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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. 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
 those eyes for a blink, it never happened once. "And then I followed the Emperor's rapt glance, and I saw the sailor lying on the floor, alive but hideously rent, and the royal torturers were at work all round him. They had torn long strips from him, but had not detached them, and they were torturing the ends of them far away from the sailor." The man that I met at dinner told me many things which I must omit. "The sailor was groaning softly, and every time he groaned Thuba Mleen tittered. I had no sense of smell, but I could hear and see, and I do not know which was the most revolting--the terrible condition of the sailor or the happy unblinking face of horrible Thuba Mleen. "I wanted to go away, but the time was not yet come, and I had to stay where I was. "Suddenly the 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 Yannish, to the captain of his torturers that there was a spirit in the room. KED AND THE LATER ON I WATCHED THOSE EYES FOR A BLINK IT NEVER HAPPENED ONCE AND THEN I FOLLOWED THE EMPEROR'S RAPT GLANCE AND I SAW THE SAILOR LYING ON THE FLOOR ALIVE BUT HIDEOUSLY RENT AND THE ROYAL TORTURERS WERE AT WORK ALL ROUND HIM THEY HAD TORN LONG STRIPS FROM HIM BUT HAD NOT DETACHED THEM AND THEY WERE TORTURING THE ENDS OF THEM FAR AWAY FROM THE SAILOR THE MAN THAT I MET AT DINNER TOLD ME MANY THINGS WHICH I MUST OMIT THE SAILOR WAS GROANING SOFTLY AND EVERY TIME HE GROANED THUBUM LEAN TITTERED I HAD NO SENSE OF SMELL BUT I COULD HEAR AND SEE AND I DO NOT KNOW WHICH WAS THE MOST REVOLTING THE TERRIBLE CONDITION OF THE SAILOR OR THE HAPPY UNBLINKING FACE OF HORRIBLE THUBUMLINE I WANTED TO GO AWAY BUT THE TIME WAS NOT YET COME AND I HAD TO STAY WHERE I WAS SUDDENLY THE 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
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