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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.

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