5/36 What does a bone more or less matter to the rich Abati, if only their holy ground is not defiled with the blood of Gentile dogs ?" "Nothing at all! Nothing at all!" they shouted. "Tie it to their tails and let them go!" "It shall be done, O my people! And now that we have finished with these dogs, I have another word to say to you. You may have thought or heard that I was too fond of them, and especially of one of them," and she glanced toward Oliver. "Well, there are certain dogs who will not work unless you pat them on the head. Therefore I patted this one on the head, since, after all, he is a clever dog who knows things that we do not know; for instance, how to destroy the idol of the Fung. |