'Don't blame me,' he said. 'I just read the things. I don't write 'em.'
'That's human sacrifice, that is,' said someone.
'There's nothing wrong with human sacrifice,' said a priest.
'Ah, per say, ' said the first speaker quickly. 'For proper religious reasons. And using condemned criminals and so on.[19] But that's different from bunging someone to a dragon just because it's feeling peckish.'
'That's the spirit!' said Sergeant Colon.
'Taxes is one thing, but eating people is another.'
'Well said!'
'If we all say we won't put up with it, what can the dragon do?'
Nobby opened his mouth. Colon clamped a hand over it and raised a triumphant fist in the air.
'It's just what I've always said,' he said. 'The people united can never be ignited!'
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