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At the House in Great Portland Street

           No,notthoseRöntgenvibrations—Idon'tknowthattheseothersofminehavebeendescribed. Yettheyareobviousenough. Ineededtwolittledynamos,andtheseIworkedwithacheapgasengine. Myfirstexperimentwaswithabitofwhitewoolfabric. Itwasthestrangestthingintheworldtoseeitintheflickeroftheflashessoftandwhite,andthentowatchitfadelikeawreathofsmokeandvanish. 

           "IcouldscarcelybelieveIhaddoneit. Iputmyhandintotheemptiness,andtherewasthethingassolidasever. Ifeltitawkwardly,andthrewitonthefloor. Ihadalittletroublefindingitagain. 

           "Andthencameacuriousexperience. Iheardamiaowbehindme,andturning,sawaleanwhitecat,verydirty,onthecisterncoveroutsidethewindow. Athoughtcameintomyhead. 'Everythingreadyforyou,'Isaid,andwenttothewindow,openedit,andcalledsoftly. Shecamein,purring—thepoorbeastwasstarving—andIgavehersomemilk. Allmyfoodwasinacupboardinthecorneroftheroom. Afterthatshewentsmellingroundtheroom,evidentlywiththeideaofmakingherselfathome. Theinvisibleragupsetherabit;youshouldhaveseenherspitatit! ButImadehercomfortableonthepillowofmytruckle-bed. AndIgaveherbuttertogethertowash." 

           "Andyouprocessedher?" 

           "Iprocessedher.Butgivingdrugstoacatisnojoke,Kemp!Andtheprocessfailed." 

           "Failed!" 

           "Intwoparticulars. Theseweretheclawsandthepigmentstuff,whatisit?—atthebackoftheeyeinacat.Youknow?" 

           "Tapetum." 

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