Positivism on an island : the new Paul and Virginia.

  • Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell), 1849-1923.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1879?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Positivism on an island : the new Paul and Virginia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    beauty, here is. the monkey I promised you as a pet, which broke loose a few days ago, and which I was in the act of looking for when your joint cries attracted us, and we found you.” A yell of delight here broke from the Professor. The eyes of the three others were turned on him, and he was seen embracing wildly a monkey which the bishop led by a chain. “ The missing link ! ” he exclaimed, “ the missing link! ” “ Nonsense!” cried the sharp tones of a lady with a green gown and grey cork-screw curls. “ It is nothing but a monkey that the good bishop has been trying to tame for his wife. Don’t you see her name engraved on the collar?” The shrill accents acted like a charm upon Paul. He sprang away from the creature that he had been just caressing. He gazed for a moment on Virginia’s lovely form, her exquisite toilette, and her melting eyes. Then he turned wildly to the green gown and the grey cork-screw curls. Sorrow and superstition he felt were again invading Humanity. “ Alas! ” he exclaimed at last, “ I do now indeed believe in hell.” “ And I,” cried Virginia, with much greater tact, and rushing into the arms of her bishop, “ once more believe in heaven.” W. H. Mallock. * f '