THREE:XLIX A CRUEL BOOK AND A FOOL OR TWO"Poor thing," he was saying, "It must be suffering dreadfully. I am so sorry."
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THREE:Well, you heard him to-day. He was the wind and the skylark. He always is if you know how to listen. But I mustnt keep you. You are going farther.
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THREE:"I thought I had read about an island where the steamers intended to stop," Fred remarked.She laughed.
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THREE:Yes. I think it does. I dont want to make unpleasantness."You see," the mechanical voice went on, "only about half the clock is in action. That accounts for my present situation." There was a pause, broken only by obscure tickings, regular but thin in sound. "I had been feeling very run down, and went to have myself[Pg 80] attended to. Then some careless mechanic blundered, and of course I went all wrong." He turned swiftly and looked hard at Arthur. "All wrong. Absolutely all wrong. And of course, IIlapsed, you see."
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