His agent, however, took no part in the
conversation that produced this effect; once or twice he yawned.
Suddenly the buzz came to a stop; and next moment a tall figure
stepped upon the platform in front of the screen.
"Class," began this person immediately, "to-day we will summarize
what we have learned during the past week about the solar system of
which our planet is one element."
And as he spoke the doctor saw that there had been no mistake. For,
although the agent's subconscious mind had served to translate what
was said into language understandable by the doctor, yet his eyes
plainly told him that the professor's lips were saying something
else.
There was no doubt about it. For all that the doctor could tell by
watching the speaker's mouth, he might have been talking in Eskimo.
But his meaning was quite as clear as though he had said it in
English.
"We will begin with a picture of the sun herself." As the words were
spoken, a motion-picture film was projected on the screen.
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