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Chapter 22

           Jubalinterruptedwith:"QuitnuzzlingtheladandlethimeathisdinnedDorcas,youalreadyreeklikeaMarseillescathouse;don’twheedleMikeformorestinkum."

           "Doss,youmindyourownbusiness."

           ItwasallverypuzzlingboththatJillcouldsmellstillmorelikeJillandthatDorcasshouldwishtosmelllikeJillwhenshealreadysmelledlikeherself?andthatJubalwouldsaythatDorcassmelledlikeacatwhenshedidnot.Therewasacatwholivedontheplace(notasapet,butasco-owner);onrareoccasionitcametothehouseanddeignedtoacceptahandout.ThecatandMikehadgrokkedeachotheratonce,andMikehadfounditscarniverousthoughtsmostpleasingandquiteMartian.Hehaddiscovered,too,thatthecat’sname(FriedrichWilhelmNietzsche)wasnotthecat’snameatall,buthehadnottoldanyonethisbecausehecouldnotpronouncethecat’srealname;hecouldonlyhearitinhishead.

           ThecatdidnotsmelllikeDorcas.

           GivingpresentswasagreatgoodnessandthebuyingthereoftaughtMikemuchaboutthetruevalueofmoney.Buthehadnotforgottenevenmomentarilythattherewereotherthingshewaseagertogrok.JubalhadputoffSenatorBoone’sinvitationtoMiketwicewithoutmentioningittoMikeandMikehadnotnoticed,sincehisquitedifferentgraspoftimemade"nextSunday"noparticulardate

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