"And there," he whispered, his voice issuing from among the cushions,
"there I have to stay until these vibrations subside, or until they do
something which I cannot find words to describe properly or intelligibly
to you--and then, behold, I am back again. First, that is, I disappear.
Then I reappear."
"Just so," exclaimed Dr. Silence, "and that is why a few--"
"Why a few moments ago," interrupted Mr. Mudge, taking the words out of
his mouth, "you found me gone, and then saw me return. The music of that
wretched German band sent me off. Your intense thinking about me brought
me back--when the band had stopped its Wagner. I saw you approach the
peep-hole and I saw Barker's intention of doing so later. For me no
interiors are hidden. I see inside. When in that state the content of
your mind, as of your body, is open to me as the day. Oh, dear, oh,
dear, oh, dear!"
Mr. Mudge stopped and again mopped his brow. A light trembling ran over
the surface of his small body like wind over grass.
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