Затерянный мир

He is a Perfectly Impossible Person

           "Dearme!Thatstrengthensmypositionverymuch,doesitnot?Yourageandappearancemakeyoursupportdoublyvaluable.Well,atleastyouarebetterthanthatherdofswineinVienna,whosegregariousgruntis,however,notmoreoffensivethantheisolatedeffortoftheBritishhog."Heglaredatmeasthepresentrepresentativeofthebeast.

           "Theyseemtohavebehavedabominably,"saidI.

           "IassureyouthatIcanfightmyownbattles,andthatIhavenopossibleneedofyoursympathy.Putmealone,sir,andwithmybacktothewall.G.E.C.ishappiestthen.Well,sir,letusdowhatwecantocurtailthisvisit,whichcanhardlybeagreeabletoyou,andisinexpressiblyirksometome.Youhad,asIhavebeenledtobelieve,somecommentstomakeuponthepropositionwhichIadvancedinmythesis."Therewasabrutaldirectnessabouthismethodswhichmadeevasiondifficult.Imuststillmakeplayandwaitforabetteropening.Ithadseemedsimpleenoughatadistance.Oh,myIrishwits,couldtheynothelpmenow,whenIneededhelpsosorely?Hetransfixedmewithtwosharp,steelyeyes."Come,come!"herumbled.

           "Iam,ofcourse,amerestudent,"saidI,withafatuoussmile,"hardlymore,Imightsay,thananearnestinquirer.Atthesametime,itseemedtomethatyouwerealittlesevereuponWeissmanninthismatter.Hasnotthegeneralevidencesincethatdatetendedtowell,tostrengthenhisposition?"

           "Whatevidence?"Hespokewithamenacingcalm.

           "Well,ofcourse,IamawarethatthereisnotanywhatyoumightcallDEFINITEevidence.Ialludedmerelytothetrendofmodernthoughtandthegeneralscientificpointofview,ifImightsoexpressit."

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