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Thereat the captain lifted his scimitar to his own throat, saying that he was now a ruined man, and that nothing remained to him but death. THEREAT THE CAPTAIN LIFTED HIS SCIMITAR TO HIS OWN THROAT SAYING THAT HE WAS NOW A RUINED MAN AND THAT NOTHING REMAINED TO HIM BUT DEATH
and, and was beating with it in anger upon the deck, and the splinters were flying up from the white planks; for the merchant had offered him a price for his merchandise that the captain declared to be an insult to himself and his country's gods, whom he now said to be great and terrible gods, whose curses were to be dreaded. But the merchant waved his hands, which were of great fatness, showing the pink palms, and swore that of himself he thought not at all, but only of the poor folk in the huts beyond the city to whom he wished to sell the merchandise for as low a price as possible, leaving no remuneration for himself. For the merchandise was mostly the thick toomarund carpets that in the winter keep the wind from the floor, and tollub which the people smoke in pipes. Therefore the merchant said if he offered a piffek more the poor folk must go without their toomarunds when the winter came, and without their tollub in the evenings, or else he and his aged father must starve together. HIS SCIMITAR IN HIS HAND AND WAS BEATING WITH IT IN ANGER UPON THE DECK AND THE SPLINTERS WERE FLYING UP FROM THE WHITE PLANKS FOR THE MERCHANT HAD OFFERED HIM A PRICE FOR HIS MERCHANDISE THAT THE CAPTAIN DECLARED TO BE AN INSULT TO HIMSELF AND HIS COUNTRY'S GODS WHOM HE NOW SAID TO BE GREAT AND TERRIBLE GODS WHOSE CURSES WERE TO BE DREADED BUT THE MERCHANT WAVED HIS HANDS WHICH WERE OF GREAT FATNESS SHOWING THE PINK PALMS AND SWORE THAT OF HIMSELF HE THOUGHT NOT AT ALL BUT ONLY OF THE POOR FOLK IN THE HUTS BEYOND THE CITY TO WHOM HE WISHED TO SELL THE MERCHANDISE FOR AS LOW A PRICE AS POSSIBLE LEAVING NO REMUNERATION FOR HIMSELF FOR THE MERCHANDISE WAS MOSTLY THE THICK TUMERUND CARPET THAT IN THE WINTER KEEP THE WIND FROM THE FLOOR AND TOLLIP WHICH THE PEOPLE SMOKE IN PIPES THEREFORE THE MERCHANT SAID IF HE OFFERED A PITHIC MORE THE POOR FOLK MUST GO WITHOUT THEIR TUMERINS WHEN THE WINTER CAME AND WITHOUT THEIR TOLLIP IN THE EVENINGS OR ELSE HE AND HIS AGED FATHER MUST STARVE TOGETHER
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