Note 1 — Chapter XI · THE PROFESSOR: AVIGNON (CONTINUED)
Bernard Miall translation
When Pasteur called upon Fabre, at the beginning of his investigation of the silk-growing industry, he was also greatly interested in the improvement of wines by the application of heat.1 Thus it was that, having obtained the needed information respecting the silk-worm from the Avignon naturalist, he suddenly asked him to show him his cellar. Fabre found the request extremely embarrassing: