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He watched. No change of focus, no magnifying or[235] diminishing, came again. For some weeks he noticed nothing unusual of any kind, except that his mind often filled now with Eastern pictures. Their sudden irruption caught his attention, but no more than that; they were sometimes blurred and sometimes vivid; he had never been in the East; he attributed them to his constant thinking of his brother, missing in Mesopotamia these six months. HE WATCHED NO CHANGE OF FOCUS NO MAGNIFYING OR DIMINISHING CAME AGAIN FOR SOME WEEKS HE NOTICED NOTHING UNUSUAL OF ANY KIND EXCEPT THAT HIS MIND OFTEN FILLED NOW WITH EASTERN PICTURES THEIR SUDDEN IRRUPTION CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION BUT NO MORE THAN THAT THEY WERE SOMETIMES BLURRED AND SOMETIMES VIVID HE HAD NEVER BEEN IN THE EAST HE ATTRIBUTED THEM TO HIS CONSTANT THINKING OF HIS BROTHER MISSING IN MESOPOTAMIA THESE SIX MONTHS
came uncertain; he did not understand them any more; the sentences lost their meaning, as though he read a strange language, or a language little known. The flash came then—someone was using his eyes—someone else was looking through them. No, it was not his brother. The idea was preposterous in any case. Yet he shivered again, as when he heard the walking wind, for an uncanny conviction came over him that it was someone who did not understand eyes but was manipulating their mechanism experimentally. With the conviction came also this: that, while not his brother, it was someone connected with his brother. Here, moreover, was an explanation of sorts, for if the supernatural existed—he had never troubled his head about it—he could accept this odd business as a manifestation, and leave it at that. He did so, and his mind was eased. This was his attitude: “The supernatural may exist. Why not? We cannot know. But we can watch.” His eyes and brain, at any rate, were proved in good condition.  OF THE WORDS THEMSELVES BECAME UNCERTAIN HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THEM ANY MORE THE SENTENCES LOST THEIR MEANING AS THOUGH HE READ A STRANGE LANGUAGE WERE A LANGUAGE LITTLE KNOWN THE FLASH CAME THEN SOME ONE WAS USING HIS EYES SOME ONE ELSE WAS LOOKING THROUGH THEM NO IT WAS NOT HIS BROTHER THE IDEA WAS PREPOSTEROUS IN ANY CASE YET HE SHIVERED AGAIN AS WHEN HE HEARD THE WALKING WIND FOR AN UNCANNY CONVICTION CAME OVER HIM THAT IT WAS SOMEONE WHO DID NOT UNDERSTAND EYES BUT WAS MANIPULATING THEIR MECHANISM EXPERIMENTALLY WITH THE CONVICTION CAME ALSO THIS THAT WHILE NOT HIS BROTHER IT WAS SOMEONE CONNECTED WITH HIS BROTHER HERE MOREOVER WAS AN EXPLANATION OF SORTS FOR IF THE SUPERNATURAL EXISTED HE HAD NEVER TROUBLED HIS HEAD ABOUT IT HE COULD ACCEPT THIS ODD BUSINESS AS A MANIFESTATION AND LEAVE IT AT THAT HE DID SO AND HIS MIND WAS EASED THIS WAS HIS ATTITUDE THE SUPERNATURAL MAY EXIST WHY NOT WE CANNOT KNOW BUT WE CAN'T WATCH HIS EYES AND BRAIN AT ANY RATE WERE PROVED IN GOOD CONDITION
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