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Pombo the iconoclast immediately left his house, leaving his idols to be swept away with the dust and so to mingle with Man, and went to an arch idolater of repute who carved idols out of rare stones, and put his case before him. POMBO THY CONOCLAST IMMEDIATELY LEFT HIS HOUSE LEAVING HIS IDOLS TO BE SWEPT AWAY WITH THE DUST AND SO TO MINGLE WITH MAN AND WENT TO AN ARCH IDOLATER OF REPUTE WHO CARVED IDOLS OUT OF RARE STONES AND PUT HIS CASE BEFORE HIM
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. 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. Whether Pombo knew about this etiquette and considered it frivolous in the face of his need, or whether his need, now grown desperate, unhinged his mind, I know not, but Pombo the idolater took a stick and suddenly turned iconoclast. OUGH 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 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 WHETHER POMBO KNEW ABOUT THIS ETIQUETTE AND CONSIDERED IT FRIVOLOUS IN THE FACE OF HIS NEED OR WHETHER HIS NEED NOW GROWN DESPERATE UNHINGED HIS MIND I KNOW NOT BUT POMBO THY IDOLATER TOOK A STICK AND SUDDENLY TURNED ICONOCLAST
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