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"What do you mean exactly by 'so do we'?" asked three men together, after waiting some seconds to see whether he meant to elaborate, which he evidently did not. "We belong to the animal kingdom, of course," put in a fourth, for behind the challenge there obviously lay a story, though a story that might be difficult to drag out of him. It was. WHAT DO YOU MEAN EXACTLY BY SO DO WE ASKED THREE MEN TOGETHER AFTER WAITING SOME SECONDS TO SEE WHETHER HE MEANT TO ELABORATE WHICH HE EVIDENTLY DID NOT WE BELONG TO THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF COURSE PUT IN A FOURTH FOR BEHIND THE CHALLENGE THERE OBVIOUSLY LAY A STORY THOUGH A STORY THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO DRAG OUT OF HIM IT WAS
der straight, so that when they assembled in the smoking-room after dinner they were well pleased with themselves. From discussing the day’s sport and the weather outlook, the conversation drifted to other, though still cognate, fields. Lawson, the crack shot of the party, mentioned the instinctive recognition all animals feel for their natural enemies, and gave several instances in which he had tested it—tame rats with a ferret, birds with a snake, and so forth. “Even after being domesticated for generations,” he said, “they recognize their natural enemy at once by instinct, an enemy they can never even have seen before. It’s infallible. They know instantly.” “Undoubtedly,” said a voice from the corner chair; “and so do we.” The speaker was Ericssen, their host, a great hunter before the Lord, generally uncommunicative but a good listener, leaving the talk to others. For this latter reason, as well as for a certain note of challenge in his voice, his abrupt statement gained attention. EATHER HAD BEEN PERFECT AND THE POWDERS STRAIGHT SO THAT WHEN THEY ASSEMBLED IN THE SMOKING ROOM AFTER DINNER THEY WERE WELL PLEASED WITH THEMSELVES FROM DISCUSSING THE DAY'S SPORT AND THE WEATHER OUTLOOK THE CONVERSATION DRIFTED TO OTHER THOUGH STILL COGNATE FIELDS LAWSON THE CRACK SHOT OF THE PARTY MENTIONED THE INSTINCTIVE RECOGNITION ALL ANIMALS FEEL FOR THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES AND GAVE SEVERAL INSTANCES IN WHICH HE HAD TESTED IT TAME RATS WITH A FERRET BIRDS WITH A SNAKE AND SO FORTH EVEN AFTER BEING DOMESTICATED FOR GENERATIONS HE SAID THEY RECOGNIZED THEIR NATURAL ENEMY AT ONCE BY INSTINCT AN ENEMY THEY CAN NEVER EVEN HAVE SEEN BEFORE IT'S INFALLIBLE THEY KNOW INSTANTLY UNDOUBTEDLY SAID A VOICE FROM THE CORNER CHAIR AND SO DO WE THE SPEAKER WAS ERICSSON THEIR HOST A GREAT HUNTER BEFORE THE LORD GENERALLY UNCOMMUNICATIVE BUT A GOOD LISTENER LEAVING THE TALK TO OTHERS FOR THIS LATTER REASON AS WELL AS FOR A CERTAIN NOTE OF CHALLENGE IN HIS VOICE HIS ABRUPT STATEMENT GAINED ATTENTION
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