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The
shadow
of
a
squat
figure
had
stolen
across
the
patch
of
sunlight
.
That
voice
!
That
monstrous
breadth
of
shoulder
!
We
sprang
to
our
feet
with
a
gasp
of
astonishment
as
Challenger
,
in
a
round
,
boyish
straw-hat
with
a
colored
ribbon
--
Challenger
,
with
his
hands
in
his
jacket-pockets
and
his
canvas
shoes
daintily
pointing
as
he
walked
--
appeared
in
the
open
space
before
us
.
He
threw
back
his
head
,
and
there
he
stood
in
the
golden
glow
with
all
his
old
Assyrian
luxuriance
of
beard
,
all
his
native
insolence
of
drooping
eyelids
and
intolerant
eyes
.
"
I
fear
,
"
said
he
,
taking
out
his
watch
,
"
that
I
am
a
few
minutes
too
late
.
When
I
gave
you
this
envelope
I
must
confess
that
I
had
never
intended
that
you
should
open
it
,
for
it
had
been
my
fixed
intention
to
be
with
you
before
the
hour
.
The
unfortunate
delay
can
be
apportioned
between
a
blundering
pilot
and
an
intrusive
sandbank
.
I
fear
that
it
has
given
my
colleague
,
Professor
Summerlee
,
occasion
to
blaspheme
.
"
"
I
am
bound
to
say
,
sir
,
"
said
Lord
John
,
with
some
sternness
of
voice
,
"
that
your
turning
up
is
a
considerable
relief
to
us
,
for
our
mission
seemed
to
have
come
to
a
premature
end
.
Even
now
I
ca
n't
for
the
life
of
me
understand
why
you
should
have
worked
it
in
so
extraordinary
a
manner
.
"
Instead
of
answering
,
Professor
Challenger
entered
,
shook
hands
with
myself
and
Lord
John
,
bowed
with
ponderous
insolence
to
Professor
Summerlee
,
and
sank
back
into
a
basket-chair
,
which
creaked
and
swayed
beneath
his
weight
.
"
Is
all
ready
for
your
journey
?
"
he
asked
.
"
We
can
start
tomorrow
.
"
"
Then
so
you
shall
.
You
need
no
chart
of
directions
now
,
since
you
will
have
the
inestimable
advantage
of
my
own
guidance
.
From
the
first
I
had
determined
that
I
would
myself
preside
over
your
investigation
.
The
most
elaborate
charts
would
,
as
you
will
readily
admit
,
be
a
poor
substitute
for
my
own
intelligence
and
advice
.
As
to
the
small
ruse
which
I
played
upon
you
in
the
matter
of
the
envelope
,
it
is
clear
that
,
had
I
told
you
all
my
intentions
,
I
should
have
been
forced
to
resist
unwelcome
pressure
to
travel
out
with
you
.
"
"
Not
from
me
,
sir
!
"
exclaimed
Professor
Summerlee
,
heartily
.
"
So
long
as
there
was
another
ship
upon
the
Atlantic
.
"
Challenger
waved
him
away
with
his
great
hairy
hand
.
