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To-morrow we Disappear into the Unknown

           "Timeitis,"saidLordJohn."Youcanblowthewhistle."Hetookuptheenvelopeandcutitwithhispenknife.Fromithedrewafoldedsheetofpaper.Thishecarefullyopenedoutandflattenedonthetable.Itwasablanksheet.Heturneditover.Againitwasblank.Welookedateachotherinabewilderedsilence,whichwasbrokenbyadiscordantburstofderisivelaughterfromProfessorSummerlee.

           "Itisanopenadmission,"hecried."Whatmoredoyouwant?Thefellowisaself-confessedhumbug.Wehaveonlytoreturnhomeandreporthimasthebrazenimposterthatheis."

           "Invisibleink!"Isuggested.

           "Idon’tthink!"saidLordRoxton,holdingthepapertothelight."No,youngfellahmylad,thereisnousedeceivingyourself.I’llgobailforitthatnothinghaseverbeenwrittenuponthispaper."

           "MayIcomein?"boomedavoicefromtheveranda.

           Theshadowofasquatfigurehadstolenacrossthepatchofsunlight.Thatvoice!Thatmonstrousbreadthofshoulder!WesprangtoourfeetwithagaspofastonishmentasChallenger,inaround,boyishstraw-hatwithacoloredribbonChallenger,withhishandsinhisjacket-pocketsandhiscanvasshoesdaintilypointingashewalkedappearedintheopenspacebeforeus.Hethrewbackhishead,andtherehestoodinthegoldenglowwithallhisoldAssyrianluxurianceofbeard,allhisnativeinsolenceofdroopingeyelidsandintoleranteyes.

           "Ifear,"saidhe,takingouthiswatch,"thatIamafewminutestoolate.WhenIgaveyouthisenvelopeImustconfessthatIhadneverintendedthatyoushouldopenit,forithadbeenmyfixedintentiontobewithyoubeforethehour.

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