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Then the soul shouted to me to give way, but I said: "'No; you vexed the man.' "Then it screamed for me to leave go of the rafter, and already I was slipping, for I only held on to it by a careless knot, but I gripped with my prison grip and said: "'You vexed the man.' THEN THE SOUL SHOUTED TO ME TO GIVE WAY BUT I SAID NO YOU VEXED THE MAN THEN IT SCREAMED FOR ME TO LEAVE GO OF THE RAFTER BUT ALREADY I WAS SLIPPING FOR I ONLY HELD ON TO IT BY A CARELESS KNOT BUT I GRIPPED WITH MY PRISON GRIP AND SAID YOU VEXED THE MAN
 this about me, I determined that whatever he might require of me it should be done to the uttermost. And as I made this determination in my unfaltering heart, he picked me up and stood on an empty box that I should have bound on the morrow, and tied one end of me to a dark rafter; and the knot was carelessly tied, because his soul was reproaching him all the while continually and giving him no ease. Then he made the other end of me into a noose, but when the man's soul saw this it stopped reproaching the man, and cried out to him hurriedly, and besought him to be at peace with it and to do nothing sudden; but the man went on with his work, and put the noose down over his face and underneath his chin, and the soul screamed horribly. "Then the man kicked the box away with his foot, and the moment he did this I knew that my strength was not great enough to hold him; but I remembered that he had said I would not fail him, and I put all my grim vigour into my fibres and held by sheer will. WHEN I HEARD HIM SAY THIS ABOUT ME I DETERMINED THAT WHATEVER HE MIGHT REQUIRE OF ME IT SHOULD BE DONE TO THE UTTERMOST AND AS I MADE THIS DETERMINATION IN MY UNFALTERING HEART HE PICKED ME UP AND STOOD ON AN EMPTY BOX THAT I SHOULD HAVE BOUND ON THE MORROW AND TIED ONE END OF ME TO A DARK RAFTER AND THE KNOT WAS CARELESSLY TIED BECAUSE HIS SOUL WAS REPROACHING HIM ALL THE WHILE CONTINUALLY AND GIVING HIM NO EASE THEN HE MADE THE OTHER END OF ME INTO A NOOSE BUT WHEN THE MAN'S SOUL SAW THIS IT STOPPED REPROACHING THE MAN AND CRIED OUT TO HIM HURRIEDLY AND BESOUGHT HIM TO BE AT PEACE WITH IT AND TO DO NOTHING SUDDEN BUT THE MAN WENT ON WITH HIS WORK AND PUT THE NOOSE DOWN OVER HIS FACE AND UNDERNEATH HIS CHIN AND THE SOUL SCREAMED HORRIBLY THEN THE MAN KICKED THE BOX AWAY WITH HIS FOOT AND THE MOMENT HE DID THIS I KNEW THAT MY STRENGTH WAS NOT GREAT ENOUGH TO HOLD HIM BUT I REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD SAID I WOULD NOT FAIL HIM AND I PUT ALL MY GRIM VIGOR INTO MY FIBRES AND HELD BY SHEER WILL
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