All we Ethnological men are as jealous as jackdaws of one another's discoveries.

They're of no interest to anyone but ourselves, of course, but you know what book-collectors are like.

Well, don't say a word, directly or indirectly, about the Asiatic side of the boy's character--his adventures and his prophecy, and so on.

I'll worm them out of the boy later on and--you see ?' 'I do.

Ye'll make a wonderful account of it.