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And when Pombo's simple, necessary prayer was equally refused by the idols of museums, auction rooms, shops, then he took counsel with himself and purchased incense and burned it in a brazier before his own cheap little idols, and played the while upon an instrument such as that wherewith men charm snakes. And still the idols clung to their etiquette. AND WHEN POMBO'S SIMPLE NECESSARY PRAYER WAS EQUALLY REFUSED BY THE IDOLS OF MUSEUMS AUCTION ROOMS SHOPS THEN HE TOOK COUNSEL WITH HIMSELF AND PURCHASED INCENSE AND BURNED IT IN A BRASURE BEFORE HIS OWN CHEAP LITTLE IDOLS AND PLAYED THE WHILE UPON AN INSTRUMENT SUCH AS THAT WHEREWITH MEN CHARM SNAKES AND STILL THE IDOLS CLUNG TO THEIR ETIQUETTE
refused to hear him; nor at first did he think at all of that subtle, divine etiquette against which he had offended. It occurred to him all at once as he prayed to his fiftieth idol, a little green-jade god whom the Chinese know, that all the idols were in league against him. When Pombo discovered this he resented his birth bitterly, and made lamentation and alleged that he was lost. He might have been seen then in any part of London haunting curiosity-shops and places where they sold idols of ivory or of stone, for he dwelt in London with others of his race though he was born in Burmah among those who hold Ganges holy. On drizzly evenings of November's worst his haggard face could be seen in the glow of some shop pressed close against the glass, where he would supplicate some calm, cross-legged idol till policemen moved him on. And after closing hours back he would go to his dingy room, in that part of our capital where English is seldom spoken, to supplicate little idols of his own.  ONE AND THEY ALL REFUSED TO HEAR HIM NOR AT FIRST DID HE THINK AT ALL OF THE SUBTLE DIVINE ETIQUETTE AGAINST WHICH HE HAD OFFENDED IT OCCURRED TO HIM ALL AT ONCE AS HE PRAYED TO HIS FIFTIETH IDOL A LITTLE GREEN JADE GOD WHOM THE CHINESE KNOW THAT ALL THE IDOLS WERE IN LEAGUE AGAINST HIM WHEN POMBO DISCOVERED THIS HE RESENTED HIS BIRTH BITTERLY AND MADE LAMENTATION AND ALLEGED THAT HE WAS LOST HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEEN THEN IN ANY PART OF LONDON HUNTING CURIOSITY SHOPS AND PLACES WHERE THEY SOLD IDOLS OF IVORY OR OF STONE FOR HE DWELT IN LONDON WITH OTHERS OF HIS RACE THOUGH HE WAS BORN IN BURMA AMONG THOSE WHO HOLD GANGES WHOLLY ON DRISLY EVENINGS OF NOVEMBER'S WORST HIS HAGGARD FACE COULD BE SEEN IN THE GLOW OF SOME SHOP PRESSED CLOSE AGAINST THE GLASS WHERE HE WOULD SUPPLICATE SOME CALM CROSS LEGGED IDOL TILL POLICEMEN MOVED HIM ON AND AFTER CLOSING HOURS BACK HE WOULD GO TO HIS DINGY ROOM IN THAT PART OF OUR CAPITAL WHERE ENGLISH IS SELDOM SPOKEN TO SUPPLICATE LITTLE IDOLS OF HIS OWN
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