Re: story conlang

Estel Telcontar scripsit:

> The story in question is chapter 5 of G.K Chesterton's collection of
> short, sort-of detective stories calld "The Club of Queer Trades".  The
> chapter is calld "The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd", and is
> available on the internet here:
> http://www.dur.ac.uk/martin.ward/gkc/books/queertrades/cqtchap5.html
Thanks for the link.  In looking over the story, which I hadn't read for
many years, the phrase "slightly effeminate grey beard" leaped out at me.
What on earth would an effeminate *beard* be?  About as reasonable as saying
"She had rather masculine breasts."

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