"What did you see in the box?" Sylvie eagerly enquired. Satisfied on this point, Bruno crawled under the blankets, and, after a minute or two, crawled out again, very hot and dusty, and with his hair in the wildest confusion. And now - would anyone like to get under the blankets and see it?"ĭead silence followed this appeal: but at last Bruno said "I'll get under, if it won't jingle my elbows." Then I took a bottle of Black ink, and poured it over the candle: and, to my delight, every atom of the Yellow Light turned Black! That was indeed the proudest moment of my life! Then I filled a box with it. Of course the cupboard was then full of Yellow Light. The way I made it was this - I took a lighted candle into a dark cupboard and shut the door. If you don't already know what Black Light is, read on: "Our Second Experiment", the Professor announced, as Bruno returned to his place, still thoughtfully rubbing his elbows, "is the production of that seldom-seen-but-greatly-to-be-admired phenomenon, Black Light! You have seen White Light, Red Light, Green Light, and so on: but never, till this wonderful day, have any eyes but mine seen Black Light! This box", carefully lifting it upon the table, and covering it with a heap of blankets, "is quite full of it. One of my favorite Lewis Carroll passages is to be found in this undeservedly forgotten book.
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