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Then he stopped and eyed each of us in turn. His boots were muddy. "These gents," said the taxi-man, "'ave been and done something nasty." The phrase seemed attractive to him and he repeated it. The policeman, a tall muscular man, surveyed us in silence. Sarakoff, his hair and beard dishevelled, was leaning back in a corner of the seat, with his legs crossed.
I sat down at the table, and for some time the three of us gazed at one another and said nothing. The spirit-lamp that heated the silver dish of bacon upon the table spurted at intervals and I saw Symington-Tearle stare at it in faint surprise. "Does it sound very loud?" asked Sarakoff at length. "Extraordinarily loud. And upon my soul your voice nearly deafens me." "It will pass," I said.
"We had thought of forming isolation camps." He stared at us thoughtfully. There was a slightly puzzled look in his face. It was the first time I had noticed it. It must have been due to Sarakoff's profound calm. "How did you gentlemen find the germ?" he asked suddenly. Sarakoff reflected. "It would take perhaps a week to explain." Sir Robert smiled slightly.
And yet I somehow don't feel any resentment. I don't understand. Richard, tell me what has happened." I shook my head. "I don't know," I said. "I can't explain. The germ is doing things that I never foresaw." "I ought to be furious with you," she said. "Try to be if you can," smiled Sarakoff. "That's one of the strange things. I can't be furious.
Sarakoff seemed to be in the same condition for he lay with his eyes half shut, motionless and absorbed. Jason entered the room suddenly. He carried his hat and stick. "Two more murders reported from Greenwich, and ten from Birmingham. It's becoming serious, Harden! I'm off to Downing Street. Watch the morning editions!" That night, at eight o'clock, I was summoned to Downing Street.
Symington-Tearle had left us a man deeply amazed and totally incredulous. I noticed that Sarakoff scarcely smoked at all during that morning. As a rule his pipe was never out. He was in the habit of consuming two ounces of tobacco a day, which in my opinion was suicidal. He certainly lit his pipe several times, mechanically, but laid it aside almost immediately.
During my journey from Cambridge I had come to a certain conclusion. Sarakoff was of the opinion that we should publish a statement about the germ of immortality, and now I was in agreement with him. For I had been reflecting upon the capacity of human mind for retaining secrets and had come to the conclusion that it is so constructed that its power of retention is remarkably small.
"Gentlemen," he said, "I come from Birmingham; and it is a city of miracles. The sick are being cured in thousands daily. The hospitals are emptying daily. I verily believe that the Blue Disease may prove to be all that Dr. Sarakoff and Dr. Harden claim it to be." The effect of these speakers upon the meeting was remarkable. A thrill passed over the crowded Hall. Hammer rose again.
"There will be more births, and more children for none will die and more old people." "There won't be more births," I said. He swung round on his heel. "Why not?" he asked sharply. "Because there will be no desire, Mr. Jason. You can't have births without desires, don't you see?" At that moment Sarakoff entered the room. I introduced him to the great newspaper proprietor.
So far a compromise has only been possible, but now that is all changed." "I don't agree, Sarakoff. Some people must live for other motives. Take myself ... I live for science." "It is merely your form of pleasure." "That's a quibble," I cried angrily. "Science is aspiration. There's all the difference in the world between aspiration and pleasure. I have scarcely known what pleasure is.
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