Flanneryspentadayherdinghischargesthroughanarrowopeningintheircagesothathemightcountthem。
\"AuditDept。\"hewrote，whenhehadfinishedthecount，\"youarewayofftheremaybewasonehundredandsixtydagopigsonce，butwakeupdon\'tbeabacknumber。I\'vegoteveneighthundred，nowshallIcollectforeighthundredorwhat，howaboutsixty-fourdollarsIpaidoutforcabbages。\"
ItrequiredagreatmanylettersbackandforthbeforetheAuditDepartmentwasabletounderstandwhytheerrorhadbeenmadeofbillingonehundredandsixtyinsteadofeighthundred，andstillmoretimeforittogetthemeaningofthe\"cabbages。\"
Flannerywascrowdedintoafewfeetattheextremefrontoftheoffice。
Thepigshadalltherestoftheroomandtwoboyswereemployedconstantlyattendingtothem。ThedayafterFlanneryhadcountedtheguinea-pigstherewereeightmoreaddedtohisdrove，andbythetimetheAuditDepartmentgavehimauthoritytocollectforeighthundredFlanneryhadgivenupallattemptstoattendtothereceiptorthedeliveryofgoods。Hewashastilybuildinggalleriesaroundtheexpressoffice，tierabovetier。Hehadfourthousandandsixty-fourguinea-pigstocarefor！