Chapter 35

           

           "Non,jenecomprendspasdepluscharmantplaisirQuedevoird’heritiersunetroupeaffligeeLemaintieninterdit,etlamineallongee,Lireunlongtestamentoupales,etonnesOnleurlaisseunbonsoiravecunpieddenez.PourvoiraunaturelleurtristesseprofondeJereviendrais,jecrois,expresdel’autremonde."REGNARD:LeLegataireUniversel.

           WhentheanimalsenteredtheArkinpairs,onemayimaginethatalliedspeciesmademuchprivateremarkoneachother,andweretemptedtothinkthatsomanyformsfeedingonthesamestoreoffodderwereeminentlysuperfluous,astendingtodiminishtherations.(Ifearthepartplayedbythevulturesonthatoccasionwouldbetoopainfulforarttorepresent,thosebirdsbeingdisadvantageouslynakedaboutthegullet,andapparentlywithoutritesandceremonies.)

           ThesamesortoftemptationbefelltheChristianCarnivorawhoformedPeterFeatherstone’sfuneralprocession;mostofthemhavingtheirmindsbentonalimitedstorewhicheachwouldhavelikedtogetthemostof.Thelong-recognizedblood-relationsandconnectionsbymarriagemadealreadyagoodlynumber,which,multipliedbypossibilities,presentedafinerangeforjealousconjectureandpathetichopefulness.

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