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The cough was too full of meaning to be disregarded. Thangobrind turned round and saw at once what he feared. The spider idol had not stayed at home. The jeweller put his diamond gently upon the ground and drew his sword called Mouse. And then began that famous fight upon the narrow way in which the grim old woman whose house was Night seemed to take so little interest. To the spider idol you saw at once it was all a horrible joke. To the jeweller it was grim earnest. THE COUGH WAS TOO FULL OF MEANING TO BE DISREGARDED THING TURNED ROUND AND SAW AT ONCE WHAT HE FEARED THE SPIDER IDOL HAD NOT STAYED AT HOME THE JEWELLER PUT HIS DIAMOND GENTLY UPON THE GROUND AND DREW HIS SWORD CALLED MOUSE AND THEN BEGAN THAT FAMOUS FIGHT UPON THE NARROW WAY IN WHICH THE GRIM OLD WOMAN WHOSE HOUSE WAS NIGHT SEEMED TO TAKE SO LITTLE INTEREST TO THE SPY RIDDLE YOU SAW AT ONCE IT WAS ALL A HORRIBLE JOKE TO THE JEWELER IT WAS GRIM EARNEST
f 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. 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. GH 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 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
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