That is nonsense. I assure you. Indeed, it is better as it is; I am quite certain of that.” “Consider the matter well, Raymond. It’s a great responsibility. Something might go wrong; you would be a miserable man for the rest of your days.” “No, I think not, even if the worst happened. As you know, I rescued Mary from the gutter, and from almost certain starvation, when she was a child; I think her life is mine, to use as I see fit. Come, it’s getting late; we had better go in.” Dr. Raymond led the way into the house, through the hall, and down a long dark passage. He took a key from his pocket and opened a heavy door, and motioned Clarke into his laboratory. It had once been a billiard-room, and was lighted by a glass dome in the centre of the ceiling, whence there still shone a sad grey light on the figure of the doctor as he lit a lamp with a heavy shade and placed it on a table in the middle of the room.   ME I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REQUISITE THAT SHE HE WHISPERED THE REST INTO THE DOCTOR'S EAR NOT AT ALL NOT AT ALL THAT IS NONSENSE I ASSURE YOU INDEED IT IS BETTER AS IT IS I AM QUITE CERTAIN OF THAT CONSIDER THE MATTER WELL RAYMOND IT'S A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY SOMETHING MIGHT GO WRONG YOU WOULD BE A MISERABLE MAN FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAYS NO I THINK NOT EVEN IF THE WORST HAPPENED AS YOU KNOW I RESCUED MARY FROM THE GUTTER AND FROM ALMOST CERTAIN STARVATION WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD I THINK HER LIFE IS MINE TO USE AS I SEE FIT COME IT'S GETTING LATE WE HAD BETTER GO IN DOCTOR RAYMOND LED THE WAY INTO THE HOUSE THROUGH THE HALL AND DOWN A LONG DARK PASSAGE HE TOOK A KEY FROM HIS POCKET AND OPENED A HEAVY DOOR AND MOTIONED CLARKE INTO HIS LABORATORY IT HAD ONCE BEEN A BILLIARD ROOM AND WAS LIGHTED BY A GLASS DOME IN THE CENTRE OF THE CEILING WHENCE THERE STILL SHONE A SAD GREY LIGHT ON THE FIGURE OF THE DOCTOR AS HE LIT A LAMP WITH A HEAVY SHADE AND PLACED IT ON A TABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM 
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