“Isthereanyonethatyouhate？“saidDanaDa。TheEnglishmansaidthattherewereseveralmenwhomhehateddeeply。
“Verygood，“saidDanaDa，uponwhomthewhiskyandtheopiumwerebeginningtotell。“Onlygivemetheirnames，andIwilldispatchaSendingtothemandkillthem。“
NowaSendingisahorriblearrangement，firstinvented，theysay，inIceland。Itisathingsentbyawizard，andmaytakeanyform，butmostgenerallywandersaboutthelandintheshapeofalittlepurplecloudtillitfindsthesendee，andhimitkillsbychangingintotheformofahorse，oracat，oramanwithoutaface。Itisnotstrictlyanativepatent，thoughchamarscan，ifirritated，dispatchaSendingwhichsitsonthebreastoftheirenemybynightandnearlykillshim。Veryfewnativescaretoirritatechamarsforthisreason。
“LetmedispatchaSending，“saidDanaDa；“Iamnearlydeadnowwithwant，anddrink，andopium；butIshouldliketokillamanbeforeIdie。IcansendaSendinganywhereyouchoose，andinanyformexceptintheshapeofaman。“
TheEnglishmanhadnofriendsthathewishedtokill，butpartlytosootheDanaDa，whoseeyeswererolling，andpartlytoseewhatwouldbedone，heaskedwhetheramodifiedSendingcouldnotbearrangedfor——suchaSendingasshouldmakeaman’slifeaburdentohim，andyetdohimnoharm。Ifthiswerepossible，henotifiedhiswillingnesstogiveDanaDatenrupeesforthejob。