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CHAPTER XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREATPORTLAND STREETent object whose refractive index was to be lowered betweentwo radiating centres of a sort of ethereal vibration,of which I will tell you more fully later. No, notthose Roentgen vibrations–I don’t know that these othersof mine have been described. Yet they are obviousenough. I needed two little dynamos, and these I workedwith a cheap gas engine. My first experiment was with abit of white wool fabric. It was the strangest thing in theworld to see it in the flicker of the flashes soft and white,and then to watch it fade like a wreath of smoke and vanish."I could scarcely believe I had done it. I put my handinto the emptiness, and there was the thing as solid asever. I felt it awkwardly, and threw it on the floor. I had alittle trouble finding it again."And then came a curious experience. I heard a miaowbehind me, and turning, saw a lean white cat, very dirty,on the cistern cover outside the window. A thought cameinto my head. ’Everything ready for you,’ I said, andwent to the window, opened it, and called softly. Shecame in, purring–the poor beast was starving–and I gaveher some milk. All my food was in a cupboard in the cornerof the room. After that she went smelling round theroom, evidently with the idea of making herself at home.170
CHAPTER XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREATPORTLAND STREETThe invisible rag upset her a bit; you should have seenher spit at it! But I made her comfortable on the pillow ofmy truckle-bed. And I gave her butter to get her to wash.""And you processed her?""I processed her. But giving drugs to a cat is no joke,Kemp! And the process failed.""Failed!""In two particulars. These were the claws and the pigmentstuff, what is it?–at the back of the eye in a cat. Youknow?""Tapetum.""Yes, the tapetum. It didn’t go. After I’d given the stuffto bleach the blood and done certain other things to her,I gave the beast opium, and put her and the pillow shewas sleeping on, on the apparatus. And after all the resthad faded and vanished, there remained two little ghostsof her eyes.""Odd!""I can’t explain it. She was bandaged and clamped, ofcourse–so I had her safe; but she woke while she wasstill misty, and miaowed dismally, and someone came171
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CHAPTER XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREAT
PORTLAND STREET
The invisible rag upset her a bit; you should have seen
her spit at it! But I made her comfortable on the pillow of
my truckle-bed. And I gave her butter to get her to wash."
"And you processed her?"
"I processed her. But giving drugs to a cat is no joke,
Kemp! And the process failed."
"Failed!"
"In two particulars. These were the claws and the pigment
stuff, what is it?–at the back of the eye in a cat. You
know?"
"Tapetum."
"Yes, the tapetum. It didn’t go. After I’d given the stuff
to bleach the blood and done certain other things to her,
I gave the beast opium, and put her and the pillow she
was sleeping on, on the apparatus. And after all the rest
had faded and vanished, there remained two little ghosts
of her eyes."
"Odd!"
"I can’t explain it. She was bandaged and clamped, of
course–so I had her safe; but she woke while she was
still misty, and miaowed dismally, and someone came
171
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