"Yes," was the reply; "so far as I _could_ notice the style of a handwriting that floated in air."
"Man's or woman's?"
Hatch was puzzled.
"I couldn't judge," he said. "It seemed to be a bold style, whatever it was. I remember the capital D clearly."
"Was it anything like the handwriting of the broker--what's-his-name?--Ernest Weston?"
"I never saw his handwriting."
"Look at some of it, then, particularly the capital D's," instructed The Thinking Machine. Then, after a pause: "You say the figure is white and seems to be flaming?"
"Yes."
"Does it give out any light? That is, does it light up a room, for instance?"
"I don't quite know what you mean."