I suggested adapt himself new conditions So we came really sensible part business I suggested difficult for him to learn to walk about ceiling hands----

" 't sleep,"

But that was no great difficulty quite possible, I pointed out, shake-up under wire mattress, fasten the under things on with tapes, blanket, sheet, and coverlet to button side to confide housekeeper, ; and after some squabbling he agreed (Afterwards quite delightful the beautifully matter-of-fact way the good lady took all these amazing inversions ) He library ladder room, and all his meals laid top bookcase We also hit on an ingenious device get floor whenever , simply the British Encyclopaedia (tenth edition) top open shelves He just pulled out couple of volumes and held on, and down And we agreed iron staples along the skirting, cling whenever room lower level

got on thing myself almost keenly interested I who called housekeeper and broke matters to her, and I chiefly who fixed up the inverted bed , I spent two whole days at his flat handy, interfering sort of man with screw-driver, and all sorts of ingenious adaptations for him--ran wire to bring his bells within reach, turned all his electric lights up instead of down, and so on The whole affair was extremely curious and interesting , and delightful of Pyecraft like some great, fat blow-fly, crawling about ceiling and clambering round the lintel doors from one room to another, and never, never, never coming club any more .

Then, , my fatal ingenuity got the better of me sitting by his fire drinking his whisky, and up favourite corner cornice, tacking Turkey carpet ceiling, idea struck me "By Jove, Pyecraft ! " , "all totally unnecessary "

And before calculate the complete consequences notion I blurted it out "Lead underclothing," said I, mischief

Pyecraft received the thing almost in tears " right ways up again----"

him the whole secret before where it would take me "Buy sheet lead," , "stamp it into discs Sew 'em all over your underclothes until enough Have lead-soled boots, carry bag of solid lead, thing is done ! Instead of being prisoner here go abroad again, Pyecraft; travel----"

still happier idea came " never fear shipwreck All do is just slip off some or all of your clothes, necessary amount of luggage in your hand, and float up air----"

emotion he dropped the tack-hammer within an ace head "By Jove ! " , " back club again "

"The thing pulled me up short By Jove ! " , faintly "Yes -- "

There he sits behind me now, stuffing--as I live ! --a third go of buttered teacake And no one whole world knows--except his housekeeper and me---that he weighs practically nothing; that mere boring mass of assimilatory matter, mere clouds in clothing, _niente, nefas_, the most inconsiderable of men There he sits watching until this writing Then, if , waylay me come billowing up .

tell me over again all , how it feels, how it doesn't feel, how he sometimes hopes passing off little And always somewhere fat, abundant discourse say, "The secret's keeping, eh ? If knew of it-- so ashamed . Makes fellow look such fool, Crawling about on ceiling and all that . "

And now to elude Pyecraft, occupying, as , an admirable strategic position between me door