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           MrMulliganwascivilenoughtoexpresssomerelishofitallthemoreasitjumpedwithaprojectofhisownforthecureoftheveryevilthathadbeentouchedon.WhereathehandedroundtothecompanyasetofpasteboardcardswhichhehadhadprintedthatdayatMrQuinnell’sbearingalegendprintedinfairitalics:MrMalachiMulligan.FertiliserandIncubator.LambayIsland.Hisproject,ashewentontoexpound,wastowithdrawfromtheroundofidlepleasuressuchasformthechiefbusinessofsirFoplingPopinjayandsirMilksopQuidnuncintownandtodevotehimselftothenoblesttaskforwhichourbodilyorganismhasbeenframed.Well,letushearofit,goodmyfriend,saidMrDixon.Imakenodoubtitsmacksofwenching.Come,beseated,both.’Tisascheapsittingasstanding.MrMulliganacceptedoftheinvitationand,expatiatinguponhisdesign,toldhishearersthathehadbeenledintothisthoughtbyaconsiderationofthecausesofsterility,boththeinhibitoryandtheprohibitory,whethertheinhibitioninitsturnwereduetoconjugalvexationsortoaparsimonyofthebalanceaswellaswhethertheprohibitionproceededfromdefectscongenitalorfromproclivitiesacquired.