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Try Your Luck with Professor Challenger
"Doyoumind?Didn’tyousayitwasadventuresyouwereafter?"
"Itisallinthewayofbusiness,sir,"Ianswered.
"Exactly.Idon’tsupposehecanalwaysbesoviolentasthat.I’mthinkingthatBlundellgothimatthewrongmoment,maybe,orinthewrongfashion.Youmayhavebetterluck,ormoretactinhandlinghim.There’ssomethinginyourlinethere,Iamsure,andtheGazetteshouldworkit."
"Ireallyknownothingabouthim,"saidI."Ionlyrememberhisnameinconnectionwiththepolice-courtproceedings,forstrikingBlundell."
"Ihaveafewnotesforyourguidance,Mr.Malone.I’vehadmyeyeontheProfessorforsomelittletime."Hetookapaperfromadrawer."Hereisasummaryofhisrecord.Igiveityoubriefly:
"‘Challenger,GeorgeEdward.Born:Largs,N.B.,1863.Educ.:LargsAcademy;EdinburghUniversity.BritishMuseumAssistant,1892.Assistant-KeeperofComparativeAnthropologyDepartment,1893.Resignedafteracrimoniouscorrespondencesameyear.WinnerofCraystonMedalforZoologicalResearch.ForeignMemberof’—well,quitealotofthings,abouttwoinchesofsmalltype—‘SocieteBelge,AmericanAcademyofSciences,LaPlata,etc.,etc.Ex-PresidentPalaeontologicalSociety.SectionH,BritishAssociation’—soon,soon!—‘Publications:"SomeObservationsUponaSeriesofKalmuckSkulls";"OutlinesofVertebrateEvolution";andnumerouspapers,including"TheunderlyingfallacyofWeissmannism,"whichcausedheateddiscussionattheZoologicalCongressofVienna.Recreations:Walking,Alpineclimbing.Address:EnmorePark,Kensington,W.’
"There,takeitwithyou.I’venothingmoreforyouto-night."
Ipocketedtheslipofpaper.
