? ? ? ? "Oh, no!"
? ? ? ? "Perhaps not with your tongue, my dear Watson, but certainly with your eyebrows. So when I saw you throw down your paper and enter upon a train of thought, I was very happy to have the opportunity of reading it off, and eventually of breaking into it, as a proof that I had been in rapport with you."
? ? ? ? But I was still far from satisfied. "In the example which you read to me," said I, "the reasoner drew his conclusions from the actions of the man whom he observed. If I remember right, he stumbled over a heap of stones, looked up at the stars, and so on. But I have been seated quietly in my chair, and what clues can I have given you?"
? ? ? ? "You do yourself an injustice. The features are given to man as the means by which he shall express his emotions, and yours are faithful servants."
? ? ? ? "Do you mean to say that you read my train of thoughts from my features?"
? ? ? ? "Your features, and especially your eyes. Perhaps you cannot yourself recall how your reverie commenced?"
? ? ? ? "No, I cannot.
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