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He is a Perfectly Impossible Person

           Heleanedforwardwithgreatearnestness.

           "Isupposeyouareaware,"saidhe,checkingoffpointsuponhisfingers,"thatthecranialindexisaconstantfactor?"

           "Naturally,"saidI.

           "Andthattelegonyisstillsubjudice?"

           "Undoubtedly."

           "Andthatthegermplasmisdifferentfromtheparthenogeneticegg?"

           "Why,surely!"Icried,andgloriedinmyownaudacity.

           "Butwhatdoesthatprove?"heasked,inagentle,persuasivevoice.

           "Ah,whatindeed?"Imurmured."Whatdoesitprove?"

           "ShallItellyou?"hecooed.

           "Praydo."

           "Itproves,"heroared,withasuddenblastoffury,"thatyouarethedamnedestimposterinLondonavile,crawlingjournalist,whohasnomoresciencethanhehasdecencyinhiscomposition!"

           Hehadsprungtohisfeetwithamadrageinhiseyes.EvenatthatmomentoftensionIfoundtimeforamazementatthediscoverythathewasquiteashortman,hisheadnothigherthanmyshoulderastuntedHerculeswhosetremendousvitalityhadallruntodepth,breadth,andbrain.

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