Repairing to a battery in a recess of his laboratory, Langford
attentively studied the ebullitions occasioned by an ultimate dilution
and aggregation of the chemicals in the formula HP + O^(22). During this
time the sensations in his brain successively continued to rack and
agonize him; but, faithful to his mission, he remained immersed in
thought until his intellect grasped the key of the problem. Issuing then
from the recess, he promulgated the results of his investigation to the
four masters of the house, These, with the aid of the forty-eight
deputies, executed the inchoate idea, and once more--and finally--the
pyramid unfolded. But now a single table appeared, bearing upon its
snowy mantle a Yarmouth bloater, and a bottle of Dublin stout. Roseton's
eyes lighted up with unaccustomed pleasure, and he gave instant commands
for the duplication of the salary of his esteemed attendant-in-chief.
In accordance with the custom of the house, the morning journals now
appeared; and here the fancy of Roseton had therein a living and
distinctive character over each. Youths, of perfect beauty, who had,
during the three previous hours, diligently studied the sheets in
question, passed before him, one by one, dressed in appropriate costume,
and each one delivered to him in mental short-hand the entire contents
of the journal which he represented.
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