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"
My
sentiment
to
a
tick
,
"
said
he
.
"
Now
,
Challenger
,
it
’
s
up
to
you
to
tell
us
where
we
are
.
We
ain
’
t
nervous
folk
,
as
you
know
well
;
but
when
it
comes
to
makin
’
a
week
-
end
visit
and
finding
you
’
ve
run
full
butt
into
the
Day
of
Judgment
,
it
wants
a
bit
of
explainin
’
.
What
’
s
the
danger
,
and
how
much
of
it
is
there
,
and
what
are
we
goin
’
to
do
to
meet
it
?
"
He
stood
,
tall
and
strong
,
in
the
sunshine
at
the
window
,
with
his
brown
hand
upon
the
shoulder
of
Summerlee
.
I
was
lying
back
in
an
armchair
,
an
extinguished
cigarette
between
my
lips
,
in
that
sort
of
half
-
dazed
state
in
which
impressions
become
exceedingly
distinct
.
It
may
have
been
a
new
phase
of
the
poisoning
,
but
the
delirious
promptings
had
all
passed
away
and
were
succeeded
by
an
exceedingly
languid
and
,
at
the
same
time
,
perceptive
state
of
mind
.
I
was
a
spectator
.
It
did
not
seem
to
be
any
personal
concern
of
mine
.
But
here
were
three
strong
men
at
a
great
crisis
,
and
it
was
fascinating
to
observe
them
.
Challenger
bent
his
heavy
brows
and
stroked
his
beard
before
he
answered
.
One
could
see
that
he
was
very
carefully
weighing
his
words
.
"
What
was
the
last
news
when
you
left
London
?
"
he
asked
.
"
I
was
at
the
Gazette
office
about
ten
,
"
said
I
.
"
There
was
a
Reuter
just
come
in
from
Singapore
to
the
effect
that
the
sickness
seemed
to
be
universal
in
Sumatra
and
that
the
lighthouses
had
not
been
lit
in
consequence
.
"
"
Events
have
been
moving
somewhat
rapidly
since
then
,
"
said
Challenger
,
picking
up
his
pile
of
telegrams
.
"
I
am
in
close
touch
both
with
the
authorities
and
with
the
press
,
so
that
news
is
converging
upon
me
from
all
parts
.
There
is
,
in
fact
,
a
general
and
very
insistent
demand
that
I
should
come
to
London
;
but
I
see
no
good
end
to
be
served
.
From
the
accounts
the
poisonous
effect
begins
with
mental
excitement
;
the
rioting
in
Paris
this
morning
is
said
to
have
been
very
violent
,
and
the
Welsh
colliers
are
in
a
state
of
uproar
.
So
far
as
the
evidence
to
hand
can
be
trusted
,
this
stimulative
stage
,
which
varies
much
in
races
and
in
individuals
,
is
succeeded
by
a
certain
exaltation
and
mental
lucidity
—
I
seem
to
discern
some
signs
of
it
in
our
young
friend
here
—
which
,
after
an
appreciable
interval
,
turns
to
coma
,
deepening
rapidly
into
death
.
I
fancy
,
so
far
as
my
toxicology
carries
me
,
that
there
are
some
vegetable
nerve
poisons
—
—
"
"
Datura
,
"
suggested
Summerlee
.
"
Excellent
!
"
cried
Challenger
.
"
It
would
make
for
scientific
precision
if
we
named
our
toxic
agent
.
Let
it
be
daturon
.
To
you
,
my
dear
Summerlee
,
belongs
the
honour
—
posthumous
,
alas
,
but
none
the
less
unique
—
of
having
given
a
name
to
the
universal
destroyer
,
the
Great
Gardener
’
s
disinfectant
.
The
symptoms
of
daturon
,
then
,
may
be
taken
to
be
such
as
I
indicate
.
That
it
will
involve
the
whole
world
and
that
no
life
can
possibly
remain
behind
seems
to
me
to
be
certain
,
since
ether
is
a
universal
medium
.
Up
to
now
it
has
been
capricious
in
the
places
which
it
has
attacked
,
but
the
difference
is
only
a
matter
of
a
few
hours
,
and
it
is
like
an
advancing
tide
which
covers
one
strip
of
sand
and
then
another
,
running
hither
and
thither
in
irregular
streams
,
until
at
last
it
has
submerged
it
all
.
There
are
laws
at
work
in
connection
with
the
action
and
distribution
of
daturon
which
would
have
been
of
deep
interest
had
the
time
at
our
disposal
permitted
us
to
study
them
.
So
far
as
I
can
trace
them
"
—
here
he
glanced
over
his
telegrams
—
"
the
less
developed
races
have
been
the
first
to
respond
to
its
influence
.
There
are
deplorable
accounts
from
Africa
,
and
the
Australian
aborigines
appear
to
have
been
already
exterminated
.
The
Northern
races
have
as
yet
shown
greater
resisting
power
than
the
Southern
.
This
,
you
see
,
is
dated
from
Marseilles
at
nine
-
forty
-
five
this
morning
.
I
give
it
to
you
verbatim
:
—
