The Buddhist priest Ryōtei declares that the komainu are lions, which came from Koma and were called dogs by Japanese because they did not know lions.
Immodest words admit of no defence, / For want of decency is want of sense.
Indeed, the bells were tolling, the people were trooping into the handsome church, the carriages of the inhabitants of the lordly quarter poured forth their pretty loads of devotees, in whose company Pen and his uncle, ending their edifying conversation, entered the fane.
Alas, after comparing the current list with the list for my college class of 2005, I seem to be approaching antique-hood—…
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