--BECAUSE AN OPEN-AIR LIFE APPEALED TO HIM--
--AND BECAUSE IT MADE ONE ONE'S OWN MASTER--
--BECAUSE, MOREOVER, HE WAS FOND OF ANIMALS--
--AND ALSO BECAUSE ANY AMOUNT OF EXPERT OPINION WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE IN
CASES OF DOUBT--
--BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE ELEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY GAVE SUCH A CHARM TO IT--
--AND, FURTHER, BECAUSE CERTAIN SECTIONS WERE BOUND TO BE PROFITABLE--
--IN ADDITION BECAUSE UP-TO-DATE APPLIANCES MADE EVERYTHING SO EASY--
--BECAUSE, IN PARTICULAR, IT TOOK ONE BACK TO NATURE, AND HELPED ONE TO
AN UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL LAWS--
--AND, LASTLY, BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, ONE COULD ALWAYS GET RID OF THE
BEASTLY THING.]
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[Illustration: _Author_. "YOU REMEMBER MY LAST BOOK?"
_Artist_. "THE ONE I ILLUSTRATED?"
_Author_. "YES. WELL, SIR BARNES STORMER WANTS ME TO DRAMATISE IT FOR
HIS NEXT WEST-END PRODUCTION."
_Artist_. "I SAY! THAT'S SPLENDID. I MUST READ IT."]
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