"Stop!" cried Bräsig, "Lord preserve us, what is all this fellow?"
"But that isn't all, by a great deal, there is ever so much more."
"We will give him the rest. Go ahead!"
"'Fifth Revised and much Enlarged Edition. Brunswick published by Vieweg and Son 1843.' Now comes a preface."
"Let that go, too," said Bräsig. "Begin at the beginning."
"The heading runs in this way: 'SUBJECT' with a line underneath."
"Well!" said Bräsig. "Go on!"
"'Organic Chemistry has for its purpose the investigation of the chemical conditions of life, and the complete development of all organisms.' Period."
"What sort of things?" asked Bräsig.
"All organisms," said the schoolmaster.