"Then why look as if he were an ogre?"
"It is but twenty-four hours since I examined another head."
"Whose?"
"You shall learn presently. Here is the result of my study of 'Nemo,' as I call him."
He drew out his own pocketbook and directed Beatrice's attention to a certain page headed "Character of Nemo."
Very much puzzled, Beatrice conned his notes, but had not proceeded very far before she snatched up Idris' pocketbook and began to compare the remarks in each.
"'Amativeness—seven. Combativeness—nine,'" she murmured, reading the list of characteristics. "Why, there is no difference between them," she exclaimed. "Idris and your 'Nemo' have heads exactly alike."
"The very thought that struck me just now."
"Who is this 'Nemo'?"
"That is what I wish to know."