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The life of Jean Henri Fabre, the entomologist, 1823-1910

Note 1 — Chapter XIII · RETIREMENT: ORANGE

Bernard Miall translation

There was a certain coolness among us at the evening meal. I read mute reproaches, because of my experiment, in the eyes of my home-circle; I read an unspoken accusation of cruelty all around me. The death of the unfortunate Sparrow had saddened the whole family. I myself was not without some remorse of conscience: the poor result achieved seemed to me too dearly bought. I am not made of the stuff of those who, without turning a hair, rip up live Dogs to find out nothing in particular.1

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