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"Over there," said the gaunt man, pointing up the valley. "What?" "Something coming towards us." OVER THERE SAID THE GAUNT MAN POINTING UP THE VALLEY WHAT SOMETHING COMING TOWARDS US
man's nearer contours. They had ridden four days out of the very limits of the world into this desolate place, short of water, with nothing but a strip of dried meat under their saddles, over rocks and mountains, where surely none but these fugitives had ever been before—for THAT! And all this was for a girl, a mere wilful child! And the man had whole cityfuls of people to do his basest bidding—girls, women! Why in the name of passionate folly THIS one in particular? asked the little man, and scowled at the world, and licked his parched lips with a blackened tongue. It was the way of the master, and that was all he knew. Just because she sought to evade him.... His eye caught a whole row of high plumed canes bending in unison, and then the tails of silk that hung before his neck flapped and fell. The breeze was growing stronger. Somehow it took the stiff stillness out of things—and that was well. “Hullo!” said the gaunt man. All three stopped abruptly. “What?” asked the master. “What?” G AND DISAPPEARING BEHIND THE GAUNT MAN'S NEARER CONTOURS THEY HAD RIDDEN FOUR DAYS OUT OF THE VERY LIMITS OF THE WORLD INTO THIS DESOLATE PLACE SHORT OF WATER WITH NOTHING BUT A STRIP OF DRIED MEAT UNDER THEIR SADDLES OVER ROCKS AND MOUNTAINS WHERE SURELY NONE BUT THESE FUGITIVES HAD EVER BEEN BEFORE FOR THAT AND ALL THIS WAS FOR A GIRL A MERE WILFUL CHILD AND THE MAN HAD WHOLE CITYFULS OF PEOPLE TO DO HIS BASEST BIDDING GIRLS WOMEN WHY IN THE NAME OF PASSIONATE FOLLY THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR ASKED THE LITTLE MAN AND SCOWLED AT THE WORLD AND LICKED HIS PARCHED LIPS WITH A BLACKENED TONGUE IT WAS THE WAY OF THE MASTER AND THAT WAS ALL HE KNEW JUST BECAUSE SHE SOUGHT TO EVADE HIM HIS EYE CAUGHT A WHOLE ROW OF HIGH PLUMED CANES BENDING IN UNISON AND THEN THE TAILS OF SILK THAT HUNG BEFORE HIS NECK FLAPPED AND FELL THE BREEZE WAS GROWING STRONGER SOMEHOW IT TOOK THE STIFF STILLNESS OUT OF THINGS AND THAT WAS WELL HULLO SAID THE GAUNT MAN ALL THREE STOPPED ABRUPTLY WHAT ASKED THE MASTER WHAT
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