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Chapter 2
Hisnextproceeding?
Fromanopenboxonthemajolicatoppedtableheextractedablackdiminutivecone,oneinchinheight,placeditonitscircularbaseonasmalltinplate,placedhiscandlestickontherightcornerofthemantelpiece,producedfromhiswaistcoatafoldedpageofprospectus(illustrated)entitledAgendathNetaim,unfoldedthesame,examineditsuperficially,rolleditintoathincylinder,igniteditinthecandleflame,applieditwhenignitedtotheapexoftheconetillthelatterreachedthestageofrutilance,placedthecylinderinthebasinofthecandlestickdisposingitsunconsumedpartinsuchamannerastofacilitatetotalcombustion.
Whatfollowedthisoperation?
Thetruncatedconicalcratersummitofthediminutivevolcanoemittedaverticalandserpentinefumeredolentofaromaticorientalincense.
Whathomotheticobjects,otherthanthecandlestick,stoodonthemantelpiece?
AtimepieceofstriatedConnemaramarble,stoppedatthehourof4.46a.m.onthe21March1896,matrimonialgiftofMatthewDillon:adwarftreeofglacialarborescenceunderatransparentbellshade,matrimonialgiftofLukeandCarolineDoyle:anembalmedowl,matrimonialgiftofAldermanJohnHooper.
WhatinterchangesoflookstookplacebetweenthesethreeobjectsandBloom?
Inthemirrorofthegiltborderedpierglasstheundecoratedbackofthedwarftreeregardedtheuprightbackoftheembalmedowl.
