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His eye caught a whole row of high plumed canes bending in unison, and then the tails of silk that hung before his neck flapped and fell. The breeze was growing stronger. Somehow it took the stiff stillness out of things—and that was well. HIS EYE CAUGHT A WHOLE ROW OF HIGH PLUMED CANES BENDING IN UNISON AND THEN THE TAILS OF SILK THAT HUNG BEFORE HIS NECK FLAPPED AND FELL THE BREEZE WAS GROWING STRONGER SOMEHOW IT TOOK THE STIFF STILLNESS OUT OF THINGS AND THAT WAS WELL
 avoid a collision with the gaunt man, who had stopped at fault upon the trail. Just at that guilty moment he caught his master's eye looking towards him. For a time he forced an interest in the tracking. Then, as they rode on again, he studied his master's shadow and hat and shoulder, appearing and disappearing behind the gaunt man's nearer contours. They had ridden four days out of the very limits of the world into this desolate place, short of water, with nothing but a strip of dried meat under their saddles, over rocks and mountains, where surely none but these fugitives had ever been before—for THAT! And all this was for a girl, a mere wilful child! And the man had whole cityfuls of people to do his basest bidding—girls, women! Why in the name of passionate folly THIS one in particular? asked the little man, and scowled at the world, and licked his parched lips with a blackened tongue. It was the way of the master, and that was all he knew. Just because she sought to evade him.... T UP HE PULLED UP SHARPLY TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE GAUNT MAN WHO HAD STOPPED AT FAULT UPON THE TRAIL JUST AT THAT GUILTY MOMENT HE CAUGHT HIS MASTER'S EYE LOOKING TOWARD HIM FOR A TIME HE FORCED AN INTEREST IN THE TRACKING THEN AS THEY RODE ON AGAIN HE STUDIED HIS MASTER'S SHADOW AND HAT AND SHOULDER APPEARING AND DISAPPEARING BEHIND THE GAUNT MAN'S NEARER CONTOURS THEY HAD RIDDEN FOUR DAYS OUT OF THE VERY LIMITS OF THE WORLD INTO THIS DESOLATE PLACE SHORT OF WATER WITH NOTHING BUT A STRIP OF DRIED MEAT UNDER THEIR SADDLES OVER ROCKS AND MOUNTAINS WHERE SURELY NONE BUT THESE FUGITIVES HAD EVER BEEN BEFORE FOR THAT AND ALL THIS WAS FOR A GIRL A MERE WILFUL CHILD AND THE MAN HAD WHOLE CITYFULS OF PEOPLE TO DO HIS BASEST BIDDING GIRLS WOMEN WHY IN THE NAME OF PASSIONATE FOLLY THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR ASKED THE LITTLE MAN AND SCOWLED AT THE WORLD AND LICKED HIS PARCHED LIPS WITH A BLACKENED TONGUE IT WAS THE WAY OF THE MASTER AND THAT WAS ALL HE KNEW JUST BECAUSE SHE SOUGHT TO EVADE HIM
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