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He fought and panted and was pushed back slowly along the narrow way, but he wounded Hlo hlo all the while with terrible long gashes all over his deep, soft body till Mouse was slimy with blood. HE FOUGHT AND PANTED AND WAS PUSHED BACK SLOWLY ALONG THE NARROW WAY BUT HE WOUNDED HALLA HOLLA ALL THE WHILE WITH TERRIBLE LONG GASHES ALL OVER HIS DEEP SOFT BODY TILL MOUSE WAS SLIMY WITH BLOOD
tated. He looked behind him; there was nothing there. He listened attentively; there was no sound now. Then he thought of the screams of the Merchant Prince's daughter, whose soul was the diamond's price, and smiled and went stoutly on. There watched him, apathetically, over the narrow way, that grim and dubious woman whose house is the Night. Thangobrind, hearing no longer the sound of suspicious feet, felt easier now. He was all but come to the end of the narrow way, when the woman listlessly uttered that ominous cough. The cough was too full of meaning to be disregarded. Thangobrind turned round and saw at once what he feared. The spider-idol had not stayed at home. The jeweller put his diamond gently upon the ground and drew his sword called Mouse. And then began that famous fight upon the narrow way in which the grim old woman whose house was Night seemed to take so little interest. To the spider-idol you saw at once it was all a horrible joke. To the jeweller it was grim earnest. HE JEWELER STOPPED AND ALMOST HESITATED HE LOOKED BEHIND HIM THERE WAS NOTHING THERE HE LISTENED ATTENTIVELY THERE WAS NO SOUND NOW THEN HE THOUGHT OF THE SCREAMS OF THE MERCHANT PRINCE'S DAUGHTER WHOSE SOUL WAS THE DIAMOND'S PRICE AND SMILED AND WENT STOUTLY ON THERE WATCHED HIM APATHETICALLY OVER THE NARROW WAY THAT GRIM AND DUBIOUS WOMAN WHOSE HOUSE IS NIGHT THINGNGOBRINE HEARING NO LONGER THE SOUND OF SUSPICIOUS FEET FELT EASIER NOW HE WAS ALL BUT COME TO THE END OF THE NARROW WAY WHEN THE WOMAN LISTLESSLY UTTERED THAT OMINOUS COUGH THE COUGH WAS TOO FULL OF MEANING TO BE DISREGARDED THING TURNED ROUND AND SAW AT ONCE WHAT HE FEARED THE SPIDER IDOL HAD NOT STAYED AT HOME THE JEWELLER PUT HIS DIAMOND GENTLY UPON THE GROUND AND DREW HIS SWORD CALLED MOUSE AND THEN BEGAN THAT FAMOUS FIGHT UPON THE NARROW WAY IN WHICH THE GRIM OLD WOMAN WHOSE HOUSE WAS NIGHT SEEMED TO TAKE SO LITTLE INTEREST TO THE SPY RIDDLE YOU SAW AT ONCE IT WAS ALL A HORRIBLE JOKE TO THE JEWELER IT WAS GRIM EARNEST
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