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At last the great spoons dropped out of their hands, and their spirits rose and left them. I could not flee. And the spirits were more horrible than the men, because they were young men, and not yet wholly moulded to fit their fearful souls. AT LAST THE GREAT SPOONS DROPPED OUT OF THEIR HANDS AND THEIR SPIRITS ROSE AND LEFT THEM I COULD NOT FLEE AND THE SPIRITS WERE MORE HORRIBLE THAN THE MEN BECAUSE THEY WERE YOUNG MEN AND NOT YET WHOLLY MOLDED TO FIT THEIR FEARFUL SOULS
ently and his under lip quivered faster, and he whimpered with anger, and cried with a shrill voice, in Yannish, to the captain of his torturers that there was a spirit in the room. I feared not, for living men cannot lay hands on a spirit, but all the torturers were appalled at his anger, and stopped their work, for their hands trembled in fear. Then two men of the spear-guard slipped from the room, and each of them brought back presently a golden bowl, with knobs on it, full of hashish; and the bowls were large enough for heads to have floated in had they been filled with blood. And the two men fell to rapidly, each eating with two great spoons--there was enough in each spoonful to have given dreams to a hundred men. And there came upon them soon the hashish state, and their spirits hovered, preparing to go free, while I feared horribly, but ever and anon they fell back again to their bodies, recalled by some noise in the room. Still the men ate, but lazily now, and without ferocity. HE EMPEROR'S FACE BEGAN TO TWITCH VIOLENTLY AND HIS UNDER LIP QUIVERED FASTER AND HE WHIMPERED WITH ANGER AND CRIED WITH A SHRILL VOICE IN JANUISH TO THE CAPTAIN OF HIS TORTURERS THAT THERE WAS A SPIRIT IN THE ROOM I FEAR NOT FOR LIVING MEN CANNOT LAY HANDS ON A SPIRIT BUT ALL THE TORTURERS WERE APPALLED AT HIS ANGER AND STOPPED THEIR WORK FOR THEIR HANDS TREMBLED IN FEAR THEN TWO MEN OF THE SPEAR GUARD SLIPPED FROM THE ROOM AND EACH OF THEM BROUGHT BACK PRESENTLY A GOLDEN BOWL WITH KNOBS ON IT FULL OF HASHISH AND THE BOWLS WERE LARGE ENOUGH FOR HEADS TO HAVE FLOATED IN HAD THEY BEEN FILLED BLOOD AND THE TWO MEN FELL TO RAPIDLY EACH EATING WITH TWO GREAT SPOONS THERE WAS ENOUGH IN EACH SPOONFUL TO HAVE GIVEN DREAMS TO A HUNDRED MEN AND THERE CAME UPON THEM SOON A HASHY STATE AND THEIR SPIRITS HOVERED PREPARING TO GO FREE WHILE I FEARED HORRIBLY BUT EVER AND ANON THEY FELL BACK AGAIN TO THEIR BODIES RECALLED BY SOME NOISE IN THE ROOM STILL THE MEN ATE BUT LAZILY NOW AND WITHOUT FEROCITY
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