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Then the captain wept, for he said that he was deserted of his gods; and the merchant also wept, for he said that he was thinking of his aged father, and of how he soon would starve, and he hid his weeping face with both his hands, and eyed the tollub again between his fingers. THEN THE CAPTAIN WEPT FOR HE SAID THAT HE WAS DESERTED OF HIS GODS AND THE MERCHANT ALSO WEPT FOR HE SAID THAT HE WAS THINKING OF HIS AGED FATHER AND OF HOW HE SOON WOULD STARVE AND HE HID HIS WEEPING FACE WITH BOTH HIS HANDS AND EYED THE TOLLB AGAIN BETWEEN HIS FINGERS
lub which the people smoke in pipes. Therefore the merchant said if he offered a piffek more the poor folk must go without their toomarunds when the winter came, and without their tollub in the evenings, or else he and his aged father must starve together. Thereat the captain lifted his scimitar to his own throat, saying that he was now a ruined man, and that nothing remained to him but death. And while he was carefully lifting his beard with his left hand, the merchant eyed the merchandise again, and said that rather than see so worthy a captain die, a man for whom he had conceived an especial love when first he saw the manner in which he handled his ship, he and his aged father should starve together and therefore he offered fifteen piffeks more. When he said this the captain prostrated himself and prayed to his gods that they might yet sweeten this merchant's bitter heart--to his little lesser gods, to the gods that bless Belzoond. At last the merchant offered yet five piffeks more. THE FLOOR AND TOLLIP WHICH THE PEOPLE SMOKE IN PIPES THEREFORE THE MERCHANT SAID IF HE OFFERED A PITHIC MORE THE POOR FOLK MUST GO WITHOUT THEIR TUMERINS WHEN THE WINTER CAME AND WITHOUT THEIR TOLLIP IN THE EVENINGS OR ELSE HE AND HIS AGED FATHER MUST STARVE TOGETHER THEREAT THE CAPTAIN LIFTED HIS SCIMITAR TO HIS OWN THROAT SAYING THAT HE WAS NOW A RUINED MAN AND THAT NOTHING REMAINED TO HIM BUT DEATH AND WHILE HE WAS CAREFULLY LIFTING HIS BEARD WITH HIS LEFT HAND THE MERCHANT EYED THE MERCHANDISE AGAIN AND SAID THAT RATHER THAN SEE SO WORTHY A CAPTAIN DIE A MAN FOR WHOM HE HAD CONCEIVED AN ESPECIAL LOVE WHEN HE FIRST SAW THE MANNER IN WHICH HE HANDLED HIS SHIP HE AND HIS AGED FATHER SHOULD STARVE TOGETHER AND THEREFORE HE OFFERED FIFTEEN PIVICKS MORE WHEN HE SAID THIS THE CAPTAIN PROSTRATED HIMSELF AND PRAYED TO HIS GODS THAT THEY MIGHT YET SWEETEN THIS MERCHANT'S BITTER HEART TO HIS LITTLE LESSER GODS TO THE GODS THAT BLESS BELZOUND AT LAST THE MERCHANT OFFERED YET FIVE PITHICKS MORE
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