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"Shout!" said the little man, and shouted. The dog came on. Then when the little man's blade was already out, it swerved aside and went panting by them and past. The eyes of the little man followed its flight. SHOUT SAID THE LITTLE MAN AND SHOUTED THE DOG CAME ON THEN WHEN THE LITTLE MAN'S BLADE WAS ALREADY OUT IT SWERVED ASIDE AND WENT PANTING BY THEM AND PASSED THE EYES OF THE LITTLE MAN FOLLOWED ITS FLIGHT
 and licked his parched lips with a blackened tongue. It was the way of the master, and that was all he knew. Just because she sought to evade him.... His eye caught a whole row of high plumed canes bending in unison, and then the tails of silk that hung before his neck flapped and fell. The breeze was growing stronger. Somehow it took the stiff stillness out of things—and that was well. “Hullo!” said the gaunt man. All three stopped abruptly. “What?” asked the master. “What?” “Over there,” said the gaunt man, pointing up the valley. “What?” “Something coming towards us.” And as he spoke a yellow animal crested a rise and came bearing down upon them. It was a big wild dog, coming before the wind, tongue out, at a steady pace, and running with such an intensity of purpose that he did not seem to see the horsemen he approached. He ran with his nose up, following, it was plain, neither scent nor quarry. As he drew nearer the little man felt for his sword. “He's mad,” said the gaunt rider. LAR ASKED THE LITTLE MAN AND SCOWLED AT THE WORLD AND LICKED HIS PARCHED LIPS WITH A BLACKENED TONGUE IT WAS THE WAY OF THE MASTER AND THAT WAS ALL HE KNEW JUST BECAUSE SHE SOUGHT TO EVADE HIM HIS EYE CAUGHT A WHOLE ROW OF HIGH PLUMED CANES BENDING IN UNISON AND THEN THE TAILS OF SILK THAT HUNG BEFORE HIS NECK FLAPPED AND FELL THE BREEZE WAS GROWING STRONGER SOMEHOW IT TOOK THE STIFF STILLNESS OUT OF THINGS AND THAT WAS WELL HULLO SAID THE GAUNT MAN ALL THREE STOPPED ABRUPTLY WHAT ASKED THE MASTER WHAT OVER THERE SAID THE GAUNT MAN POINTING UP THE VALLEY WHAT SOMETHING COMING TOWARDS US AND AS HE SPOKE A YELLOW ANIMAL CRESTED A RISE AND CAME BEARING DOWN UPON THEM IT WAS A BIG WILD DOG COMING BEFORE THE WIND TONGUE OUT AT A STEADY PACE AND RUNNING WITH SUCH AN INTENSITY OF PURPOSE THAT HE DID NOT SEEM TO SEE THE HORSEMAN HE APPROACHED HE RAN WITH HIS NOSE UP FOLLOWING IT WAS PLAIN NEITHER SCENT NOR QUARRY AS HE DREW NEARER THE LITTLE MAN FELT FOR HIS SWORD HE'S MAD SAID THE GAUNT RIDER
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