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The train left at this juncture. We entreated the railway officials to let us stop and see the show out. The play was becoming quite interesting. It was so full of movement. But they said that we were half an hour late as it was, and that they dared not. THE TRAIN LEFT AT THIS JUNCTURE WE ENTREATED THE RAILWAY OFFICIALS TO LET US STOP AND SEE THE SHOW OUT THE PLAY WAS BECOMING QUITE INTERESTING IT WAS SO FULL OF MOVEMENT BUT THEY SAID THAT WE WERE HALF AN HOUR LATE AS IT WAS AND THAT THEY DARED NOT
. But the goat's movements were too erratic for him. His turn came, and he trod on the rope, and went down in the middle of the road, opposite his own door, with a thud that shook us all up against each other as we stood looking out of the carriage-window, and sat there and cursed the goat. Then out ran a dog, barking furiously, and he went for the goat, and got the end of the rope in his teeth and held on to it like grim death. Away went the goat, at his end of the rope, and, with him, the dog at the other end. Between them, they kept the rope about six inches above the ground, and with it they remorselessly mowed down every living thing they came across in that once peaceful village. In the course of less than half a minute we counted fourteen persons sitting down in the middle of the road. Eight of them were cursing the goat, four were cursing the dog, and two of them were cursing the old man for keeping the goat, one of these two, and the more violent one, being the man's own wife. ER IT WHEN IT CAME NEAR HIM BUT THE GOAT'S MOVEMENTS WERE TOO ERRATIC FOR HIM HIS TURN CAME AND HE TROD ON THE ROPE AND WENT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OPPOSITE HIS OWN DOOR WITH A THUD THAT SHOOK US ALL UP AGAINST EACH OTHER AS WE STOOD LOOKING OUT OF THE CARRIAGE WINDOW AND SAT THERE AND CURSED THE GOAT THEN OUT RAN A DOG BARKING FURIOUSLY AND HE WENT FOR THE GOAT AND GOT THE END OF THE ROPE IN HIS TEETH AND HELD ON TO IT LIKE GRIM DEATH AWAY WENT THE GOAT AT HIS END OF THE ROPE AND WITH HIM THE DOG AT THE OTHER END BETWEEN THEM THEY KEPT THE ROPE ABOUT SIX INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND WITH IT THEY REMORSELESSLY MOWED DOWN EVERY LIVING THING THEY CAME ACROSS IN THAT ONCE PEACEFUL VILLAGE IN THE COURSE OF LESS THAN HALF A MINUTE WE COUNTED FOURTEEN PERSONS SITTING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD EIGHT OF THEM WERE CURSING THE GOAT FOUR WERE CURSING THE DOG AND TWO OF THEM WERE CURSING THE OLD MAN FOR KEEPING THE GOAT ONE OF THESE TWO AND THE MORE VIOLENT ONE BEING THE MAN'S OWN WIFE
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