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“Do you know what I did when I was in
London last week for that consultation about the
lady with angina pectoris? Well, I had another
consultation there that same day about another,
far worse case, a man this time. This man was
me or rather my double, my Doppelgänger, as
Heine called him.
“‘Look here, my friend,’ I said to my
Doppelgänger as we were leaving St. James’s Club arm
in arm, ‘I want to make a careful examination
of your inside. Pull yourself together and let us
stroll slowly up New Bond Street from Piccadilly
to Oxford Street. Now listen carefully to what
I say: put on your strongest glasses and look
attentively in every shop-window, examine
carefully every object you see. It is a fine
opportunity for you who are fond of beautiful things,
the richest shops of London are here.
Everything money can buy will be displayed before
your eyes, within the reach of your hand.
Anything you would like to possess shall be handed
over to you, all that you have to say is that you
would like to have it. But only on one condition:
what you select must remain with you for your
own use or enjoyment, you cannot give it away.’
“We turned the corner of Piccadilly, the
experiment began. I watched my Doppelgänger
carefully from the corner of my eye as we strolled
up Bond Street looking at every shop-window.
He stopped a moment in front of Agnew, the art
dealer’s, looked carefully at an old Madonna on
gold ground, said it was a very fine picture, early
Sienna school, it might be Simone di Martino
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