It took some doing, but I flatter myself that it wasn’t such a bad job when it was finished. I read it aloud to the critical bacteriologist with some pride in my handiwork.

“Dear Professor Challenger,” it said, “as a humble student of nature, I have always taken the most profound interest in your speculations as to the differences between Darwin and Weissmann. I have recently had occasion to refresh my memory by rereading⁠—”

“You infernal liar!” murmured Tarp Henry.