When he had finished there was another murmur, which this time was wholly of applause, for this part of the lecture had not only been masterly but entirely orthodox.

Then silence fell again, the silence of expectant waiting, for every one felt that the "Examination" was coming now.

He began again in a slightly altered voice.
"What I have just been saying was necessary to my subject as far as it went, but for all that it was chiefly introductory to what I am now going to bring to your notice.

But this is a matter rather for illustration and discussion than for mere disquisition.

Therefore, to save your time as much as possible, I will proceed at once to the illustration, and then we will have the discussion." Professor van Huysman snorted again, even as a war-horse that snuffs the fray.