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"
Dear
me
!
"
said
Challenger
,
puffing
out
his
chest
and
stroking
his
beard
.
"
No
possible
truth
!
I
seem
to
have
heard
the
words
before
.
And
may
I
ask
with
what
arguments
the
great
and
famous
Professor
Summerlee
proceeded
to
demolish
the
humble
individual
who
had
ventured
to
express
an
opinion
upon
a
matter
of
scientific
possibility
?
Perhaps
before
he
exterminates
that
unfortunate
nonentity
he
will
condescend
to
give
some
reasons
for
the
adverse
views
which
he
has
formed
.
"
He
bowed
and
shrugged
and
spread
open
his
hands
as
he
spoke
with
his
elaborate
and
elephantine
sarcasm
.
"
The
reason
was
simple
enough
,
"
said
the
dogged
Summerlee
.
"
I
contended
that
if
the
ether
surrounding
the
earth
was
so
toxic
in
one
quarter
that
it
produced
dangerous
symptoms
,
it
was
hardly
likely
that
we
three
in
the
railway
carriage
should
be
entirely
unaffected
.
"
The
explanation
only
brought
uproarious
merriment
from
Challenger
.
He
laughed
until
everything
in
the
room
seemed
to
rattle
and
quiver
.
"
Our
worthy
Summerlee
is
,
not
for
the
first
time
,
somewhat
out
of
touch
with
the
facts
of
the
situation
,
"
said
he
at
last
,
mopping
his
heated
brow
.
"
Now
,
gentlemen
,
I
cannot
make
my
point
better
than
by
detailing
to
you
what
I
have
myself
done
this
morning
.
You
will
the
more
easily
condone
any
mental
aberration
upon
your
own
part
when
you
realize
that
even
I
have
had
moments
when
my
balance
has
been
disturbed
.
We
have
had
for
some
years
in
this
household
a
housekeeper
—
one
Sarah
,
with
whose
second
name
I
have
never
attempted
to
burden
my
memory
.
She
is
a
woman
of
a
severe
and
forbidding
aspect
,
prim
and
demure
in
her
bearing
,
very
impassive
in
her
nature
,
and
never
known
within
our
experience
to
show
signs
of
any
emotion
.
As
I
sat
alone
at
my
breakfast
—
Mrs
.
Challenger
is
in
the
habit
of
keeping
her
room
of
a
morning
—
it
suddenly
entered
my
head
that
it
would
be
entertaining
and
instructive
to
see
whether
I
could
find
any
limits
to
this
woman
’
s
inperturbability
.
I
devised
a
simple
but
effective
experiment
.
Having
upset
a
small
vase
of
flowers
which
stood
in
the
centre
of
the
cloth
,
I
rang
the
bell
and
slipped
under
the
table
.
She
entered
and
,
seeing
the
room
empty
,
imagined
that
I
had
withdrawn
to
the
study
.
As
I
had
expected
,
she
approached
and
leaned
over
the
table
to
replace
the
vase
.
I
had
a
vision
of
a
cotton
stocking
and
an
elastic
-
sided
boot
.
Protruding
my
head
,
I
sank
my
teeth
into
the
calf
of
her
leg
.
The
experiment
was
successful
beyond
belief
.
For
some
moments
she
stood
paralyzed
,
staring
down
at
my
head
.
Then
with
a
shriek
she
tore
herself
free
and
rushed
from
the
room
.
I
pursued
her
with
some
thoughts
of
an
explanation
,
but
she
flew
down
the
drive
,
and
some
minutes
afterwards
I
was
able
to
pick
her
out
with
my
field
-
glasses
travelling
very
rapidly
in
a
south
-
westerly
direction
.
I
tell
you
the
anecdote
for
what
it
is
worth
.
I
drop
it
into
your
brains
and
await
its
germination
.
Is
it
illuminative
?
Has
it
conveyed
anything
to
your
minds
?
What
do
you
think
of
it
,
Lord
John
?
"
Lord
John
shook
his
head
gravely
.
"
You
’
ll
be
gettin
’
into
serious
trouble
some
of
these
days
if
you
don
’
t
put
a
brake
on
,
"
said
he
.
"
Perhaps
you
have
some
observation
to
make
,
Summerlee
?
"
"
You
should
drop
all
work
instantly
,
Challenger
,
and
take
three
months
in
a
German
watering
-
place
,
"
said
he
.
