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Rh "And as for my master's remark: 'It is long since you were last visible,' pray hear the reason of that:

"Yet the nature of the servant also depends on the master's quality. As the saying goes:

"And another point. You do wrong to despise me because I am a jackal. For

Silk comes from worms, and gold from stone; From cow's hair sacred grass is grown; The water-lily springs from mud; From cow-dung sprouts the lotus-bud;