Follow the wand closely, and observe, bursting,
as it were, through his sleeves, the characteristic vigor of Columbus's
_Biceps Flexor Cubiti_--"
"Mercy on us! what's that?" cried Lady Brambledown. "Anything
improper?"
"The _Biceps Flexor Cubiti,_ your ladyship," began the Doctor,
delighted to pour professional information into the mind of a Dowager
Countess, "may be literally interpreted as the Two-Headed Bender of the
Elbow, and is a muscle situated on, what we term, the Os--"
"Follow the wand, my dear madam, pray follow the wand! This is the
_Biceps,"_ interrupted Valentine, tapping till the canvas quivered
again on the upper part of Columbus's arms, which obtruded their
muscular condition through a pair of tight-fitting chamoy leather
sleeves. "The _Biceps,_ Lady Brambledown, is a tremendously strong
muscle--"
"Which arises in the human body, your Ladyship," interposed the Doctor,
"by two heads--"
"Which is used," continued Valentine, cutting him short--"I beg your
pardon, Doctor, but this is important--which is used--"
"I beg yours," rejoined the Doctor, testily. "The origin of the muscle,
or place where it arises, is the first thing to be described. The use
comes afterwards. It is an axiom of anatomical science--"
"But, my dear sir!" cried Valentine--
"No," said the Doctor, peremptorily, "you must really excuse me.
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