aBeingofthehighestanthropotrictraterest,aswellastheonewhokeepsthepoppingfromthefinegreenfieldsandthelikeandthelike,ismaybebeingabruisedandlese-majestiedbyuspalootsovermaersofhardcheesedaysinandoutbutevenagaloothasabraintowohandoowhatend?forurpose?areweright?arewewrong?areweculpable?towhatdegree?willtherebeatrialafter?officialinquiry?courtofnation?whitepaper?haveyoutoldhim?ifyouhavetoldhimwhathaveyoutoldhim?howmuchoftheblameifthereisblameisours?tenpert?twentypert?inexcessofthatfigure?andseargourheartsaswedoeachmandeveningandalsoatmiddayafterlundafterthedisheshavebeenwashed,wewonderwhither?whatfor?thescebecoggled?arewedoingtherightthing?andwithalltheloveandrespectwehaveforyouThomas-the-Tall-Standingandforyourwisdomwhichwedonotdenyforamomentandforyourheart--Toputitintheshortform,wearedubious.
Anoccasion.Thomasrising.
Yourquestioodones,hesaid.Youriswellfounded.IIthirespondbyrelatingae.YouarefamiliarItakeitwiththetimeMartinLutherattemptedtoswayFranzJosephHaydntohiscause.HecalledHaydnoelephoneandsaid,"Joe,yourethebest.Iwantyoutodoapieceforus."AndHaydnjustsaid,"Noway,Marty.Noway."
YouhavegottheturiesallwrongaelephoneshouldhereandanywayIdohepoint,saidEdmund.
Yousee!Thomasexclaimed.Thereitis!Thingsarenotsimple.Errorisalossible,evenwiththebestiionsintheworld.Peoplemakemistakes.Thingsarenotdht.Rightthingsarenotdoherearecaseswhicharenotclear.Youmustbeabletotoleratetheaodootherwiseistojumpship,ethics-wise.
Ihateay,Edmundsaid.Heproduce