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have smashed the eyeglass of a forestiere with a
carrot. You have been disobedient to my
servants. You have quarrelled and fought with the
dogs, you have even refused to catch their fleas.
You have insulted the mongoose. You have
been disrespectful to the little owl. You have
repeatedly boxed the ears of the tortoise. You
have nearly strangled the Siamese kitten. Last
not least you have broken away from the premises
in a state of intoxication. Cruelty to animals
belongs to your nature or you would not be a
candidate for humanity, but the Lords of
Creation alone have the right to get drunk. I tell
you I have enough of you, I am going to send
you back to America to your drunken old master,
Doctor Campbell, you are not fit for decent
society. You are a disgrace to your father and
mother! Billy, you are a disreputable man-cub,
an inveterate drunkard, a . . .”
There was an awful silence.
Putting on my spectacles better to look at
Billy’s ultramarine finger-nails and scorched tail,
I said at last:
“Billy, I rather liked your retouches to
‘Tiberio swimming in the Blue Grotto,’ I thought
it an improvement on the original. It reminded
me of a picture I saw last year in the Salon of the
Futurists in Paris. Your former master often
told me of your lamented mother, a most
remarkable monkey, I understand. I suppose you have
inherited your artistic talents from her. Your
good looks and your sense of humour I guess you
got from your father, whose identity has been
fully established by recent events and who can be
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