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The phenomenon made one more appearance—the last—before its character, its field of action rather, altered. He was reading a book when the print became now large, now small; it blurred, grew remote and tiny, then so huge that a single word, a letter even, filled the whole page. He felt as if someone were playing optical tricks with the mechanism of his eyes, trying first one, then another focus. THE PHENOMENON MADE ONE MORE APPEARANCE THE LAST BEFORE ITS CHARACTER ITS FIELD OF ACTION RATHER ALTERED HE WAS READING A BOOK WHEN THE PRINT BECAME NOW LARGE NOW SMALL IT BLURRED GREW REMOTE AND TINY THEN SO HUGE THAT A SINGLE WORD A LETTER EVEN FILLED THE WHOLE PAGE HE FELT AS IF SOMEONE WERE PLAYING OPTICAL TRICKS WITH THE MECHANISM OF HIS EYES TRYING FIRST ONE THEN ANOTHER FOCUS
or effect, the other hung upon his words—“of the odd expression ‘disappop.’” “Ah!” exclaimed the painter. “You see everything pictorially, of course, don’t you?” “Yes—as a rule.” “There you have it. Your painter’s psychology saw the child ‘disappopping.’ That’s all.” “And the fly?” but the fly was easily explained, since it was merely the process reversed. “Once a process has established itself in your mind, you see, it may act in either direction. When a madman says ‘I’m afraid Smith will[234] do me an injury,’ it means, ‘I will do an injury to Smith,’” And he repeated with finality, “That’s it.” The explanations were not very satisfactory, the illustration even tactless, but then the problem had not been stated quite fully. Neither to the oculist nor to the other had all the facts been given. The same shyness had been a restraining influence in both cases; a detail had been omitted, and this detail was that he connected the occurrences somehow with his brother whom the war had taken. ELL THIS IS MERELY A RENDERING AND PICTURE FORM OF HE PAUSED FOR EFFECT THE OTHER HUNG UPON HIS WORDS OF THE ODD EXPRESSION DISSIPOPT AH EXCLAIMED THE PAINTER YOU SEE EVERYTHING PICTORILY OF COURSE DON'T YOU YES AS A RULE THERE YOU HAVE IT YOUR PAINTER PSYCHOLOGY SAW THE CHILD DISSIPOPING THAT'S ALL AND THE FLY BUT THE FLY WAS EASILY EXPLAINED SINCE IT WAS MERELY THE PROCESS REVERSED ONCE A PROCESS HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF IN YOUR MIND YOU SEE IT MAY ACT IN EITHER DIRECTION WHEN A MADMAN SAYS I'M AFRAID SMITH WILL DO ME AN INJURY IT MEANS I WILL DO AN INJURY TO SMITH AND HE REPEATED WITH FINALITY THAT'S IT THE EXPLANATIONS WERE NOT VERY SATISFACTORY THE ILLUSTRATION EVEN TACTLESS BUT THEN THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN STATED QUITE FULLY NEITHER TO THE OCULIST NOR TO THE OTHER HAD ALL THE FACTS BEEN GIVEN THE SAME SHYNESS HAD BEEN A RESTRAINING INFLUENCE IN BOTH CASES A DETAIL HAD BEEN OMITTED AND THIS DETAIL WAS THAT HE CONNECTED THE OCCURRENCES SOMEHOW WITH HIS BROTHER WHOM THE WAR HAD TAKEN
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