Not calculated to

[Johnyxxx]

Hello.

Can anybody tell me if "the fact" refers to "there was something so weird about this unnatural bloom?" (there seemed to be no reason to be frightened by the fact the bloom was so weird to but I dropped it all the same)

“Allow me,” said the masterful voice.
A powerful lens was passed by my acquaintance. I regarded the rose through the glass, and thereupon I knew, beyond doubt, that there was something phenomenal about the gem—if gem it were. I could plainly trace the veins and texture of every petal.
I suppose I looked somewhat startled. Although, baldly stated, the fact may not seem calculated to affright, in reality there was something so weird about this unnatural bloom that I dropped it on the table. As I did so I uttered an exclamation; for in spite of the stranger's assurances on the point, I had by no means overcome my idea of the thing's fragility.
“Don't be alarmed,” he said, meeting my startled gaze. “It would need a steam-hammer to do any serious damage.”
He replaced the jewel in his pocket, and when I returned the lens to him he acknowledged it with a grave inclination of the head. As I looked into his sunken eyes, in which I thought lay a sort of sardonic merriment, the fantastic idea flashed through my mind that I had fallen into the clutches of an expert hypnotist who was amusing himself at my expense, that the miniature rose was a mere hallucination produced by the same means as the notorious Indian rope trick.

Sax Rohmer, Tcheriapin,


Thank you.

 

[emsr2d2]

What does your thread title have to do with your post?

 

[Johnyxxx]

You are right, my mistake.

 

[emsr2d2]

You've got time to edit it. You can edit a post and title for 24 hours after it's first posted. To edit the title, click on "Edit Post", then "Go Advanced". Edit as appropriate and remember to click "Save".

 

[Tdol]

There is something wrong about this rose.

 

[Johnyxxx]

Thank s a lot. I had no idea it was possible to correct the post title.