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The Darrow Enigma
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From the opening
THE EPISODE OF THE TALETALE THUMB
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
What shall we say when Dream-Pictures leave their frames of
night and push us from the waking world?
As the part I played in the events I am about to narrate was rather that
of a passive observer than of an active participant, I need say little
of myself. I am a graduate of a Western university and, by profession,
a physician. My practice is now extensive, owing to my blundering into
fame in a somewhat singular manner, but a year ago I had, I assure
you, little enough to do. Inasmuch as my practice is now secure, I feel
perfectly free to confess that the cure I effected in the now celebrated
case of Mrs. P-- was altogether the result of chance, and not, as I was
then only too glad to have people believe, due to an almost supernatural
power of diagnosis.
Mrs. P-- was not more surprised at the happy result than was I; the only
difference being that she showed her astonishment, while I endeavoured
to conceal mine, and affected to look upon the whole thing as a matter
of course.
My fame spread; the case got into the medical journals, where my skill
was much lauded, and my practice became enormous. There is but one thing
further I need mention regarding myself: that is, that I am possessed
of a memory which my friends are pleased to consider phenomenal. I can
repeat a lecture, sermon, or conversation almost word for word after
once hearing it, provided always, that the subject commands my interest.
My humble abilities in this direction have never ceased to be a source
of wonderment to my acquaintance, though I confess, for my own part,
when I compare them with those of Blind Tom, or of the man who, after a
single reading, could correctly repeat the London Times, advertisements
and all, they seem modest indeed.
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