human
Like . . . that!
gpt
But why did you hurry so much?
human
Dunno, sir! Couldn't help it. . . . It was like as if something had 'old of me.
gpt
Where?
human
You'll feel better in the morning, he said.
gpt
Don't let it worry you. You'll be able to take it quietly again to-morrow night. . . .
human
quoted Gran'pa.
gpt
It's very wonderful, George! The sort of thing one can't explain. Call it Animal Magnetism, Hypnotism, 'Fluence' or what you like, and you're still no nearer. It must be a _force_, as inexplicable and yet as undefinable as the ability some men have of immediately making friends with other men or even animals. The thing is, can we turn it on the gorilla? Can we call him in his own language, or entice him into the magnetic field in some other way, and then suddenly take all the wind out of his sails and render him inert and submissive?
human
I don't think you realize the kind of brute we're up against, I said.
gpt
It's the most ferocious and dangerous animal in the jungle. It is absolutely fearless, and it possesses the strength of half-a-dozen men at least. What chance will a parrot cry and a hypnotic 'glare' have against such a creature?
human
That's what we're going to find out. The gorilla has many advantages over us, but, in the end, we have _the_ advantage--a human brain. To begin with, I'll guarantee that I could disguise myself so that no gorilla could tell me from one of its own kind at half-a-dozen yards away.
gpt
Your idea is to dress up Mr. Stringer as a sort of hypnotic super-gorilla?
human
Precisely!