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Then he descended softly and beckoned to Nuth. THEN HE DESCENDED SOFTLY AND BECKONED TO NUTH
e business, but sent the likely lad with the instruments of his trade by means of the ladder to the old green casement. And the moment that Tonker touched the withered boards, the silence that, though ominous, was earthly, became unearthly like the touch of a ghoul. And Tonker heard his breath offending against that silence, and his heart was like mad drums in a night attack, and a string of one of his sandals went tap on a rung of a ladder, and the leaves of the forest were mute, and the breeze of the night was still; and Tonker prayed that a mouse or a mole might make any noise at all, but not a creature stirred, even Nuth was still. And then and there, while yet he was undiscovered, the likely lad made up his mind, as he should have done long before, to leave those colossal emeralds where they were and have nothing further to do with the lean, high house of the gnoles, but to quit this sinister wood in the nick of time and retire from business at once and buy a place in the country.  HE DID NOT ABANDON THE BUSINESS BUT SENT THE LIKELY LAD WITH THE INSTRUMENTS OF HIS TRADE BY MEANS OF THE LADDER TO THE OLD GREEN CASEMENT AND THE MOMENT THAT TONKER TOUCHED THE WITHERED BOARDS THE SILENCE THAT THOUGH OMINOUS WAS EARTHLY BECAME UNEARTHLY LIKE THE TOUCH OF A GHOUL AND TONKER HEARD HIS BREATH OFFENDING AGAINST THAT SILENCE AND HIS HEART WAS LIKE MAD DRUMS IN A NIGHT ATTACK AND A STRING OF ONE OF HIS SANDALS WENT TAP ON A RUNG OF A LADDER AND THE LEAVES OF THE FOREST WERE MUTE AND THE BREEZE OF THE NIGHT WAS STILL AND TONKER PRAYED THAT A MOUSE OR A MOLE MIGHT MAKE ANY NOISE AT ALL BUT NOT A CREATURE STIRRED EVEN NUTH WAS STILL AND THEN AND THERE WHILE YET HE WAS UNDISCOVERED THE LIKELY LAD MADE UP HIS MIND AS HE SHOULD HAVE DONE LONG BEFORE TO LEAVE THOSE COLOSSAL EMERALDS WHERE THEY WERE AND HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO DO WITH THE LEAN HIGH HOUSE OF THE GNOLES BUT TO QUIT THIS SINISTER WOOD IN THE NICK OF TIME AND RETIRE FROM BUSINESS AT ONCE AND BUY A PLACE IN THE COUNTRY
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