"There's a nice little bit as a finish." Mr. Pratt read it aloud: "'In conclusion, I would earnestly ask all my readers to remember that this valuable science should not be abused, especially in the case of females, and that, in all cases when making experiments, they should have friends or other persons present.' That's sound advice. Did you notice it?"
"I--I think it caught my eye!"
Mr. Pownceby seemed a little fidgety. Mr. Pratt turned to the beginning.
"I see it mentions that the subject is to stare at the operator, and the operator is to stare at the subject, for about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. Did you work the thing like that?"
"I followed, to the best of my ability, the instructions contained in the pamphlet."
"Did you stare at my wife?"
"It sounds uncivil, but I'm afraid I did."
"For ten minutes or a quarter of an hour?"
"About that."
"And did my wife stare at you?"