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And had he not been out on business he had almost allowed himself one or two little laughs. AND HAD HE NOT BEEN OUT ON BUSINESS HE HAD ALMOST ALLOWED HIMSELF ONE OR TWO LITTLE LAUGHS
yways, and got as far as Snarp, before anybody knew that he was out on business again or missed his sword from its place under the counter. Thence he moved only by night, hiding by day and rubbing the edges of his sword, which he called Mouse because it was swift and nimble. The jeweller had subtle methods of travelling; nobody saw him cross the plains of Zid; nobody saw him come to Mursk or Tlun. O, but he loved shadows! Once the moon peeping out unexpectedly from a tempest had betrayed an ordinary jeweller; not so did it undo Thangobrind: the watchman only saw a crouching shape that snarled and laughed: "'Tis but a hyena," they said. Once in the city of Ag one of the guardians seized him, but Thangobrind was oiled and slipped from his hand; you scarcely heard his bare feet patter away. He knew that the Merchant Prince awaited his return, his little eyes open all night and glittering with greed; he knew how his daughter lay chained up and screaming night and day. Ah, Thangobrind knew. ECRETLY THROUGH BY WAYS AND GOT AS FAR AS SNARP BEFORE ANYBODY KNEW THAT HE WAS OUT ON BUSINESS AGAIN OR MISSED HIS SWORD FROM ITS PLACE UNDER THE COUNTER THENCE HE MOVED ONLY BY NIGHT HIDING BY DAY AND RUBBING THE EDGES OF HIS SWORD WHICH HE CALLED MOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS SWIFT AND NIMBLE THE JEWELLER HAD SUBTLE METHODS OF TRAVELING NOBODY SAW HIM CROSS THE PLAINS OF ZID NOBODY SAW HIM COME TO MURSK OR TO LUN OH BUT HE LOVED THE SHADOWS ONCE THE MOON PEEPING OUT UNEXPECTEDLY FROM A TEMPEST HAD BETRAYED AN ORDINARY JEWELLER NOT SO DID AN UNDO THANGELBRIND THE WATCHMAN ONLY SAW A CROUCHING SHAPE THAT SNARLED AND LAUGHED TIS BUT A HYAENA THEY SAID ONCE IN THE CITY OF AG ONE OF THE GUARDIANS SEIZED HIM BUT THANGELBRIND WAS OILED AND SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND YOU SCARCELY HEARD HIS BARE FEET PATTER AWAY HE KNEW THAT THE MERCHANT PRINCE AWAITED HIS RETURN HIS LITTLE EYES OPEN ALL NIGHT AND GLITTERING WITH GREED HE KNEW HOW HIS DAUGHTER LAY CHAINED UP AND SCREAMING NIGHT AND DAY AH THANGOBRAND KNEW
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