As to speaking of the entering Professor Challenger's “study-thrown” while he is in study:
“Servants would hardly dare to enter the room where glooming and glowering; the maned and bearded head looked up from his papers as a lion from a bone. Even his own daughter, Enid could dare him at such a time, and even she felt occasionally that sinking of the heart which the bravest of tamers may experience as he unbars the gate of the cage.”
The Land of Mist, Arthur Conan Doyle
“Challenger looked in my direction with his coldest and most supercilious stare. It was a most petrifying experience. ‘The flippancy of the half-educated is more obstructive to science than the obtuseness of the ignorant.’”‘
The Poison Belt, Arthur Conan Doyle
Professor Challenger is a large burly man and although highly educated and gifted he has a tendency to act pompously and quite brutish at times. At the least provocation Professor Challenger is often driven into a rage where he on more than one occasion has physically assaulted people.
I believe Professor Challenger would make an excellent character in a miniatures game; now, just to find the right miniature.
The Professor Challenger character can be found in the following of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels and short stories:
