[The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton CHAPTER X 6/17
Burton hastened on. "You will find it hard to believe how it all occurred," he continued. "I want you to, though, if you can.
There have been many instances of diet influencing morals, but none quite--" "Diet doing what ?" Ellen broke in.
"What's that ?" Burton came very straight to the point. "This change in me," he explained simply, "is merely because I have taken something which makes it impossible for me to say or see anything but the absolute truth.
I could not tell you a falsehood if I tried. Wherever I look, or whenever I listen, I can always see or hear truth. I know nothing about music, yet since this thing happened it has been a wonderful joy to me.
I can tell a false note in a second, I can tell true music from false.
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