The Pop’s Rhinoceros
The Pop’s Rhinoceros
““Ah, there you are!” Salvestro greeted them. “We’re about to have breakfast.”
He was sitting on a chair in the center of the low-ceilinged room. At the other end, two women, one old, the other middle-aged, were trying to cower each behind the other. A man was on his knees, somewhat tearful, murmuring, “Anything, anything. We have nothing. Take it,” and suchlike. Most of the furniture appeared to be in the fireplace, which was unlit.
“Didn’t I rape your daughter yesterday?” Salvestro asked the m...an, who shook his head, bewildered. “Are you sure?” he persisted. “She looked very much like you—ugly, I mean. These streets are all the same to me.” The man only shook his head.
“It was another street,” Groot said quietly.
“Everything we have is yours,” said one of the women.
“Or maybe it was your mother?” Salvestro went on.
“He means to … Oh, Jesu, gather me now!” the old woman cried out.
“It was not here, Salvestro,” said Groot.
“How did it feel?”MoreLess
He was sitting on a chair in the center of the low-ceilinged room. At the other end, two women, one old, the other middle-aged, were trying to cower each behind the other. A man was on his knees, somewhat tearful, murmuring, “Anything, anything. We have nothing. Take it,” and suchlike. Most of the furniture appeared to be in the fireplace, which was unlit.
“Didn’t I rape your daughter yesterday?” Salvestro asked the m...an, who shook his head, bewildered. “Are you sure?” he persisted. “She looked very much like you—ugly, I mean. These streets are all the same to me.” The man only shook his head.
“It was another street,” Groot said quietly.
“Everything we have is yours,” said one of the women.
“Or maybe it was your mother?” Salvestro went on.
“He means to … Oh, Jesu, gather me now!” the old woman cried out.
“It was not here, Salvestro,” said Groot.
“How did it feel?”MoreLess
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