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conscientious than his fellow´pupils�察 �and we feel that�察 �in the darkness
wherein he dwells�察�this work is�察�next to his meals�察�the only spark of light
and interest in his existence。 He will certainly never rival Muhamed�察�for
instance�察�who is the arithmetical prodigy�察�the Inaudi�察�of horses�察�but he is a
valuable and living proof that the theory of unconscious and imperceptible
signs�察 �the only one which the German theorists have hitherto seriously
considered�察�is now clearly untenable。
I have not yet spoken of Zarif。 He is not in the best of tempers�察�and
besides�察 �in arithmetic�察 �he is only a less learned and more capricious
Muhamed。 He answers most of the questions at random�察�stubbornly raising
his foot and declining to lower it�察�so as clearly to mark his disapproval�察�but
he solves the last problem correctly when he is promised a panful of
carrots and no more lessons for that morning。 The groom enters to lead
him away and makes some movement or other at which the horse starts�察�
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rears and shies。
;That's his bad conscience�察─�says Krall�察�gravely。
And the expression assumes a singular meaning and importance in this
hybrid atmosphere�察 �steeped in an indefinable something from another
world。
But it is half´past one�察�the sacred German dinner´hour。 The horses are
taken back to their racks and the men separate�察�wishing one another the
inevitable Mahlzeit。
As he walks with me along the quays of the black and muddy Wupper�察�
Krall says�此�
;It is a pity that you did not see Zarif in one of his better moods。 He is
sometimes more startling than Muhamed and has given me two or three
surprises that seem incredible。 One morning�察 �for instance�察 �I came to the
stable and was preparing to give him his lesson in arithmetic。 He was no
sooner in front of the spring´board than he began to stamp with his foot。 I
left him alone and was astounded to hear a whole sentence�察�an absolutely
human sentence�察 �come letter by letter from his hoof�此 �'Albert has beaten
Hanschen��' was what he said to me that day。 Another time�察�I wrote down
from his dictation�察 �'Hanschen has bitten Kama。' Like a child seeing its
father after an absence�察�he felt the need to inform me of the little doings of
the stable�察 �he provided me with the artless chronicle of a humble and
uneventful life。;
Krall�察�for that matter�察�living in the midst of his miracle�察�seems to think
this quite natural and almost inevitable。 I�察�who have been immersed in it
for only a few hours�察 �accept it almost as calmly as he does。 I believe
without hesitation what he tells me�察 �and�察 �in the presence of this
phenomenon which�察 �for the first time in man's existence�察 �gives us a
sentence that has not sprung from a human brain�察�I ask myself whither we
are tending�察�where we stand and what lies ahead of us。。 。 。
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After dinner�察�the experiments begin again�察�for my host is untiring。 First
of all�察�pointing to me�察�he asks Muhamed if he remembers what his uncle's
name is。 The horse raps out an H。 Krall is astonished and utters fatherly
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reprimands�此�
;Come�察�take care� �You know it's not an H。;
The horse raps out an E。 Krall becomes a little impatient�此�he threatens�察�
he implores�察�he promises in turn�察�carrots and the direst punishments�察�such
as sending for Albert�察�the groom�察�who�察�on special occasions�察�recalls idle
and inattentive pupils to a sense of duty and decorum�察�for Krall himself
never chastises his horses�察 �lest he should lose their friendship or their
confidence。 So he continues his reproaches�此�
;Come now�察 �are you going to be more careful and not rap out your
letters anyhow�拭─�
Muhamed obstinately goes his own way and strikes an R。 Then Krall's
open face lights up�此�
;He's right�察─�he says。 ;You understand�此�H E R�察�standing for Herr。 He
wanted to give you the title to which every man wearing a top hat or a
bowler has the right。 He does it only very rarely and I had forgotten all
about it。 He probably heard me call you Herr Maeterlinck and wanted to
get it perfectly。 This special politeness and this excess of zeal augur a
particularly good lesson。 You've done very well�察 �Mohammed�察 �my child�察�
you've done very well and I beg your pardon。 Now kiss me and go on。;
But Mohammed�察�after giving his master a hearty kiss�察�still seems to be
hesitating。 Then Krall�察�to put him on the right track observes that the first
letter of my name is the same as the first letter of his own。 Mohammed
strikes a K�察�evidently thinking of his master's name。 At last�察�Krall draws a
big M on the black´board�察 �whereupon the horse�察 �like one suddenly
remembering a word which he could not think of�察�raps out�察�one after the
other and without stopping�察�the letters M A Z R L K�察�which�察�stripped of
useless vowels�察 �represent the curious corruption which my name has
undergone�察�since the morning�察�in a brain that is not a human brain。 He is
told that this is not correct。 He seems to agree�察�gropes about a little and
writes�察�M A R Z L E G K。 Krall repeats my name and asks which is the
first letter to be altered。 The stallion marks an R。
;Good�察�but what letter will you put instead�拭─�
Mohammed strikes an N。
;No�察�do be careful� ─�
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He strikes a T。
;Very good�察�but in what place will the T come�拭─�
;In the third�察─�replies the horse�察�and the corrections continue until my
patronomic comes out of its strange adventure almost unscathed。
And the spelling�察�the questioning�察�the sums�察�the problems are resumed
and follow upon one another�察�as wonderful�察�as bewildering as before�察�but
already a little dimmed by familiarity�察�like any other prolonged miracle。 It
is important�察�besides�察�to notice that the instances which I have given are
not to be classed among the most remarkable feats of our magic horses。
Today's is a good ordinary lesson�察�a respectable lesson�察�not illumined by
flashes of genius。 But in the presence of other witnesses the horses
performed more startling exploits which broke down even more decisively
the barrier�察�which is undoubtedly an imaginary one�察�between animal and
human nature。 One day�察 �for instance�察 �Zarif�察 �the scamp of the party�察�
suddenly stopped in the middle of his lesson。 They asked him the reason。
;Because I am tired。;
Another time�察�he answered�此�
;Pain in my leg。;
They recognize and identify pictures shown to them�察 �distinguish
colours and scents。 I have made a point of stating only what I saw with my
own eyes and heard with my own ears�察�and I declare that I have done so
with the same scrupulous accuracy as though I were reporting a criminal
trial in which a man's life depended on my evidence。
But I was practically convinced of the truth of the incidents before
going to Elberfeld�察�and it was not to check them that I made the journey。 I
was anxious to make certain if the telepathic theory�察�which was the only
one that I considered admissible�察 �would withstand the tests which I
intended to apply to it。 I opened my mind on the subject to Krall�察�who at
first did not quite grasp what I was asking。 Like most men who have not
made a special study of the questions�察�he imagined that telepathy meant
above all a deliberate and conscious transmission of thought�察 �and he
assured me that he never made any effort to transmit his and that�察�for the
most part�察�the horses gave a reply which was the exact opposite of what he
was expecting。 I did not doubt this for a moment�察 �in fact�察 �direct and
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deliberate transmission of thought is�察 �even among men�察 �a very rare�察�
difficult and uncertain�察�phenomenon�察�whereas involuntary�察�unpremeditated
and unsuspected communications between one subconsciousness and