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I suppose that's Annie with the whisky." I SUPPOSE THAT'S ANNIE WITH THE WHISKY
 and her mother's; but where can it have come from? Hardly from your lips, my long-dead Royal Egypt," he went on, going up to the mummy-case and peering through his spectacles into the rigid features. He put up his hand and tapped the tightly-drawn lips very gently, then turned away with a smile, saying aloud to himself: "No, no, I must have been allowing what they call my scientific imagination to play tricks with me. Perhaps I have been worrying a little too much about this confounded fourth dimension problem,--and yet the thing is exceedingly fascinating. If the hand of Science could only reach across the frontier line! If we could only see out of the world of length and breadth and thickness into that other world of these and something else, how many puzzles would be solved, how many impossibilities would become possible, and how many of the miracles which those old Egyptian adepts so seriously claimed to work would look like the merest commonplaces! Ah well, now for the realities.  IT IS VERY LIKE KNITTY'S AND HER MOTHER'S BUT WHERE CAN IT HAVE COME FROM HARDLY YOUR LIPS MY LONG DEAD ROYAL EGYPT HE WENT ON GOING UP TO THE MUMMY CASE AND PEERING THROUGH HIS SPECTACLES INTO THE RIGID FEATURES HE PUT UP HIS HAND AND TAPPED ON THE TIGHTLY DRAWN LIPS VERY GENTLY AND THEN TURNED AWAY WITH A SMILE SAYING ALOUD TO HIMSELF NO NO I MUST HAVE BEEN ALLOWING WHAT THEY CALL MY SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION TO PLAY TRICKS WITH ME PERHAPS I'VE BEEN WORRYING A LITTLE TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS CONFOUNDED FOURTH DIMENSION PROBLEM AND YET THE THING IS EXCEEDINGLY FASCINATING IF THE HAND OF SCIENCE COULD ONLY REACH ACROSS THE FRONTIER LINE IF WE COULD ONLY SEE OUT OF THAT WORLD OF LENGTH AND BREADTH AND THICKNESS INTO THAT OTHER WORLD OF THESE AND SOMETHING ELSE HOW MANY PUZZLES WOULD BE SOLVED HOW MANY IMPOSSIBILITIES WOULD BECOME POSSIBLE AND HOW MANY OF THE MIRACLES WHICH THESE OLD EGYPTIAN DEPTHS SO SERIOUSLY CLAIM TO WORK WOULD LOOK LIKE THE MEREST COMMONPLACES AH WELL NOW FOR THE REALITIES
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