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He is a Perfectly Impossible Person

           "ThenIapologizetoyouinadvance.Imusttellyouthatheisaperfectlyimpossiblepersonabsolutelyimpossible.Ifyouareforewarnedyouwillbethemorereadytomakeallowances."

           "Itismostconsiderateofyou,madam."

           "Getquicklyoutoftheroomifheseemsinclinedtobeviolent.Don’twaittoarguewithhim.Severalpeoplehavebeeninjuredthroughdoingthat.Afterwardsthereisapublicscandalanditreflectsuponmeandallofus.Isupposeitwasn’taboutSouthAmericayouwantedtoseehim?"

           Icouldnotlietoalady.

           "Dearme!Thatishismostdangeroussubject.Youwon’tbelieveawordhesaysI’msureIdon’twonder.Butdon’ttellhimso,foritmakeshimveryviolent.Pretendtobelievehim,andyoumaygetthroughallright.Rememberhebelievesithimself.Ofthatyoumaybeassured.Amorehonestmanneverlived.Don’twaitanylongerorhemaysuspect.IfyoufindhimdangerousreallydangerousringthebellandholdhimoffuntilIcome.EvenathisworstIcanusuallycontrolhim."

           WiththeseencouragingwordstheladyhandedmeovertothetaciturnAustin,whohadwaitedlikeabronzestatueofdiscretionduringourshortinterview,andIwasconductedtotheendofthepassage.Therewasatapatadoor,abull’sbellowfromwithin,andIwasfacetofacewiththeProfessor.

           Hesatinarotatingchairbehindabroadtable,whichwascoveredwithbooks,maps,anddiagrams.AsIentered,hisseatspunroundtofaceme.Hisappearancemademegasp.Iwaspreparedforsomethingstrange,butnotforsooverpoweringapersonalityasthis.

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