Neither do they, without extraneous impulsion,
go hurtling through the air along deserted mountain-sides, to find
a resting-place far below; another natural-history fact which the
young lady appreciated without being obliged to consult the
literature of the subject. Therefore, when, from the top of the
appointed rock, she observed a carefully composed bunch of mauve
Cattleyas describe a parabola and finally join two previous
clusters upon the spines of a prickly-pear patch, she divined some
energizing force back of the phenomenon. That energizing force she
surmised was temper.
"Fie!" said she severely. "Beetle gentlemen should control their
little feelings. Naughty, naughty!"
From below rose a fervid and startled exclamation.
"Naughtier, naughtier!" deprecated the visitor. "Are these the
cold and measured terms of science?"
"You haven't lived up to your bet," complained the censured one.
"Indeed I have! I always play fair, and pay fair. Here I am, as
per contract."
"Nearly half an hour late."
"Not at all. Four-thirty was the time."
"And now it is three minutes to five.
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