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"
I
mean
that
when
I
was
leaving
the
office
the
news
editor
told
me
that
a
telegram
had
come
in
confirming
the
general
illness
of
the
Sumatra
natives
,
and
adding
that
the
lights
had
not
been
lit
in
the
Straits
of
Sunda
.
"
"
Really
,
there
should
be
some
limits
to
human
folly
!
"
cried
Summerlee
in
a
positive
fury
.
"
Is
it
possible
that
you
do
not
realize
that
ether
,
if
for
a
moment
we
adopt
Challenger
’
s
preposterous
supposition
,
is
a
universal
substance
which
is
the
same
here
as
at
the
other
side
of
the
world
?
Do
you
for
an
instant
suppose
that
there
is
an
English
ether
and
a
Sumatran
ether
?
Perhaps
you
imagine
that
the
ether
of
Kent
is
in
some
way
superior
to
the
ether
of
Surrey
,
through
which
this
train
is
now
bearing
us
.
There
really
are
no
bounds
to
the
credulity
and
ignorance
of
the
average
layman
.
Is
it
conceivable
that
the
ether
in
Sumatra
should
be
so
deadly
as
to
cause
total
insensibility
at
the
very
time
when
the
ether
here
has
had
no
appreciable
effect
upon
us
whatever
?
Personally
,
I
can
truly
say
that
I
never
felt
stronger
in
body
or
better
balanced
in
mind
in
my
life
.
"
"
That
may
be
.
I
don
’
t
profess
to
be
a
scientific
man
,
"
said
I
,
"
though
I
have
heard
somewhere
that
the
science
of
one
generation
is
usually
the
fallacy
of
the
next
.
But
it
does
not
take
much
common
sense
to
see
that
,
as
we
seem
to
know
so
little
about
ether
,
it
might
be
affected
by
some
local
conditions
in
various
parts
of
the
world
and
might
show
an
effect
over
there
which
would
only
develop
later
with
us
.
"
"
With
’
might
’
and
’
may
’
you
can
prove
anything
,
"
cried
Summerlee
furiously
.
"
Pigs
may
fly
.
Yes
,
sir
,
pigs
may
fly
—
but
they
don
’
t
.
It
is
not
worth
arguing
with
you
.
Challenger
has
filled
you
with
his
nonsense
and
you
are
both
incapable
of
reason
.
I
had
as
soon
lay
arguments
before
those
railway
cushions
.
"
"
I
must
say
,
Professor
Summerlee
,
that
your
manners
do
not
seem
to
have
improved
since
I
last
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
you
,
"
said
Lord
John
severely
.
"
You
lordlings
are
not
accustomed
to
hear
the
truth
,
"
Summerlee
answered
with
a
bitter
smile
.
"
It
comes
as
a
bit
of
a
shock
,
does
it
not
,
when
someone
makes
you
realize
that
your
title
leaves
you
none
the
less
a
very
ignorant
man
?
"
"
Upon
my
word
,
sir
,
"
said
Lord
John
,
very
stern
and
rigid
,
"
if
you
were
a
younger
man
you
would
not
dare
to
speak
to
me
in
so
offensive
a
fashion
.
"
Summerlee
thrust
out
his
chin
,
with
its
little
wagging
tuft
of
goatee
beard
.
