Perner interrupted:
"Oh, nonsense, Van! It's the camera that has duplex action."
"'Tisn't, either—it's the watch!"
"Oh, well, let's give it to the camera, anyway," compromised Barrifield. "We've got enough for the watch. How does it read now, Perny?"
Perner added a few more lines to what he had already written, then, leaning back in his chair, read slowly and with emphasis:
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"I think," Perner paused to comment, "that that goes a few degrees better than Frisby. Here's what he says."
He picked up a copy of a paper that gave evidence of having had much careful reading and even commentary study.
"Never mind Frisby," objected Van Dorn. "We know that by heart. Let's hear what you say."