"Oh, how interesting! Do go on, Mr. Pottle." It was the voice of Mrs. Gallup; to Mr. Pottle it seemed that there was a tender note in it.
"Bambara reminds me of baboons," he went on loudly and rapidly, checking an incipient remark from Mr. Deeley. "Baboons, you know, are Cynocephali or dog-headed monkeys; the species includes drills, mandrills, sphinx, chacma and hamadryas. Most baboons have ischial callosities——"
"Oh, what do they do with them?" cried wide-eyed Mrs. Gallup.
"They—er—sit on them," answered Mr. Pottle.
"I don't believe it," Mr. Deeley challenged.
Mr. Pottle froze him with a look. "Evidently," he said, "you, Mr. Deeley, are not familiar with the works of Dr. Oskar Baumann, author of 'Afrikanische Skizzen.' Are you?"
"I've glanced through it," said Mr. Deeley.
"Then you don't remember what he says on Page 489?"
"Can't say that I do," mumbled Mr. Deeley.
"And you appear unfamiliar with the works of Hosea Ballou."