19/26 "Serve him up food that a pig wouldn't look at. Can you do that, do you think ?" "I might, of course," said Sabina; "but--" "Then do." "Sure if I do he'll not be for stopping in the hotel." "Exactly," said Meldon. "He's not wanted to stop." "Mr.Doyle will lacerate me after, if the gentleman leaves, and the language he'll use will be what I wouldn't like to be listening to." "Mr.Doyle," said Meldon, "may take that view at first. He's a short-sighted man, and is inclined to consider only the immediate present; but, in giving you the directions I am giving about the judge's food, I am acting in Mr.Doyle's best interests. I'm looking into the future, and doing what will be best for Mr.Doyle in the long run. |