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Chapter 11
ForfearthatIshouldloseconsciousness,IwilledtoholdthedeathIhadgained,andshiftedmyconcentrationtomyfingers.Mybrainclearedagain,andthedeathofmyarmstotheshoulderswasmostrapidlyaccomplished.
Atthisstagemybodywasalldead,sofarasIwasconcerned,savemyheadandalittlepatchofmychest.Nolongerdidthepoundandsmashofmycompressedheartechoinmybrain.Myheartwasbeatingsteadilybutfeebly.Thejoyofit,hadIdaredjoyatsuchamoment,wouldhavebeenthecessationofsensations.
AtthispointmyexperiencediffersfromMorrell’s.Stillwillingautomatically,Ibegantogrowdreamy,asonedoesinthatborderlandbetweensleepingandwaking.Also,itseemedasifaprodigiousenlargementofmybrainwastakingplacewithintheskullitselfthatdidnotenlarge.TherewereoccasionalglintingsandflashingsoflightasifevenI,theoverlord,hadceasedforamomentandthenextmomentwasagainmyself,stillthetenantofthefleshlytenementthatIwasmakingtodie.
Mostperplexingwastheseemingenlargementofbrain.Withouthavingpassedthroughthewallofskull,neverthelessitseemedtomethattheperipheryofmybrainwasalreadyoutsidemyskullandstillexpanding.AlongwiththiswasoneofthemostremarkablesensationsorexperiencesthatIhaveeverencountered.Timeandspace,insofarastheywerethestuffofmyconsciousness,underwentanenormousextension.
