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Chapter 12

           ButIintendtogoontakinglessonsfromMikeuntilIdo.ButIwasspeakingdeadseriously.Gratitudeisaeuphemismforresentment.ResentmentfrommostpeopleIdonotmindbutfromprettylittlegirlsitisdistastefultome."

           "Why,Jubal,Idon’tresentyouthat’ssilly."

           "Ihopeyoudon’t?butyoucertainlywillifyoudon’trootoutofyourmindthisdelusionthatyouareindebtedtome.TheJapanesehavefivedifferentwaystosay‘thankyou’andeveryoneofthemtranslatesliterallyasresentment,invariousdegrees.WouldthatEnglishhadthesamebuilt-inhonestyonthispoint!Instead,Englishiscapableofdefiningsentimentsthatthehumannervoussystemisquiteincapableofexperiencing.‘Gratitude,’forexample."

           "Jubal,you’reacynicaloldman.IdofeelgratefultoyouandIshallgoonfeelinggrateful."

           "Andyouareasentimentalyounggirl.Thatmakesusaperfectcomplementarypair.Hmmlet’srunovertoAtlanticCityforaweekendofillicitdebauchery,justustwo."

           "Why,Jubal!"

           "YouseehowdeepyourgratitudegoeswhenIattempttodrawonit?"

           "Oh.I’mready.Howsoondoweleave?"

           "Hmmmphtt.Weshouldhaveleftfortyyearsago.Shutup.ThesecondpointIwanttomakeisthatyouareright;theboydoesindeedhavetolearnhumancustoms.Hemustbetaughttotakeoffhisshoesinamosqueandtowearhishatinasynagogueandtocoverhisnakednesswhentaboorequiresit,orourtribalshamanswillburnhimfordeviationism.

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