Затерянный мир

           Thepackedbenchesofstudentsjoinedin,andeverytimeChallenger’sbeardopened,beforeanysoundcouldcomeforth,therewasayellof"Question!"fromahundredvoices,andanansweringcountercryof"Order!"and"Shame!"fromasmanymore.Waldron,thoughahardenedlecturerandastrongman,becamerattled.Hehesitated,stammered,repeatedhimself,gotsnarledinalongsentence,andfinallyturnedfuriouslyuponthecauseofhistroubles.

           "Thisisreallyintolerable!"hecried,glaringacrosstheplatform."Imustaskyou,ProfessorChallenger,toceasetheseignorantandunmannerlyinterruptions."

           Therewasahushoverthehall,thestudentsrigidwithdelightatseeingthehighgodsonOlympusquarrellingamongthemselves.Challengerleveredhisbulkyfigureslowlyoutofhischair.

           "Imustinturnaskyou,Mr.Waldron,"hesaid,"toceasetomakeassertionswhicharenotinstrictaccordancewithscientificfact."

           Thewordsunloosedatempest."Shame!Shame!""Givehimahearing!""Puthimout!""Shovehimofftheplatform!""Fairplay!"emergedfromageneralroarofamusementorexecration.Thechairmanwasonhisfeetflappingbothhishandsandbleatingexcitedly."ProfessorChallenger—personal—views—later,"werethesolidpeaksabovehiscloudsofinaudiblemutter.Theinterrupterbowed,smiled,strokedhisbeard,andrelapsedintohischair.Waldron,veryflushedandwarlike,continuedhisobservations.Nowandthen,ashemadeanassertion,heshotavenomousglanceathisopponent,whoseemedtobeslumberingdeeply,withthesamebroad,happysmileuponhisface.