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"
Lord
Linchmere
tells
me
that
you
know
something
about
beetles
,
"
said
he
.
"
What
do
you
know
about
beetles
?
"
"
I
know
what
I
have
learned
from
your
work
upon
the
coleoptera
,
Sir
Thomas
,
"
I
answered
.
"
Give
me
the
names
of
the
better
-
known
species
of
the
British
scarabaei
,
"
said
he
.
I
had
not
expected
an
examination
,
but
fortunately
I
was
ready
for
one
.
My
answers
seemed
to
please
him
,
for
his
stern
features
relaxed
.
"
You
appear
to
have
read
my
book
with
some
profit
,
sir
,
"
said
he
.
"
It
is
a
rare
thing
for
me
to
meet
anyone
who
takes
an
intelligent
interest
in
such
matters
.
People
can
find
time
for
such
trivialities
as
sport
or
society
,
and
yet
the
beetles
are
overlooked
.
I
can
assure
you
that
the
greater
part
of
the
idiots
in
this
part
of
the
country
are
unaware
that
I
have
ever
written
a
book
at
all
—
I
,
the
first
man
who
ever
described
the
true
function
of
the
elytra
.
I
am
glad
to
see
you
,
sir
,
and
I
have
no
doubt
that
I
can
show
you
some
specimens
which
will
interest
you
.
"
He
stepped
into
the
fly
and
drove
up
with
us
to
the
house
,
expounding
to
me
as
we
went
some
recent
researches
which
he
had
made
into
the
anatomy
of
the
lady
-
bird
.
I
have
said
that
Sir
Thomas
Rossiter
wore
a
large
hat
drawn
down
over
his
brows
.
As
he
entered
the
hall
he
uncovered
himself
,
and
I
was
at
once
aware
of
a
singular
characteristic
which
the
hat
had
concealed
.
His
forehead
,
which
was
naturally
high
,
and
higher
still
on
account
of
receding
hair
,
was
in
a
continual
state
of
movement
.
Some
nervous
weakness
kept
the
muscles
in
a
constant
spasm
,
which
sometimes
produced
a
mere
twitching
and
sometimes
a
curious
rotary
movement
unlike
anything
which
I
had
ever
seen
before
.
It
was
strikingly
visible
as
he
turned
towards
us
after
entering
the
study
,
and
seemed
the
more
singular
from
the
contrast
with
the
hard
,
steady
,
grey
eyes
which
looked
out
from
underneath
those
palpitating
brows
.
"
I
am
sorry
,
"
said
he
,
"
that
Lady
Rossiter
is
not
here
to
help
me
to
welcome
you
.
By
the
way
,
Charles
,
did
Evelyn
say
anything
about
the
date
of
her
return
?
"
"
She
wished
to
stay
in
town
for
a
few
more
days
,
"
said
Lord
Linchmere
.
"
You
know
how
ladies
’
social
duties
accumulate
if
they
have
been
for
some
time
in
the
country
.
My
sister
has
many
old
friends
in
London
at
present
.
"
"
Well
,
she
is
her
own
mistress
,
and
I
should
not
wish
to
alter
her
plans
,
but
I
shall
be
glad
when
I
see
her
again
.
It
is
very
lonely
here
without
her
company
.
"
