[Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) by Herman Melville]@TWC D-Link bookMardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) CHAPTER XXX 3/4
And whatever arrows follow, still will I hunt on.
Nor does the ghost, that these pale specters would avenge, at all disquiet me.
The priest I slew, but to gain her, now lost; and I would slay again, to bring her back.
Ah, Yillah! Yillah." All started. Then said Babbalanja, "Aleema's sons raved not; 'tis true, then, Taji, that an evil deed gained you your Yillah: no wonder she is lost." Said Media, unconcernedly, "Perhaps better, Taji, to have kept your secret; but tell no more; I care not to be your foe." "Ah, Taji! I had shrank from you," cried Yoomy, "but for the mark upon your brow.
That undoes the tenor of your words.
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