Word: applesmith
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...Hobbyist Applesmith dreams of an all white Africa in which everything will "go like clockwork." He has lived in this dream for so long that he has begun to anticipate it by creating clockwork forms of living things. Applesmith's mechanical fox terrier bitch can be made to beg for tidbits. And, says Applesmith, "nothing in its expression reproaches you for denying it ... The owner of my bitch need never feel guilty...
...George Hemper, a pal of Applesmith's, believes that the "secret of life" is in "size and proportion," spends his days cutting up dead animals and measuring their parts. He refuses to have children. "How often must I explain to you," he says to Mrs. Hemper, "that until we know the secret and meaning of life, we have no right to produce more...
...have excellent "reasons" for destroying the very ground they walk on. Old Mrs. Harding thinks it will make it easier to find her teeth. Hemper hopes to take advantage of the fire to steal and "measure" Agatha's baby (he will give her a clockwork one. made by Applesmith. instead). Also among the "fire-raisers" are an innocent Kaffir boy, who merely wants to cook a decent meal, and Negro Servant Benjamin, who has lost patience with the sickness of his masters. "Burn, Africa, burn," he cries, as he strikes his match, "to tell the white man that danger...
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