"That I already have; and it is one that carries conviction with it." "All your arguments invariably do, my dear fellow." "What is it ?" asked the doctor.
"The Kosekin alphabet," said Oxenden.
"I can't see how you can make anything out of that," said the doctor.
"Very well, I can easily explain," replied Oxenden.

"In the first place we must take the old Hebrew alphabet.

I will write down the letters in their order first." Saying this he hastily jotted down some letters on a piece of paper, and showed to the doctor the following: Labials.

Palatals.

Linguals.
A B C (or G) D E F Ch (or H) Dh (or Th) I Liquids, L M N O P K T "That," said he, "is substantially the order of the old Hebrew alphabet." "But," said the doctor, "the Kosekin alphabet differs in its order altogether from that." "That very difference can be shown to be all the stronger proof of a connection between them," said Oxenden.
"I should like to know how." "The fact is," said Oxenden, "these letters are represented differently in the two languages in exact accordance with Grimm's Law." "By Jove!" cried Featherstone, "Grimm's Law again!" "According to that law," continued Oxenden, "the letters of the alphabet ought to change their order.