How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
The Pirate was so happy that his heart pained him. "Did you see him?" he cried. "Was it San Francisco? Oh! What good dogs you must be to see a vision." (12.99)
Saint Francis of Assisi was famous for loving animals, so it's only fitting that here, after the Pirate buys a candlestick dedicated to him, the saint would appear to the dogs that the Pirate loves like his own children. We think the narrator is joking around a little: because the Pirate doesn't turn around to see the vision, we can never know exactly what the dogs saw. We just have to go on faith.