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I was desperately anxious to get back to my flat, though it is not good to take hashish two days running; but I wanted to see what they would do to the poor fellow, for I had heard bad rumours about Thuba Mleen. I WAS DESPERATELY ANXIOUS TO GET BACK TO MY FLAT THOUGH IT IS NOT GOOD TO TAKE HASH EACH TWO DAYS RUNNING BUT I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO THE POOR FELLOW FOR I HAD HEARD BAD RUMORS ABOUT THUBUMEN
uds heaving along the skyline, and I heard a muttering amongst the sand. "The sailor strolled on down the street, looking into the empty houses as he went; sometimes he shouted and sometimes he sang, and sometimes he wrote his name on a marble wall. Then he sat down on a step and ate his dinner. After a while he grew tired of the city, and came back up the street. As he reached the gate of green copper three men on camels appeared. "I could do nothing. I was only a consciousness, invisible, wandering: my body was in Europe. The sailor fought well with his fists, but he was over-powered and bound with ropes, and led away through the Desert. "I followed for as long as I could stay, and found that they were going by the way of the Desert round the Hills of Hap towards Utnar Véhi, and then I knew that the camel men belonged to Thuba Mleen. "I work in an insurance office all day, and I hope you won't forget me if ever you want to insure--life, fire, or motor--but that's no part of my story.  IN THE DESERT FOR THERE WERE STORM CLOUDS HEAVING ALONG THE SKY LINE AND I HEARD A MUTTERING AMONGST THE SAND THE SAILOR STROLLED DOWN DOWN THE STREET LOOKING INTO THE EMPTY HOUSES AS HE WENT SOMETIMES HE SHOUTED AND SOMETIMES HE SANG AND SOMETIMES HE WROTE HIS NAME ON A MARBLE WALL THEN HE SAT DOWN ON A STEP AND ATE HIS DINNER AFTER A WHILE HE GREW TIRED OF THE CITY AND CAME BACK UP THE STREET AS HE REACHED THE GATE OF GREEN COPPER THREE MEN ON CAMELS APPEARED I COULD DO NOTHING I WAS ONLY A CONSCIOUSNESS INVISIBLE WANDERING MY BODY WAS IN EUROPE THE SAILOR FOUGHT WELL WITH HIS FISTS BUT HE WAS OVERPOWERED AND BOUND WITH ROPES AND LED AWAY THROUGH THE DESERT I FOLLOWED FOR AS LONG AS I COULD STAY AND FOUND THAT THEY WERE GOING BY WAY OF THE DESERT ROUND THE HILLS OF HAP TOWARDS UNNARVAHI AND THEN I KNEW THE CAMEL MEN BELONGED TO THUBEN LEEN I WORK IN AN INSURANCE OFFICE ALL DAY AND I HOPE YOU WON'T FORGET ME IF YOU EVER WANT TO INSURE LIFE FIRE OR MOTOR BUT THAT'S NO PART OF MY STORY
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