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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. 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
sed his sword from its place under the counter. Thence he moved only by night, hiding by day and rubbing the edges of his sword, which he called Mouse because it was swift and nimble. The jeweller had subtle methods of travelling; nobody saw him cross the plains of Zid; nobody saw him come to Mursk or Tlun. O, but he loved shadows! Once the moon peeping out unexpectedly from a tempest had betrayed an ordinary jeweller; not so did it undo Thangobrind: the watchman only saw a crouching shape that 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. NESS AGAIN OR MISSED HIS SWORD FROM ITS PLACE UNDER THE COUNTER THENCE HE MOVED ONLY BY NIGHT HIDING BY DAY AND RUBBING THE EDGES OF HIS SWORD WHICH HE CALLED MOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS SWIFT AND NIMBLE THE JEWELLER HAD SUBTLE METHODS OF TRAVELING NOBODY SAW HIM CROSS THE PLAINS OF ZID NOBODY SAW HIM COME TO MURSK OR TO LUN OH BUT HE LOVED THE SHADOWS ONCE THE MOON PEEPING OUT UNEXPECTEDLY FROM A TEMPEST HAD BETRAYED AN ORDINARY JEWELLER NOT SO DID AN UNDO THANGELBRIND THE WATCHMAN ONLY SAW A CROUCHING 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
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