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Herakleophorbia.
Eh? The nutrition of a possible Hercules? You know it _might_ ... "Of course if you think _not_--" Redwood reflected with his eyes on the fire and made no objection. "You think it would do ?" Redwood moved his head gravely. "It might be Titanophorbia, you know.
Food of Titans....
You prefer the former? "You're quite sure you don't think it a little _too_--" "No." "Ah! I'm glad." And so they called it Herakleophorbia throughout their investigations, and in their report,--the report that was never published, because of the unexpected developments that upset all their arrangements,--it is invariably written in that way.
There were three kindred substances prepared before they hit on the one their speculations had foretolds and these they spoke of as Herakleophorbia I, Herakleophorbia II, and Herakleophorbia III.
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