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Thick and sweet it was, even like honey, yet there was in its heart a mighty, ardent fire which had authority over souls of men. THICK AND SWEET IT WAS EVEN LIKE HONEY YET THERE WAS IN ITS HEART A MIGHTY ARDENT FIRE WHICH HAD AUTHORITY OVER SOULS OF MEN
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. 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. But now that the bargain was over, and the sailors were seated at the first meal of the day, the captain appeared among them with a cask of that wine, and we broached it with care and all made merry together. And the captain was glad in his heart because he knew that he had much honour in the eyes of his men because of the bargain that he had made. So the sailors drank the wine of their native land, and soon their thoughts were back in fair Belzoond and the little neighbouring cities of Durl and Duz. But for me the captain poured into a little jar some heavy yellow wine from a small jar which he kept apart among his sacred things. T 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 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 BUT NOW THAT THE BARGAIN WAS OVER AND THE SAILORS WERE SEATED AT THE FIRST MEAL OF THE DAY THE CAPTAIN APPEARED AMONG THEM WITH A CASK OF THAT WINE AND WE BROACHED IT WITH CARE AND ALL MADE MERRY TOGETHER AND THE CAPTAIN WAS GLAD IN HIS HEART BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT HE HAD MUCH HONOUR IN THE EYES OF HIS MEN BECAUSE OF THE BARGAIN THAT HE HAD MADE SO THE SAILORS DRANK THE WINE OF THEIR NATIVE LAND AND SOON THEIR THOUGHTS WERE BACK IN FAIR BELZOUND AND THE LITTLE NEIGHBOURING CITIES OF DUEL AND DUES BUT FOR ME THE CAPTAIN POURED INTO A LITTLE JAR SOME HEAVY YELLOW WINE FROM A SMALL JAR WHICH HE KEPT APART FROM HIS SACRED THINGS
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