Mr. Tolling hurried along, with Eunice and Fatty just behind. Quite a number of other people were hurrying along to the Town Hall too! Fatty was surprised to think that there were so many beetle-lovers staying in Peterswood. He was also surprised to see how many of the men wore moustaches and beards. Is it a sort of uniform with coleopterists to wear hair on their faces? he enquired of Eunice. Dont be silly, she said. Look, theres the wonderful Maria Janizena, the one who hatched out all those eighty-four beetles from Thibet. Oh yes, the one hundred and sixty-eight twins, said Fatty, remembering. He stared at the great Maria Janizena and shuddered. She looks very like a big beetle herself, he said in a low voice to Eunice. And those things sticking up in her hat are rather like the horns my stag-beetles had. He expected Eunice to be angry and scornful at such a disrespectful remark, but to his surprise she gave a sudden giggle. Dont, she said. Father will hear. They went up the steps of the Town Hall just behind Mr.
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