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More curious still, the meaning 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, or a language little known. MORE CURIOUS STILL THE MEANING 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
n 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. 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.  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 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
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