Is it lust or loyalty that makes you hold to her?” “We have come a long way together.” “Mistrust her!” “She has given me help, and hope; we are companions. There is trust between us—how can I break it?” “Oh fool, oh desolation!” said the Prince of Kansas. “I’ll give you ten women to accompany you to the Place of the Lie, with lutes and flutes and tambourines and contraceptive pills. I’ll give you five good friends armed with firecrackers. I’ll give you a dog—in truth I will, a living extinct dog, to be your true companion. Do you know why dogs died out? Because they were loyal, because they
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