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The metallic buzzing was audible, a small, exasperating sound, ordinarily unable to stir any emotion beyond a mild annoyance. Yet it was terrible; that so huge an insect should make so faint a sound seemed to him terrible. THE METALLIC BUZZING WAS AUDIBLE A SMALL EXASPERATING SOUND ORDINARILY UNABLE TO STIR ANY EMOTION BEYOND A MILD ANNOYANCE YET IT WAS TERRIBLE THAT SO HUGE AN INSECT SHOULD MAKE SO FAINT A SOUND SEEMED TO HIM TERRIBLE
een considering a visit to the oculist, though without putting his decision into execution. He was the kind of man that dreaded doctors, dentists, oculists, always postponing, always finding reasons for delay. He found reasons now, the chief among them being an unwelcome one—that it was perhaps a brain specialist, rather than an oculist, he ought to consult. This particular notion hung unpleasantly about his mind, when, the day after the theatre visit, the thing recurred, but with a startling difference. While idly watching a blue-bottle fly that climbed the window-pane with remorseless industry, only to slip down again at the very instant when escape into the open air was within its reach, the fly grew abruptly into gigantic proportions, became blurred and indistinct as it did so, covered the entire pane with its furry, dark, ugly mass, and frightened him so that he stepped back with a cry and nearly lost his balance altogether. He collapsed into a chair. He listened with closed eyes. K DURING WHICH TIME HE HAD BEEN CONSIDERING A VISIT TO THE OCULIST THOUGH WITHOUT PUTTING HIS DECISION INTO EXECUTION HE WAS THE KIND OF MAN THAT DREADED DOCTORS DENTISTS OCULISTS ALWAYS POSTPONING ALWAYS FINDING REASONS FOR DELAY HE FOUND REASONS NOW THE CHIEF AMONG THEM BEING AN UNWELCOME ONE THAT IT WAS PERHAPS A BRAIN SPECIALIST RATHER THAN AN OCULIST HE OUGHT TO CONSULT THIS PARTICULAR NOTION HUNG UNPLEASANTLY ABOUT HIS MIND WHEN THE DAY AFTER THE THEATRE VISIT THE THING RECURRED BUT WITH A STARTLING DIFFERENCE WHILE IDLY WATCHING A BLUEBOTTLE FLY THAT CLIMBED THE WINDOWPANE WITH REMORSELESS INDUSTRY ONLY TO SLIP DOWN AGAIN AT THE VERY INSTANT WHEN ESCAPE INTO THE OPEN AIR WAS WITHIN ITS REACH THE FLY GREW ABRUPTLY INTO GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS BECAME BLURRED AND INDISTINCT AS IT DID SO COVERED THE ENTIRE PANE WITH ITS FURRY DARK UGLY MASS AND FRIGHTENED HIM SO THAT HE STEPPED BACK WITH A CRY AND NEARLY LOST HIS BALANCE ALTOGETHER HE COLLAPSED INTO A CHAIR HE LISTENED WITH CLOSED EYES
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