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Chapter 2
Hadheeverbeenaspectatorofthosephenomena?
Once,in1887,afteraprotractedperformanceofcharadesinthehouseofLukeDoyle,Kimmage,hehadawaitedwithpatiencetheapparitionofthediurnalphenomenon,seatedonawall,hisgazeturnedinthedirectionofMizrach,theeast.
Herememberedtheinitialparaphenomena?
Moreactiveair,amatutinaldistantcock,ecclesiasticalclocksatvariouspoints,avinemusic,theisolatedtreadofanearlywayfarer,thevisiblediffusionofthelightofaninvisibleluminousbody,thefirstgoldenlimboftheresurgentsunperceptiblelowonthehorizon.
Didheremain?
Withdeepinspirationhereturned,retraversingthegarden,reenteringthepassage,reclosingthedoor.Withbriefsuspirationhereassumedthecandle,reascendedthestairs,reapproachedthedoorofthefrontroom,hallfloor,andreentered.
Whatsuddenlyarrestedhisingress?
Therighttemporallobeofthehollowsphereofhiscraniumcameintocontactwithasolidtimberanglewhere,aninfinitesimalbutsensiblefractionofasecondlater,apainfulsensationwaslocatedinconsequenceofantecedentsensationstransmittedandregistered.
Describethealterationseffectedinthedispositionofthearticlesoffurniture.
