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The First Men In The Moon | H. G. [Herbert George] Wells | |
Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne |
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"You see," he said, "I don't blame you in the least, but you've destroyed a habit, and it disorganises my day. I've walked past here for years - years. No doubt I've hummed. ... You've made all that impossible! " I suggested he might try some other direction. " No. There is no other direction. This is the only one. I've inquired. And now - every afternoon at four - I come to a dead wall." "But, my dear sir, if the thing is so important to you.." "It's vital. You see, I'm - I'm an investigator - I am engaged in a scientific research. I live -" he paused and seemed to think. "Just over there," he said, and pointed suddenly dangerously near my eye. "The house with white chimneys you see just over the trees. And my circumstances are abnormal - abnormal. I am on the point of completing one of the most important - demonstrations - I can assure you one of the most important demonstrations that have ever been made. It requires constant thought, constant mental ease and activity. And the afternoon was my brightest time! - effervescing with new ideas - new points of view." "But why not come by still?" "It would be all different. I should be self-conscious. I should think of you at your play -watching me irritated - instead of thinking of my work. Oh! I must have the bungalow." |
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