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The outside pattern is a florid arabesque, reminding one of a fungus. If you can imagine a toadstool in joints, an interminable string of toadstools, budding and sprouting in endless convolutions,—why, that is something like it. That is, sometimes! THE OUTSIDE PATTERN IS A FLORID ARABESQUE REMINDING ONE OF A FUNGUS IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A TOADSTOOL ENJOINTS AN INTERMINABLE STRING OF TOADSTOOLS BUDDING AND SPROUTING IN ENDLESS CONVOLUTIONS WHY THAT IS SOMETHING LIKE IT THAT IS SOMETIMES
, for my sake and for our child’s sake, as well as for your own, that you will never for one instant let that idea enter your mind! There is nothing so dangerous, so fascinating, to a temperament like yours. It is a false and foolish fancy. Can you not trust me as a physician when I tell you so?” So of course I said no more on that score, and we went to sleep before long. He thought I was asleep first, but I wasn’t,—I lay there for hours trying to decide whether that front pattern and the back pattern really did move together or separately. On a pattern like this, by daylight, there is a lack of sequence, a defiance of law, that is a constant irritant to a normal mind. The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing. You think you have mastered it, but just as you get well under way in following, it turns a back somersault and there you are. It slaps you in the face, knocks you down, and tramples upon you. It is like a bad dream.  MY DARLING SAID HE I BEG OF YOU FOR MY SAKE AND FOR OUR CHILD'S SAKE AS WELL AS FOR YOUR OWN THAT YOU WILL NEVER FOR ONE INSTANT LET THAT IDEA ENTER YOUR MIND THERE IS NOTHING SO DANGEROUS SO FASTENING TO A TEMPERAMENT LIKE YOURS IT IS A FALSE AND FOOLISH FANCY CAN YOU NOT TRUST ME AS A PHYSICIAN WHEN I TELL YOU SO SO OF COURSE I SAID NO MORE ON THAT SCORE AND WE WENT TO SLEEP BEFORE LONG HE THOUGHT I WAS ASLEEP FIRST BUT I WASN'T AND LAY THERE FOR HOURS TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER THAT FRONT PATTERN AND THE BACK PATTERN REALLY DID MOVE TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY ON A PATTERN LIKE THIS BY DAYLIGHT THERE IS A LACK OF SEQUENCE A DEFIANCE OF LAW THAT IS A CONSTANT IRRITANT TO A NORMAL MIND THE COLOUR IS HIDEOUS ENOUGH AND UNRELIABLE ENOUGH AND INFURIATING ENOUGH BUT THE PATTERN IS TORTURING YOU THINK YOU'VE MASTERED IT BUT JUST AS YOU WILL GET UNDER WAY IN FOLLOWING IT TURNS A BACK SOMERSAULT AND THERE YOU ARE IT SLAPS YOU IN THE FACE KNOCKS YOU DOWN AND TRAMPLES UPON YOU IT IS LIKE A BAD DREAM
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