Tapped a benign applause.

Then came the facts,

Facts from a realm that Huxley had made his own.

The brain of the gorilla—some one turned

A faint hysterical laugh into a sneeze—

Linked it more closely to the lowest groups

Of Quadrumana.

“Quadru—what-did-he-say?”

Whispered Miss Pym unconsciously to herself,

“Mana, four-handed,” clerical whiskers breathed,