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Chapter 2

           Heretheoldmanlaunchedintoadisquisitionongermsandtheirnatures,usingwordsandphrasesofsuchextraordinarylengthandmeaninglessness,thattheboysgrinnedatoneanotherandlookedoutoverthedesertedoceantilltheyforgottheoldmanwasbabblingon. 

           “ButtheScarletDeath,Granser,”Edwinatlastsuggested. 

           Granserrecollectedhimself,andwithastarttorehimselfawayfromtherostrumofthelecture-hall,where,toanotherworldaudience,hehadbeenexpoundingthelatesttheory,sixtyyearsgone,ofgermsandgerm-diseases. 

           “Yes,yes,Edwin;Ihadforgotten. Sometimesthememoryofthepastisverystronguponme,andIforgetthatIamadirtyoldman,cladingoat-skin,wanderingwithmysavagegrandsonswhoaregoatherdsintheprimevalwilderness. ’Thefleetingsystemslapselikefoam,’andsolapsedourglorious,colossalcivilization. IamGranser,atiredoldman.IbelongtothetribeofSantaRosans.Imarriedintothattribe. MysonsanddaughtersmarriedintotheChauffeurs,theSacramen-tos,andthePalo-Altos. You,Hare-Lip,areoftheChauffeurs. You,Edwin,areoftheSacramentos.Andyou,Hoo-Hoo,areofthePalo-Altos. Yourtribetakesitsnamefromatownthatwasneartheseatofanothergreatinstitutionoflearning.ItwascalledStanfordUniversity. Yes,Iremembernow. Itisperfectlyclear. IwastellingyouoftheScarletDeath. WherewasIinmystory?” 

           “Youwastellingaboutgerms,thethingsyoucan’tseebutwhichmakemensick,”Edwinprompted. 

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