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1、TheDarrowEnigmaTheDarrowEnigmabyMelvinL.Severy1TheDarrowEnigmaTHEEPISODEOFTHEDARKENEDROOMCHAPTERIWhatshallwesaywhenDream-Picturesleavetheirframesofnightandpushusfromthewakingworld?AsthepartIplayedintheeventsIamabouttonarratewasratherthatofapassiveobserverthanofanactiveparticipant,Ineedsaylittleofmys
2、elf.IamagraduateofaWesternuniversityand,byprofession,aphysician.Mypracticeisnowextensive,owingtomyblunderingintofameinasomewhatsingularmanner,butayearagoIhad,Iassureyou,littleenoughtodo.Inasmuchasmypracticeisnowsecure,IfeelperfectlyfreetoconfessthatthecureIeffectedinthenowcelebratedcaseofMrs.P-wasal
3、togethertheresultofchance,andnot,asIwasthenonlytoogladtohavepeoplebelieve,duetoanalmostsupernaturalpowerofdiagnosis.Mrs.P-wasnotmoresurprisedatthehappyresultthanwasI;theonlydifferencebeingthatsheshowedherastonishment,whileIendeavouredtoconcealmine,andaffectedtolookuponthewholethingasamatterofcourse.
4、Myfamespread;thecasegotintothemedicaljournals,wheremyskillwasmuchlauded,andmypracticebecameenormous.ThereisbutonethingfurtherIneedmentionregardingmyself:thatis,thatIampossessedofamemorywhichmyfriendsarepleasedtoconsiderphenomenal.Icanrepeatalecture,sermon,orconversationalmostwordforwordafteroncehear
5、ingit,providedalways,thatthesubjectcommandsmyinterest.Myhumbleabilitiesinthisdirectionhaveneverceasedtobeasourceofwondermenttomyacquaintance,thoughIconfess,formyownpart,whenIcomparethemwiththoseofBlindTom,orofthemanwho,afterasinglereading,couldcorrectlyrepeattheLondonTimes,advertisementsandall,2TheD
6、arrowEnigmatheyseemmodestindeed.Itwasaboutthetimewhen,owingtotheblessedMrs.P-,mycreditorswerebeginningtoreceivesomeattention,thatIfirstmetGeorgeMaitland.Hehadneed,hesaid,ofmyprofessionalservices;hefeltmuchundertheweather;couldIgivehimsomethingwhichwouldbracehimupabit;hehadsomeimportantchemicalworkon
7、handwhichhecouldnotaffordtoputby;infact,hedidn'tmindsayingthathewasatworkuponatableofatomicalpitchestomatchDalton'satomicweights;ifhesucceededinwhathehadundertakenhewouldhavesolvedthesecretofthelovean
