None moved; there was scarcely a flutter of the wings.

Their condition was excellent; the wound did not seem to be in the least serious.

They were not perturbed by physical suffering, and would therefore be all the better adapted to my designs.

They passed the rest of the day in placid immobility on the cross-bars of the window.
A few other arrangements were still to be made.

In particular it was necessary to change the scene; not to leave the female under the eyes of the mutilated butterflies at the moment of resuming their nocturnal flight; the difficulty of the search must not be lessened.