Thank you from the bottom of my heart. [_Clapping
his hat on again_] Pig! Ass!
ZOO [_laughs very heartily at him_]!!!
THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN [_turning sharply on her_] Good afternoon, madam.
I am sorry to have had to put your friend in his place; but I find that
here as elsewhere it is necessary to assert myself if I am to be treated
with proper consideration. I had hoped that my position as a guest would
protect me from insult.
ZOO. Putting my friend in his place. That is some poetic expression, is
it not? What does it mean?
THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN. Pray, is there no one in these islands who
understands plain English?
ZOO. Well, nobody except the oracles. They have to make a special
historical study of what we call the dead thought.
THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN. Dead thought! I have heard of the dead languages,
but never of the dead thought.
ZOO. Well, thoughts die sooner than languages. I understand your
language; but I do not always understand your thought. The oracles will
understand you perfectly. Have you had your consultation yet?
THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN.
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