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And to all the merchants the captain had offered the wine of his own country, that they make in fair Belzoond, but could in no wise persuade them to it. AND TO ALL THE MERCHANTS THE CAPTAIN HAD OFFERED THE WINE OF HIS COUNTRY THAT THEY MAKE IN FAIR BEL ZOUND BUT COULD IN NO WISE PERSUADE THEM TO IT
ore. Then the captain wept, for he said that he was deserted of his gods; and the merchant also wept, for he said that he was thinking of his aged father, and of how he soon would starve, and he hid his weeping face with both his hands, and eyed the tollub again between his fingers. And so the bargain was concluded, and the merchant took the toomarund and tollub, paying for them out of a great clinking purse. And these were packed up into bales again, and three of the merchant's slaves carried them upon their heads into the city. And all the while the sailors had sat silent, cross-legged in a crescent upon the deck, eagerly watching the bargain, and now a murmur of satisfaction arose among them, and they began to compare it among themselves with other bargains that they had known. And I found out from them that there are seven merchants in Perdóndaris, and that they had all come to the captain one by one before the bargaining began, and each had warned him privately against the others. FERED YET FIVE PITHICKS MORE THEN THE CAPTAIN WEPT FOR HE SAID THAT HE WAS DESERTED OF HIS GODS AND THE MERCHANT ALSO WEPT FOR HE SAID THAT HE WAS THINKING OF HIS AGED FATHER AND OF HOW HE SOON WOULD STARVE AND HE HID HIS WEEPING FACE WITH BOTH HIS HANDS AND EYED THE TOLLB AGAIN BETWEEN HIS FINGERS AND SO THE BARGAIN WAS CONCLUDED AND THE MERCHANT TOOK THE TUMURAND AND TOLEB PAYING FOR THEM OUT OF A GREAT CLINKING PURSE AND THESE WERE PACKED UP INTO BALES AGAIN AND THREE OF THE MERCHANTS SLAVES CARRIED THEM UPON THEIR HEADS INTO THE CITY AND ALL THE WHILE THE SAILORS HAD SAT SILENT CROSS LEGGED IN A CRESCENT UPON THE DECK EAGERLY WATCHING THE BARGAIN AND NOW A MURMUR OF SATISFACTION AROSE AMONG THEM AND THEY BEGAN TO COMPARE IT AMONG THEMSELVES WITH OTHER BARGAINS THAT THEY HAD KNOWN AND I FOUND OUT FROM THEM THAT THERE ARE SEVEN MERCHANTS IN PREDONDERAS AND THAT THEY HAD ALL COME TO THE CAPTAIN ONE BY ONE BEFORE THE BARGAINING BEGAN AND EACH HAD WARNED HIM PRIVATELY AGAINST THE OTHERS
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