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Dragon’s blood

CHAPTER VIII
20/21

She's the fool, not you.
Poor old Gilly Forrester slaves here to send her junketing in Japan, Kashmir, Ceylon, Home.

What Chantel said--well, between the two of us, I'm afraid he's right.

It's a pity." Heywood paused, frowning.
"A pity, too, this quarrel.

So precious few of us, and trouble ahead.
The natives lashing themselves into a state of mind, or being lashed.
The least spark--Rough work ahead, and here we are at swords' points." "And the joke is," Rudolph added quietly, "I do not know a sword's point from a handle." Heywood turned, glowered, and twice failed to speak.
"Rudie--old boy," he stammered, "that man--Preposterous! Why, it's plain murder!" Rudolph stared straight ahead, without hope, without illusions, facing the haggard light of morning.

A few weeks ago he might have wept; but now his laugh, short and humorous, was worthy of his companion.
"I do not care, more," he answered.


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