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The Shadow of the North

CHAPTER IX
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Then he laughed a little at himself.
"My fancy is seeing innumerable figures for me," he said, "where my eyes really see none.

No human being is likely to be abroad on the river on such a night as this." "And yet my own eyes tell me that I do see a human being," said Tayoga, "one that is living and breathing, with warm blood running in his veins." "A living, breathing man! where, Tayoga ?" "Look at the sloping cliff above us, there where the trees grow close together.

Notice the one with the boughs hanging low, and by the dark trunk you will see the figure.

It is a tall man with his hat drawn low over his eyes, and a heavy cloak wrapped closely around his body." "I see him now, Tayoga! What could a man want at such a place on such a night?
It must be a farmer out late, or perhaps a wandering hunter!" "Nay, Dagaeoga, it is not a farmer, nor yet a wandering hunter.

The shoulders are set too squarely.


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