And we? he thought.
And we?
The pets of children. The puppy dogs of Kimon.
Imported puppy dogs.
"I beg your pardon, sir," said the cabinet. "You are not puppy dogs."
"What's that?"
"You will pardon me, sir. I should not have spoken out. But I wouldn't have wanted you to think - "
"You never do a thing," said Bishop bitterly, "without having it all figured out. You or any of them. For you are one of them. You spoke because they wanted you to speak."
"I can assure you that's not so."
"You would deny it, naturally," said Bishop. "Go ahead and do your job. You haven't told me all they wanted you to tell me. Go ahead and finish."