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There watched him, apathetically, over the narrow way, that grim and dubious woman whose house is the Night. Thangobrind, hearing no longer the sound of suspicious feet, felt easier now. He was all but come to the end of the narrow way, when the woman listlessly uttered that ominous cough. THERE WATCHED HIM APATHETICALLY OVER THE NARROW WAY THAT GRIM AND DUBIOUS WOMAN WHOSE HOUSE IS NIGHT THINGNGOBRINE HEARING NO LONGER THE SOUND OF SUSPICIOUS FEET FELT EASIER NOW HE WAS ALL BUT COME TO THE END OF THE NARROW WAY WHEN THE WOMAN LISTLESSLY UTTERED THAT OMINOUS COUGH
road by which he had come. No, he went by another road, even though it led to the narrow way, night-house and spider-forest. The city of Moung went towering by behind him, balcony above balcony, eclipsing half the stars, as he trudged away with his diamond. Though when a soft pittering as of velvet feet arose behind him he refused to acknowledge that it might be what he feared, yet the instincts of his trade told him that it is not well when any noise whatever follows a diamond by night, and this was one of the largest that had ever come to him in the way of business. When he came to the narrow way that leads to spider-forest, Dead Man's Diamond feeling cold and heavy, and the velvety footfall seeming fearfully close, the jeweller stopped and almost hesitated. He looked behind him; there was nothing there. He listened attentively; there was no sound now. Then he thought of the screams of the Merchant Prince's daughter, whose soul was the diamond's price, and smiled and went stoutly on.  IT WAS NOT LIKE THINGBRINE TO GO BACK BY THE ROAD BY WHICH HE HAD COME NO HE WENT BY ANOTHER ROAD EVEN THOUGH IT LED TO THE NARROW WAY NIGHT HOUSE IN SPIDER FOREST THE CITY OF MOON WENT TOWERING BY BEHIND HIM BALCONY ABOVE BALCONY ECLIPSING HALF THE STARS AS HE TRUDGED AWAY THOUGH WHEN A SOFT PITTERING AS OF VELVET FEET AROSE BEHIND HIM HE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT MIGHT WHAT HE FEARED YET THE INSTINCTS OF HIS TRADE TOLD HIM THAT IT IS NOT WELL WHEN ANY NOISE WHATEVER FOLLOWS A DIAMOND BY NIGHT AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST THAT HAD EVER COME TO HIM IN THE WAY OF BUSINESS WHEN HE CAME TO THE NARROW WAY THAT LEADS TO SPIDER FOREST DEAD MAN'S DIAMOND FEELING COLD AND HEAVY AND THE VELVETY FOOTFALL SEEMING FEARFULLY CLOSE THE JEWELER STOPPED AND ALMOST HESITATED HE LOOKED BEHIND HIM THERE WAS NOTHING THERE HE LISTENED ATTENTIVELY THERE WAS NO SOUND NOW THEN HE THOUGHT OF THE SCREAMS OF THE MERCHANT PRINCE'S DAUGHTER WHOSE SOUL WAS THE DIAMOND'S PRICE AND SMILED AND WENT STOUTLY ON
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