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"
Though Ellen reddened like the rose, her blushes were concealed by the
darkness. She hesitated an instant, and then summoned sufficient
spirit to say, decidedly--
"If you wish to speak in parables, Doctor Battius, you must find
another listener. Put your questions plainly in English, and I will
answer them honestly in the same tongue."
"I have been journeying in this desert, as thou knowest, Nelly, in
quest of animals that have been hidden from the eyes of science, until
now. Among others, I have discovered a primates, of the genus, homo;
species, Kentucky; which I term, Paul--"
"Hist, for the sake of mercy!" said Ellen; "speak lower, Doctor, or we
shall be ruined."
"Hover; by profession a collector of the apes, or bee," continued the
other. "Do I use the vernacular now,--am I understood?"
"Perfectly, perfectly," returned the girl, breathing with difficulty,
in her surprise. "But what of him? did he tell you to mount this rock?
--he knows nothing, himself; for the oath I gave my uncle has shut my
mouth.


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