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“I’mnotwalkingfast，amI？“criedGibberne，andslackenedhispacetoaquickmarch。
“You’vebeentakingsomeofthisstuff，“Ipuffed。
“No，“hesaid。“AttheutmostadropofwaterthatstoodinabeakerfromwhichIhadwashedoutthelasttracesofthestuff。Itooksomelastnight，youknow。Butthatisancienthistory，now。“
“Anditgoestwice？“Isaid，nearinghisdoorwayinagratefulperspiration。
“Itgoesathousandtimes，manythousandtimes！“criedGibberne，withadramaticgesture，flingingopenhisEarlyEnglishcarvedoakgate。
“Phew！“saidI，andfollowedhimtothedoor。
“Idon’tknowhowmanytimesitgoes，“hesaid，withhislatch-keyinhishand。
“Andyou——“
“Itthrowsallsortsoflightonnervousphysiology，itkicksthetheoryofvisionintoaperfectlynewshape！……Heavenknowshowmanythousandtimes。We’lltryallthatafter——Thethingistotrythestuffnow。“
“Trythestuff？“Isaid，aswewentalongthepassage。
“Rather，“saidGibberne，turningonmeinhisstudy。“Thereitisinthatlittlegreenphialthere！Unlessyouhappentobeafraid？“
Iamacarefulmanbynature，andonlytheoreticallyadventurous。
IWASafraid。Butontheotherhandthereispride。
“Well，“Ihaggled。“Yousayyou’vetriedit？“
“I’vetriedit，“hesaid，“andIdon’tlookhurtbyit，doI？
Idon’tevenlookliveryandIFEEL——“
Isatdown。“Givemethepotion，“Isaid。“Iftheworstcomestotheworstitwillsavehavingmyhaircut，andthatIthinkisoneofthemosthatefuldutiesofacivilisedman。Howdoyoutakethemixture？“
“Withwater，“saidGibberne，whackingdownacarafe。
Hestoodupinfrontofhisdeskandregardedmeinhiseasychair；
hismannerwassuddenlyaffectedbyatouchoftheHarleyStreetspecialist。“It’srumstuff，youknow，“hesaid。
Imadeagesturewithmyhand。
“Imustwarnyouinthefirstplaceassoonasyou’vegotitdowntoshutyoureyes，andopenthemverycautiouslyinaminuteorso’stime。Onestillsees。Thesenseofvisionisaquestionoflengthofvibration，andnotofmultitudeofimpacts；butthere’sakindofshocktotheretina，anastygiddyconfusionjustatthetime，iftheeyesareopen。Keep’emshut。“
“Shut，“Isaid。“Good！“
“Andthenextthingis，keepstill。Don’tbegintowhackabout。
Youmayfetchsomethinganastyrapifyoudo。Rememberyouwillbegoingseveralthousandtimesfasterthanyoueverdidbefore，heart，lungs，muscles，brain——everything——andyouwillhithardwithoutknowingit。Youwon’tknowit，youknow。You’llfeeljustasyoudonow。Onlyeverythingintheworldwillseemtobegoingeversomanythousandtimesslowerthaniteverwentbefore。Th
