"Aptly observed," I congratulated him: "though that is perhaps no
more than a coincidence. Taking the illustration, however, if we can
only eliminate the Monroe Doctrine and work the clutch between these
two--Jack, you are reaching for the poker. Don't fire, Colonel: I'll
come down. . . . Reverting, then, to the forebrain, you have
doubtless observed that in man it is enormously larger than in the
lower animals, as in our arrogance we call them--"
"I hadn't," said Jimmy.
"It's a fact, nevertheless," said I. "I assure you. . . . Well,
Jack, so far, has dealt only with the lower animals. I don't say the
lowest. I doubt if he can do much with an oyster who has been
crossed in love. But by George! you should watch him whispering to a
horse! or, if you want something showier, see him walk into a lion's
cage with the tamer."
"I say, Professor! Have you _really?_--" I knew Jimmy would sit up
at this point.
"Of course he has," said I. "It began on a trip we took together in
Uganda, just after leaving Cambridge. I was after lions: Jack's game
was the mosquito and other bugs.
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