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The little man was fatigued and shamed to the pitch of hopeless bitterness, and came to a stop at last, face to face with his seated master. The latter winced a little under his dependant's eye. "Well?" he said at last, with no pretence of authority. THE LITTLE MAN WAS FATIGUED AND SHAMED TO THE PITCH OF HOPELESS BITTERNESS AND CAME TO A STOP AT LAST FACE TO FACE WITH HIS SEATED MASTER THE LATTER WINCED A LITTLE UNDER HIS DEPENDENT'S EYE WELL HE SAID AT LAST WITH NO PRETENSE OF AUTHORITY
ross his narrowed sky. Once a stray spider fell into the ravine close beside him—a full foot it measured from leg to leg, and its body was half a man's hand—and after he had watched its monstrous alacrity of search and escape for a little while, and tempted it to bite his broken sword, he lifted up his iron-heeled boot and smashed it into a pulp. He swore as he did so, and for a time sought up and down for another. Then presently, when he was surer these spider swarms could not drop into the ravine, he found a place where he could sit down, and sat and fell into deep thought and began after his manner to gnaw his knuckles and bite his nails. And from this he was moved by the coming of the man with the white horse. He heard him long before he saw him, as a clattering of hoofs, stumbling footsteps, and a reassuring voice. Then the little man appeared, a rueful figure, still with a tail of white cobweb trailing behind him. They approached each other without speaking, without a salutation. AIL THEIR STREAMERS ACROSS HIS NARROWED SKY ONCE A STRAY SPIDER FELL INTO THE RAVINE CLOSE BESIDE HIM A FULL FOOT IT MEASURED FROM LEG TO LEG AND ITS BODY WAS HALF A MAN'S HAND AND AFTER HE HAD WATCHED ITS MONSTROUS ALACRITY OF SEARCH AND ESCAPE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND TEMPTED IT TO BITE HIS BROKEN SWORD HE LIFTED UP HIS IRON HEELED BOOT AND SMASHED IT INTO A PULP HE SWORE AS HE DID SO AND FOR A TIME SOUGHT UP AND DOWN FOR ANOTHER THEN PRESENTLY WHEN HE WAS SURE THESE SPIDER SWARMS COULD NOT DROP INTO THE RAVINE HE FOUND A PLACE WHERE HE COULD SIT DOWN AND SAT AND FELL INTO DEEP THOUGHT AND BEGAN AFTER HIS MANNER TO GNAW HIS KNUCKLES AND BITE HIS NAILS AND FROM THIS HE WAS MOVED BY THE COMING OF THE MAN WITH THE WHITE HORSE HE HEARD HIM LONG BEFORE HE SAW HIM AS A CLATTERING OF HOOFS STUMBLING FOOTSTEPS AND A REASSURING VOICE THEN THE LITTLE MAN APPEARED A RUEFUL FIGURE STILL WITH A TAIL OF WHITE COBWEB TRAILING BEHIND HIM THEY APPROACHED EACH OTHER WITHOUT SPEAKING WITHOUT A SALUTATION
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