"
"And this ring?"
"I shall wear it."
"Then God help you. I watched Watson. It's plain poison. You have
a year; but you had better count on half a year; the first six
months aren't so bad; but the last--it takes a man! Wendel, it
takes a man! Already you're eating your heart out. Oh, I know--you
have opened the windows; you want sunshine and air. In six months
I shall have to fight to get one open. It gets into the soul; it
is stagnation; you die by inches. Better give me the ring."
"This Budge Kennedy," I evaded, "we must find him. We have time.
One clue may lead us on. Tell me what you know of the Blind Spot."
"Very easy," he answered; "you have it all. I have been here a
number of years. You will remember I fell into the case through
intuition. I never had any definite proof, outside the professor's
disappearance, the old lady, and that bell; unless perhaps it is
the Rhamda. But from the beginning I've been positive.
"Taking that lecture in ethics as a starter, I built up my theory.
All the clues lead to this building. It's something that I cannot
understand. It's out of the occult. It's a bit too much for me. I
moved into the place and waited. I've never forgotten that bell,
nor that old lady. You and Fenton are the only ones who have seen
the Blind Spot."
I had a sudden thought.
"The Rhamda! I have read that he has the manner of inherent
goodness.
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