“How is that known?” I continued with much fear.
“At the evening call there were only five hundred and ninety-nine Drones present. The queen has had a nervous attack, and one is lost in conjecture as to what will be the result.”
“A dreadful affair!” I replied, and hastened to mingle with the crowd.
The queen was inconsolable, and so was I myself, for the space of two whole days.
THE LOVES OF TWO INSECTS. PRESENTED AS AN EXAMPLE TO WISE MEN.[*]
SENTIMENTAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS.
I.
PROFESSOR GRANARIUS.
