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THE CAUSE AND THE CAUSER. 19 Now no one present knew anything of the inside of orchis flowers (one does not notice everything one sees, you know), but as they were aware Sir Helix would expect an answer when he came out of his thinking nap, they felt they must exert themselves. The difficulty was that after what had happened every one was shy of going into an orchis flower at all. No one wanted a foreign body on his own head! "Suppose we begin," suggested the professor, "by examining what the foreign body really is. If we find that out, we can perhaps decide where it comes from, without dangerous personal experiments." The proposal was received with acclamation, and the afflicted bumble pressed forward eagerly, anxious to have his foreign body removed for the experiment. But this was more easily talked of than done. Even Dr. Earwig's surgical skill in twitching, pinching, and pulling failed. The foreign body resisted his efforts. "Attached does "c2