On the following day I had no classes, and I hurried to his laboratory. He was already there, spinning dials feverishly, and then bending over the lenses. He had an unusual, nervous air about him. “Destructive raysl" he said, as I came in. “Deadly gases. Diabolical inventiveness.” 295
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