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Though Slith had an experience of twenty years of theft, yet he said little; only if one of the others made a stone roll with his foot, or, later on in the forest, if one of them stepped on a twig, he whispered sharply to them always the same words: "That is not business." THOUGH SLITH HAD AN EXPERIENCE OF TWENTY YEARS OF THEFT YET HE SAID LITTLE ONLY IF ONE OF THE OTHERS MADE A STONE ROW WITH HIS FOOT OR LATER ON IN THE FOREST IF ONE OF THEM STEPPED ON A TWIG HE WHISPERED SHARPLY TO THEM ALWAYS THE SAME WORDS THAT IS NOT BUSINESS
star came mouse-like into view and the flames of the camp-fire lifted their lonely plumes uncheered by any song, that that rash scheme was hastily planned by the nomads which the world has named The Quest of the Golden Box. No measure of wiser precaution could the elders of the nomads have taken than to choose for their thief that very Slith, that identical thief that (even as I write) in how many school-rooms governesses teach stole a march on the King of Westalia. Yet the weight of the box was such that others had to accompany him, and Sippy and Slorg were no more agile thieves than may be found today among vendors of the antique. So over the shoulder of Mluna these three climbed next day and slept as well as they might among its snows rather than risk a night in the woods of the Dubious Land. And the morning came up radiant and the birds were full of song, but the forest underneath and the waste beyond it and the bare and ominous crags all wore the appearance of an unuttered threat.  EVENING STAR CAME MOUSELIKE INTO VIEW AND THE FLAMES OF THE CAMP FIRE LIFTED THEIR LONELY PLUMES UNCHEERED BY ANY SONG THAT THAT RASH SCHEME WAS HASTILY PLANNED BY THE NOMADS WHICH THE WORLD HAS NAMED THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN BOX NO MEASURE OF WISER PRECAUTION COULD THE ELDERS OF THE NOBADS HAVE TAKEN THAN TO CHOOSE FOR THEIR THIEF THAT VERY SLITHE THAT IDENTICAL THIEF THAT EVEN AS I WRITE IN HOW MANY SCHOOLROOMS GOVERNESSES TEACH STOLE A MARCH ON THE KING OF WESTALLIA YET THE WEIGHT OF THE BOX WAS SUCH THAT OTHERS HAD TO ACCOMPANY HIM AND SIPPI AND SLORG WERE NO MORE AGILE FEES THAT MAY BE FOUND TODAY AMONG THE VENDORS OF THE ANTIQUE SO OVER THE SHOULDER OF MULUNA THESE THREE CLIMBED NEXT DAY AND SLEPT AS WELL AS THEY MIGHT AMONG ITS SNOWS RATHER THAN RISK A NIGHT IN THE WOODS OF THE DUBIOUS LAND AND THE MORNING CAME UP RADIANT AND THE BIRDS WERE FULL OF SONG BUT THE FOREST UNDERNEATH AND THE WASTE BEYOND IT AND THE BARE AND OMINOUS CRAGS ALL WORE THE APPEARANCE OF AN UNUTTERED THREAT
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