And he was almost eager to
adjust his previous notions and facts to the new discoveries.
When all these various viewpoints had been cleared up, and we felt
that we understood each other, it was inevitable that we should
look to Sir Henry to state his position. This one man combined a
large amount of the various, specialised abilities for which the
others were noted, and they all knew and respected him
accordingly. Had he stood and theorised half the afternoon, they
would willingly have sat and listened. But instead he glanced at
his watch, and observed:
"To me, the most important development of all was hearing the
sound of a dog's bark coming from the ring. As I recall the
details, the sound was emitted just after the gem had been
submitted to considerable handling, from Miss Fenton's fingers to
her brother's and back again. In other words, it was subjected to
a mixture of opposing animal magnetisms. Suppose we experiment
further with it now."
Charlotte slipped the gem from her finger and passed it around.
Each of us held it for a second or two; after which Charlotte
clasped the ring tightly in her palm, while we all joined hands.
It was, as I have said, broad daylight; the hour, shortly after
one. Scarcely had our hands completed the circuit than something
happened.
From out of Charlotte's closed hand there issued an entirely new
sound. At first it was so faint and fragmentary that only two of
us heard it.
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