"Anan, brother."
"I can charm snakes, Jasper."
"I know you can, brother."
"Yes, and horses too; bring me the most vicious in the land, if I whisper he'll be tame."
"Then the more shame for you--a snake-fellow--a horse-witch--and a lil-reader--yet you can't shift for yourself. I laugh at you, brother!"
"Then you can shift for yourself?"
"For myself and for others, brother."
"And what does Chikno?"
"Sells me horses, when I bid him. Those horses on the chong were mine."
"And has he none of his own?"