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"
My
dear
sir
,
that
shelf
above
the
gem
case
is
filled
with
volumes
,
from
Albertus
Magnus
onward
,
which
deal
with
no
other
subject
.
It
is
a
science
in
itself
.
"
"
A
science
of
charlatans
!
"
"
The
charlatan
is
always
the
pioneer
.
From
the
astrologer
came
the
astronomer
,
from
the
alchemist
the
chemist
,
from
the
mesmerist
the
experimental
psychologist
.
The
quack
of
yesterday
is
the
professor
of
tomorrow
.
Even
such
subtle
and
elusive
things
as
dreams
will
in
time
be
reduced
to
system
and
order
.
When
that
time
comes
the
researches
of
our
friends
on
the
bookshelf
yonder
will
no
longer
be
the
amusement
of
the
mystic
,
but
the
foundations
of
a
science
.
"
"
Supposing
that
is
so
,
what
has
the
science
of
dreams
to
do
with
a
large
,
black
,
brass
-
rimmed
funnel
?
"
"
I
will
tell
you
.
You
know
that
I
have
an
agent
who
is
always
on
the
look
-
out
for
rarities
and
curiosities
for
my
collection
.
Some
days
ago
he
heard
of
a
dealer
upon
one
of
the
Quais
who
had
acquired
some
old
rubbish
found
in
a
cupboard
in
an
ancient
house
at
the
back
of
the
Rue
Mathurin
,
in
the
Quartier
Latin
.
The
dining
-
room
of
this
old
house
is
decorated
with
a
coat
of
arms
,
chevrons
,
and
bars
rouge
upon
a
field
argent
,
which
prove
,
upon
inquiry
,
to
be
the
shield
of
Nicholas
de
la
Reynie
,
a
high
official
of
King
Louis
XIV
.
There
can
be
no
doubt
that
the
other
articles
in
the
cupboard
date
back
to
the
early
days
of
that
king
.
The
inference
is
,
therefore
,
that
they
were
all
the
property
of
this
Nicholas
de
la
Reynie
,
who
was
,
as
I
understand
,
the
gentleman
specially
concerned
with
the
maintenance
and
execution
of
the
Draconic
laws
of
that
epoch
.
"
"
What
then
?
"
"
I
would
ask
you
now
to
take
the
funnel
into
your
hands
once
more
and
to
examine
the
upper
brass
rim
.
Can
you
make
out
any
lettering
upon
it
?
"
There
were
certainly
some
scratches
upon
it
,
almost
obliterated
by
time
.
The
general
effect
was
of
several
letters
,
the
last
of
which
bore
some
resemblance
to
a
B
.
