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Try Your Luck with Professor Challenger

           "GoodLord!"

           "Yes,Iexpectthat’swhatoldWadleysaid.Irememberhiswailatthemeeting,whichbegan:‘InfiftyyearsexperienceofscientificintercourseItquitebroketheoldmanup."

           "AnythingmoreaboutChallenger?"

           "Well,I’mabacteriologist,youknow.Iliveinanine-hundred-diametermicroscope.IcanhardlyclaimtotakeseriousnoticeofanythingthatIcanseewithmynakedeye.I’mafrontiersmanfromtheextremeedgeoftheKnowable,andIfeelquiteoutofplacewhenIleavemystudyandcomeintotouchwithallyougreat,rough,hulkingcreatures.I’mtoodetachedtotalkscandal,andyetatscientificconversazionesIHAVEheardsomethingofChallenger,forheisoneofthosemenwhomnobodycanignore.He’sascleverastheymake’emafull-chargedbatteryofforceandvitality,butaquarrelsome,ill-conditionedfaddist,andunscrupulousatthat.HehadgonethelengthoffakingsomephotographsovertheSouthAmericanbusiness."

           "Yousayheisafaddist.Whatishisparticularfad?"

           "Hehasathousand,butthelatestissomethingaboutWeissmannandEvolution.HehadafearfulrowaboutitinVienna,Ibelieve."

           "Can’tyoutellmethepoint?"

           "Notatthemoment,butatranslationoftheproceedingsexists.Wehaveitfiledattheoffice.Wouldyoucaretocome?"

           "It’sjustwhatIwant.Ihavetointerviewthefellow,andIneedsomeleaduptohim.It’sreallyawfullygoodofyoutogivemealift.I’llgowithyounow,ifitisnottoolate."

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