human
My caterpillars are starving, he began violently.
gpt
I haven't anything else they'll eat. They feed only on the Bimba leaf. They _won't_ eat anything else. It's a well-known fact that they won't. Why, in Johore, where they came from, they'll travel miles over the ground to find a Bimba bush--
human
What!
gpt
Certainly--miles! They'd starve sooner than eat anything except Bimba leaves. If there's a bush within twenty miles they'll find it--
human
Wait, said Mildred quietly.
gpt
Where are these starving caterpillars?
human
In a glass jar in my pocket--here! What the devil are you doing!