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Finally he had recourse to a bell that stood on the table. "Gentlemen," he said, when silence was restored. "We have just heard a remarkable statement from Professor Sarakoff and I think I am justified in asking for proofs." I instantly got up. I was quite calm. "I can prove that Sarakoff's statement is perfectly correct," I said. "I am Richard Harden.
I was revolving in my mind a theory as to why Leonora had lost her voice. I already knew that the germ produced odd changes in the realm of likes and dislikes. I remembered Sarakoff's words that the germ was killing desire. My thoughts were clear, easy and lucid, and the problem afforded by Leonora's singular experience gave me a sense of quiet enjoyment.
Blue-stained people began to throng the streets of London in vast masses, moving to and fro without aim or purpose, perfectly orderly, vacant, lost like Sarakoff's butterflies.... Thornduck came to see me one day when the reign of the germ was practically absolute in London. "They are wandering into the country in thousands," he remarked. "They have lost all sense of home and possession.
Get me out of this stupid situation!" "What is the matter?" I asked, glancing at the station-master. He explained briefly that Lord Alberan and Sarakoff had travelled up in the same compartment from Dover, and that Sarakoff's strange restlessness and excited movements had roused Lord Alberan's suspicions. As a consequence Sarakoff had been detained for examination.
Perhaps it will not be " She checked herself. I remained silent, staring at the pattern of the carpet with a frown. To my annoyance, I could not keep Sarakoff's words out of my mind. And yet Alice was right. I felt sure that no one is a free agent in the sense that he or she can be guided solely by love. It is necessary to make a compromise.
She uttered a shriek as she saw the faces beyond the window and ran out again. I heard a door at the back of the house slam suddenly. A couple of men, decently enough dressed, were getting over the area rails with the intent of climbing in at the window. I jumped up and went swiftly upstairs. So far I was calm. I entered Sarakoff's bedroom. It was in darkness.
I believe it all to be a colossal plant. Some practical joker has introduced a chemical into the water supply." "Probably," I murmured, still thinking of Sarakoff's observation. "I'm going to expose the whole thing in the evening papers; I examined a case yesterday a man called Wain and was convinced there was nothing wrong with him. He was really pigmented. And what is it but mere pigmentation?"
"All these towns on the way are supplied by the aqueduct. I hadn't thought of that. The bacillus is in Ludlow." For about a minute I did not move. Then I rolled up the map and went up to Sarakoff's bedroom. I met the Russian on the landing on his way to the bathroom. "The bacillus is in Ludlow," I said in a curiously small voice.
"Look 'ere," he said swiftly, "what did 'e mean, saying I was never going to die and " The light from the window was against his eyes, and he could not see the features of Sarakoff's face, but there was something in the outline of his body that checked him. "Guv'ner, it ain't true." The words came hoarsely from his lips. "I ain't never not going to die." Sarakoff spoke.
"He blushed because of your unpardonable familiarity in calling him Richard," laughed Sarakoff. "I shall be most happy, Leonora," I stammered, making an immense effort, and longing for the waiter to bring the champagne. "But I am not good at the art." "But you must try." I saw no way out of the predicament. Sarakoff's eyes were twinkling roguishly, so I began, keeping my gaze on the table.
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