“A man in full stride goes at the rate of about five miles an hour. Multiply that by sixty, which is the number of time. When I leave my stool and go behind the bar, I go and return at the rate of three hundred miles an hour. So I am invisible to you, particularly if I move while you blink.”
“One thing does not match. You might have got around there and back, but you could not have poured.”
“Shall I say that mastery over liquids is not given to beginners? But for us there are many ways to outwit the slowness of matter.”
“I believe that you are a hoaxer. Do you know Dr. Mason?”
“I know that you went to see him. I know of his futile attempts to penetrate a certain mystery. But I have not talked to him of you.”
“I still believe that you are a phony. Could you put me back into the state of my dream of a month ago?”
“It was not a dream. But I could put you again into that state.”
“Watch the clock. Do you believe that I can point my finger at it and stop it for you? It is already stopped for me.”
“No, I don’t believe it. Yes, I guess I have to, since I see that you have just done it. But it may be another trick. I don’t know where the clock is plugged in.”