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The next day there was still no response from Dr Karalis. Wolfgang considered phoning him. He went as far as dialling Directory Assistance, but as soon as the recorded Telstra voice asked, ‘What name please?’ he hung up. He and the scientist had only ever been in touch via email. In any case, Dr Karalis was probably on holiday. That would explain his silence. It was only three days until Christmas, a bad time to have discovered a new butterfly. Assuming it was a new butterfly. Most likely it was a variant colour phase of another species, a jay after all.
Don’t get your hopes up, Wolfgang warned himself. You’ll only be disappointed.