"That's just what I've been saying!"
"I'm afraid you miss my point, George. What I mean is that we shall be in the cage and the gorillas outside. We shall simply adopt the procedure followed by 'What's-his-name?'—that explorer—when he was studying the chimpanzee and gorilla in their native haunts. He lived in the cage, and the apes wandered around it. Surely that's simple enough!"
"Everything is—the moment you tackle it!" I exclaimed.
"Now don't be sarcastic, George! If you wish to withdraw just because of this little setback. . . ."
"I made no such suggestion. I'm keener than ever. But it's just as well to anticipate the difficulties we're bound to encounter."
"That's what I've been doing all along. Why do you think I've taken so much trouble over these initial experiments? Wasn't it with the idea of perfecting our method of attack before we actually get there?"
It seemed boorish to criticize a man so invincibly logical, and I tendered an apology for having done so.
"I think you'll agree, however," I said, "that we must have something better to fall back on than mere hypnotism."
"Granted! I've given much thought to the question."
"Any result?" I asked, anxiously.