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Her husband tenderly kissed her cheek- her right cheek- not that
which bore the impress of the Crimson Hand.
The next day, Aylmer apprised his wife of a plan that he had
formed, whereby he might have opportunity for the intense thought
and constant watchfulness which the proposed operation would
require; while Georgiana, likewise, would enjoy the perfect repose
essential to its success. They were to seclude themselves in the
extensive apartments occupied by Aylmer as a laboratory, and where,
during his toilsome youth, he had made discoveries in the elemental
powers of Nature, that had roused the admiration of all the learned
societies in Europe. Seated calmly in this laboratory, the pale
philosopher had investigated the secrets of the highest
cloud-region, and of the profoundest mines; he had satisfied himself
of the causes that kindled and kept alive the fires of the volcano;
and had explained the mystery of fountains, and how it is that they
gush forth, some so bright and pure, and others with such rich
medicinal virtues, from the dark bosom of the earth. Here, too, at
an earlier period, he had studied the wonders of the human frame,
and attempted to fathom the very process by which Nature assimilates
all her precious influences from earth and air, and from the spiritual
world, to create and foster Man, her masterpiece.
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