Bill Brauer The Gold Dress

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between the sounds and the letters."
"You have beaten him for that, at least?"
"It seems to have little effect, deacon."
"How, then, has he become such a capable pupil?"
"He listens," said Nhumrod.
No one listened ," said Nhumrod. "The other novices make fun of him, sometimes. Call him The Big Dumb Ox. You know the sort of thing?"
Vorbis's gaze took in Brutha's ham-sized hands and tree-trunk legs.
He appeared to be thinking deeply.
"Cannot read and write," said Vorbis. "But ex­tremely loyal, you say?"
"Loyal and devout," said Nhumrod.
"And a good memory," Vorbis murmured.quite like Brutha, he reflected. It made it very hard to teach him. It was like-it was like being in a great big cave. All your words just vanished into the unfillable depths of Brutha's head. The sheer concentrated absorption could reduce unwary tutors to stuttering silence, as every word they uttered whirled away into Brutha's ears."He listens to everything," said Nhumrod. "And he watches everything. He takes it all in."Vorbis stared down at Brutha."And I've never heard him say an unkind word