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Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)

CHAPTER XXIX
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They Still Remain Upon The Rock "Gogle-goggle, fugle-fi, fugle-fogle-orum," so hummed to himself Babbalanja, slowly pacing over the fossils.

"Is he crazy again ?" whispered Yoomy.
"Are you crazy, Babbalanja ?" asked Media.
"From my very birth have I been so, my lord; am I not possessed by a devil ?" "Then I'll e'en interrogate him," cried Media.

"-- Hark ye, sirrah;-- why rave you thus in this poor mortal ?" "'Tis he, not I.I am the mildest devil that ever entered man; in propria persona, no antlers do I wear; my tail has lost its barb, as at last your Mardian lions lose their caudal horns." "A very sing-song devil this.

But, prithee, who are you, sirrah ?" "The mildest devil that ever entered man; in propria persona, no antlers do I wear; my tail has lost its barb, as at last your Mardian lions lose their caudal horns." "A very iterating devil this.

Sirrah! mock me not.


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