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How nimbly he threaded his way through he pits of Snood!  now like a botanist, scrutinising the ground; now like a dancer, leaping from crumbling edges. HOW NIMBLY HE THREADED HIS WAY THROUGH THE PITS OF SNOOD NOW LIKE A BOTANIST SCRUTINIZING THE GROUND NOW LIKE A DANCER LEAPING FROM CRUMBLING EDGES
 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. And had he not been out on business he had almost allowed himself one or two little laughs. But business was business, and the diamond that he sought still lay on the lap of Hlo-hlo, where it had been for the last two million years since Hlo-hlo created the world and gave unto it all things except that precious stone called Dead Man's Diamond. The jewel was often stolen, but it had a knack of coming back again to the lap of Hlo-hlo. Thangobrind knew this, but he was no common jeweller and hoped to outwit Hlo-hlo, perceiving not the trend of ambition and lust and that they are vanity. G 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 AND HAD HE NOT BEEN OUT ON BUSINESS HE HAD ALMOST ALLOWED HIMSELF ONE OR TWO LITTLE LAUGHS BUT BUSINESS WAS BUSINESS AND THE DIAMOND THAT HE SOUGHT STILL LAY ON THE LAP OF LA HALLAH WHERE HAD BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO MILLION YEARS SINCE LA HALLAH CREATED THE WORLD AND GAVE UNTO IT ALL THINGS EXCEPT THAT PRECIOUS STONE CALLED DEAD MAN'S DIAMOND THE JEWEL WAS OFTEN STOLEN BUT IT HAD A KNACK OF COMING BACK AGAIN TO THE LAP OF ALLAH ALLAH THINGOBRANE KNEW THIS BUT HE WAS NO COMMON JEWELLER AND HOPED TO OUTWIT HALLA ALLAH PERCEIVING NOT THE TREND OF AMBITION AND LUST AND THAT THEY ARE VANITY
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