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Try Your Luck with Professor Challenger

           Ienteredtheclub.Itwasjustaftereleven,andthebigroomwasfairlyfull,thoughtherushhadnotyetsetin.Inoticedatall,thin,angularmanseatedinanarm-chairbythefire.HeturnedasIdrewmychairuptohim.ItwasthemanofallotherswhomIshouldhavechosenTarpHenry,ofthestaffofNature,athin,dry,leatherycreature,whowasfull,tothosewhoknewhim,ofkindlyhumanity.Iplungedinstantlyintomysubject.

           "WhatdoyouknowofProfessorChallenger?"

           "Challenger?"Hegatheredhisbrowsinscientificdisapproval."Challengerwasthemanwhocamewithsomecock-and-bullstoryfromSouthAmerica."

           "Whatstory?"

           "Oh,itwasranknonsenseaboutsomequeeranimalshehaddiscovered.Ibelievehehasretractedsince.Anyhow,hehassuppresseditall.HegaveaninterviewtoReuter’s,andtherewassuchahowlthathesawitwouldn’tdo.Itwasadiscreditablebusiness.Therewereoneortwofolkwhowereinclinedtotakehimseriously,buthesoonchokedthemoff."

           "How?"

           "Well,byhisinsufferablerudenessandimpossiblebehavior.TherewaspooroldWadley,oftheZoologicalInstitute.Wadleysentamessage:‘ThePresidentoftheZoologicalInstitutepresentshiscomplimentstoProfessorChallenger,andwouldtakeitasapersonalfavorifhewoulddothemthehonortocometotheirnextmeeting.Theanswerwasunprintable."

           "Youdon’tsay?"

           "Well,abowdlerizedversionofitwouldrun:‘ProfessorChallengerpresentshiscomplimentstothePresidentoftheZoologicalInstitute,andwouldtakeitasapersonalfavorifhewouldgotothedevil.’"

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