33/40 It is impossible, I believe. I have made experiments on animals, and have not succeeded in waking them by any known means." "I suppose it congests the brain, like opium," observed Corbario, quietly. "I tell you it leaves no trace whatever, not even as much as is left by death from an electric current. And it has no taste, no smell,--it seems the most innocent stuff in the world." Corbario's hand again lay on the table and he was gazing out into the night, as if he were curious about the weather. The moon was just rising, being past the full. |