"
"Yes," I persisted, "that is all right--but the pain and the
moments before the drug begins to work?"
With one hand Garrick reached into the case, selecting a little
thin glass tube, and with the other he pulled out his
handkerchief.
"Smell that!" he exclaimed, bending over me so that I could see
every move and be prepared for it.
Yet it was done so quickly that I could not protect myself.
"Ugh!" I ejaculated in surprise, as Garrick manipulated the thing
with a legerdemain swiftness that quite baffled me, even though he
had given me warning to expect something.
Everyone has seen freak moving picture films where the actor
suddenly bobs up in another place, without visibly crossing the
intervening space. The next thing I knew, Garrick was standing
across the room, in just that way. The handkerchief was folded up
and in his pocket.
It couldn't have been done possibly in less than a minute. What
had happened? Where had that minute or so gone? I felt a sickening
sensation.
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