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The lamps reflected themselves on polished mahogany cases and on the bell glass that protected a large microscope from the dust. There was rather an unpleasant smell in the room. THE LAMPS REFLECTED THEMSELVES ON POLISHED MAHOGANY CASES AND ON THE BELL GLASS THAT PROTECTED A LARGE MICROSCOPE FROM THE DUST THERE WAS A RATHER UNPLEASANT SMELL IN THE ROOM
evening meal in an afternoon dress, with her hat on ; but it marked Sunday for her. This interested him slightly ; he wondered how her observation of Sunday would work out when her day came. There had been signs lately (he had noted them all as they came) that her day was very near. 28 THE OCTAVE OP CLAUDIUS. He crossed the hall and went down a corridor to the two rooms which constituted the addi- tion which he had made to the house. The first of these rooms was furnished as a study ; the walls were covered with books, most of them books of the advanced scientist, some of them books that even an advanced scientist would have classed as heterodox, the work of charlatans. It was brightly lighted ; on a side table the coffee and liqueurs had been placed all ready. At one end of the room was a door leading into the laboratory. The doctor opened the door and looked in ; the laboratory was in darkness, but he reached his hand upward to a button in the wall and switched on the electric light. KED SUNDAY FOR HILDA HE DID NOT LIKE HILDA TO SIT DOWN TO AN EVENING MEAL AND AFTERNOON DRESS WITH HER HAT ON BUT IT MARKED SUNDAY FOR HER THIS INTERESTED HIM SLIGHTLY HE WONDERED HOW HER OBSERVATION OF SUNDAY WOULD WORK OUT WHEN HER DAY CAME THERE HAD BEEN SIGNS LATELY HE NOTED THEM ALL AS THEY CAME THAT HER DAY WAS VERY NEAR HE CROSSED THE HALL AND WENT DOWN A CORRIDOR TO THE TWO ROOMS WHICH CONSTITUTED THE ADDITION WHICH HE HAD MADE TO THE HOUSE THE FIRST OF THESE ROOMS WAS FURNISHED AS A STUDY THE WALLS WERE COVERED WITH BOOKS MOST OF THEM BOOKS OF THE ADVANCED SCIENTIST SOME OF THEM BOOKS THAT EVEN AN ADVANCED SCIENTIST WOULD HAVE CLASSED AS HETERODOX THE WORK OF CHARLATANS IT WAS BRIGHTLY LIGHTED ON A SIDE TABLE THE COFFEE IN THE COURSE HAD BEEN PLACED ALREADY AT ONE END OF THE ROOM WAS A DOOR LEADING INTO THE LABORATORY THE DOCTOR OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED IN THE LABORATORY WAS IN DARKNESS BUT HE REACHED HIS HAND UPWARD TO A BUTTON IN THE WALL AND SWITCHED ON THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
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