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IT was a great orang-outang. Crouched as it was, gazing malignantly upon the visitor with its bead-like eyes, it stood over six feet in height. The hairy chest was enormous; the arms that almost touched the floor were as thick as an average man's thigh. It wore, a pair of workman's dark blue overalls, held in place by two straps that crossed the broad shoulders.
"Bhag! " called Sir Gregory in a voice so soft that Michael could not believe it was the man's own. "Come here."