The Lost World Chapter 3 - He is a Perfectly Impossible Person and Chapter 4 - It's Just the very Biggest Thing in the World

In which the narrator encounters the formidable and irascible Professor Challenger, whose imposing presence is matched only by his fierce defence of controversial scientific views concerning a mysterious South American expedition. Through a curious mixture of hostility and geniality, Challenger reveals tantalising sketches, artifacts, and photographs suggestive of a lost world, inviting discretion and attendance at an impending lecture to disclose more.