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 the nature and causes of sound. The external part of the ear is a cartilaginous funnel."

"It wo'n't do, Scythrop. There is a girl concealed in this tower, and find her I will. There are such things as sliding pannels and secret closets."—He sounded round the room with his cane, but detected no hollowness.—"I have heard, sir," he continued, "that, during my absence, two years ago, you had a dumb carpenter closeted with you day after day. I did not dream that you were laying contrivances for carrying on secret intrigues. Young men will have their way: I had my way when I was a young man: but, sir, when your cousin Marionetta—"

Scythrop now saw that the affair was growing serious. To have clapped his hand upon his father's mouth, to have entreated