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There is one marked peculiarity about this paper, a thing nobody seems to notice but myself, and that is that it changes as the light changes. THERE IS ONE MARKED PECULIARITY ABOUT THIS PAPER A THING NO ONE SEEMS TO NOTICE BUT MYSELF AND THAT IS THAT IT CHANGES AS THE LIGHT CHANGES
not trust me as a physician when I tell you so?” So of course I said no more on that score, and we went to sleep before long. He thought I was asleep first, but I wasn’t,—I lay there for hours trying to decide whether that front pattern and the back pattern really did move together or separately. On a pattern like this, by daylight, there is a lack of sequence, a defiance of law, that is a constant irritant to a normal mind. The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing. You think you have mastered it, but just as you get well under way in following, it turns a back somersault and there you are. It slaps you in the face, knocks you down, and tramples upon you. It is like a bad dream. The outside pattern is a florid arabesque, reminding one of a fungus. If you can imagine a toadstool in joints, an interminable string of toadstools, budding and sprouting in endless convolutions,—why, that is something like it. That is, sometimes! FALSE AND FOOLISH FANCY CAN YOU NOT TRUST ME AS A PHYSICIAN WHEN I TELL YOU SO SO OF COURSE I SAID NO MORE ON THAT SCORE AND WE WENT TO SLEEP BEFORE LONG HE THOUGHT I WAS ASLEEP FIRST BUT I WASN'T AND LAY THERE FOR HOURS TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER THAT FRONT PATTERN AND THE BACK PATTERN REALLY DID MOVE TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY ON A PATTERN LIKE THIS BY DAYLIGHT THERE IS A LACK OF SEQUENCE A DEFIANCE OF LAW THAT IS A CONSTANT IRRITANT TO A NORMAL MIND THE COLOUR IS HIDEOUS ENOUGH AND UNRELIABLE ENOUGH AND INFURIATING ENOUGH BUT THE PATTERN IS TORTURING YOU THINK YOU'VE MASTERED IT BUT JUST AS YOU WILL GET UNDER WAY IN FOLLOWING IT TURNS A BACK SOMERSAULT AND THERE YOU ARE IT SLAPS YOU IN THE FACE KNOCKS YOU DOWN AND TRAMPLES UPON YOU IT IS LIKE A BAD DREAM THE OUTSIDE PATTERN IS A FLORID ARABESQUE REMINDING ONE OF A FUNGUS IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A TOADSTOOL ENJOINTS AN INTERMINABLE STRING OF TOADSTOOLS BUDDING AND SPROUTING IN ENDLESS CONVOLUTIONS WHY THAT IS SOMETHING LIKE IT THAT IS SOMETIMES
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