Dec 25, 2009
Morrowbie Jukes's strange ride occurs when he is weakened by a fever. Baying dogs disturb his sleep. He kills one of them and displays its body, hoping to deter the other dogs from their baying. Instead, they devour the body “and, as it seemed to me, sang their hymns of thanksgiving afterwards with renewed energy.” Morrowbie tries to shoot the loudest of the dogs, but the lightheadedness that accompanies his fever makes him miss the offending dog even though he unloads both barrels of his shotgun in its direction.
Finally, Morrowbie decides to go after the...
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