On that desk are four switches. All are of the four-way two-pole
type; and from them run several wires, some going to one end of
the room, where they are attached to the Holcomb gem. Others,
running to the opposite end, making contact with the tiny heavy
stone we found in the basement. Other wires run from the switches
to lead bands around my wrists. Also, between switches are several
connections--one circuit containing an amplifying apparatus. By
throwing these switches in various combinations, I can secure any
given alteration of forces, and direct them where I choose.
For there are two other wires. These run from my own lead
bracelets to another room; a pair clamped around the wrists of
Ariadne.
For I, Hobart Fenton, am now a living, human transforming station.
I am converting the power of the Infinite into the Energy of Life.
And I am transmitting that power directly out of the ether, as
conduced through these two marvellous stones, back into the
nervous system of the girl I love. Another hour, and she will
Exist!
It was all so very simple, now that I understand it. And yet--
well, an absolutely new thing is always very hard to put into
words.
To begin with, I must acknowledge the enormous help which I have
had from my friends: Miss Clarke, Mme. Le Fabre, General Hume, Dr.
Malloy, and Herold. These people are still in the house with me; I
think they are eating supper.
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