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And where they took him it is not good to ask, and what they did with him I shall not say. AND WHERE THEY TOOK HIM IT IS NOT GOOD TO ASK AND WHAT THEY DID WITH HIM I SHALL NOT SAY
 his heart was like mad drums in a night attack, and a string of one of his sandals went tap on a rung of a ladder, and the leaves of the forest were mute, and the breeze of the night was still; and Tonker prayed that a mouse or a mole might make any noise at all, but not a creature stirred, even Nuth was still. And then and there, while yet he was undiscovered, the likely lad made up his mind, as he should have done long before, to leave those colossal emeralds where they were and have nothing further to do with the lean, high house of the gnoles, but to quit this sinister wood in the nick of time and retire from business at once and buy a place in the country. Then he descended softly and beckoned to Nuth. But the gnoles had watched him through knavish holes that they bore in trunks of the trees, and the unearthly silence gave way, as it were with a grace, to the rapid screams of Tonker as they picked him up from behind--screams that came faster and faster until they were incoherent. NST THAT SILENCE AND HIS HEART WAS LIKE MAD DRUMS IN A NIGHT ATTACK AND A STRING OF ONE OF HIS SANDALS WENT TAP ON A RUNG OF A LADDER AND THE LEAVES OF THE FOREST WERE MUTE AND THE BREEZE OF THE NIGHT WAS STILL AND TONKER PRAYED THAT A MOUSE OR A MOLE MIGHT MAKE ANY NOISE AT ALL BUT NOT A CREATURE STIRRED EVEN NUTH WAS STILL AND THEN AND THERE WHILE YET HE WAS UNDISCOVERED THE LIKELY LAD MADE UP HIS MIND AS HE SHOULD HAVE DONE LONG BEFORE TO LEAVE THOSE COLOSSAL EMERALDS WHERE THEY WERE AND HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO DO WITH THE LEAN HIGH HOUSE OF THE GNOLES BUT TO QUIT THIS SINISTER WOOD IN THE NICK OF TIME AND RETIRE FROM BUSINESS AT ONCE AND BUY A PLACE IN THE COUNTRY THEN HE DESCENDED SOFTLY AND BECKONED TO NUTH BUT THE GNOLES HAD WATCHED HIM THROUGH KNAVISH HOLES THAT THEY BORE IN TRUNKS OF THE TREES AND THE UNEARTHLY SILENCE GAVE WAY AS IT WERE WITH A GRACE TO THE RAPID SCREAMS OF TONKER AS THEY PICKED HIM UP FROM BEHIND SCREAMS THAT CAME FASTER AND FASTER UNTIL THEY WERE INCOHERENT
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