Better is it for Somo that its men be strong and brave rather than its dogs." But Bashti held no anger against Jerry.

He had lived too long and too philosophically to lay blame on a dog for breaking a taboo which it did not know.

Of course, dogs often were slain for breaking the taboos.

But he allowed this to be done because the dogs themselves in nowise interested him, and because their deaths emphasized the sacredness of the taboo.

Further, Jerry had more than slightly interested him.