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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. 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
the shrine; and Hlo-hlo the spider-idol said nothing at all, but he laughed softly as the jeweller shut the door. When the priests awoke out of the grip of the drug that was offered with the honey to Hlo-hlo, they rushed to a little secret room with an outlet on the stars and cast a horoscope of the thief. Something that they saw in the horoscope seemed to satisfy the priests. It was not like Thangobrind 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 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. ON HIS SHOULDER AND TRUDGED AWAY FROM THE SHRINE AND ALLAH ALLAH THE SPIDE RIDDLE SAID NOTHING AT ALL BUT HE LAUGHED SOFTLY AS THE JEWELLER SHUT THE DOOR WHEN THE PRIEST AWOKE OUT OF THE GRIP OF THE DRUG THAT WAS OFFERED WITH THE HONEY TO ALLAH HALLA THEY RUSHED TO A LITTLE SECRET ROOM WITH AN OUTLET ON STARS AND CAST A HOROSCOPE OF THE THIEF SOMETHING THAT THEY SAW ON THE HOROSCOPE SEEMED TO SATISFY THE PRIEST 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
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