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But there was no disposition on anybody's part to smile at the suggestion that somewhere in mysterious Monkshole was a chimpanzee trained in the art of burglary.
-"I don't see why not," Basil Faber said thoughtfully. "Don't you remember how wonderfully human and intelligent the famous Consul was? As a matter of fact, there was more than one Consul, though the public didn't know it, all of which proves how easy it is to train that class of simian to do almost anything besides speak. There was Consul, dressed like an ordinary individual sitting up at table and using the common utensils and helping himself to wine, just as any of us might do. Oh, yes, I can quite see how it is possible to transform a chimpanzee into a cat burglar."