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Then this strange man drew the back of his hand across his eyes, fro, "If you would have

good fortune remember le word

As for me, I sat down upon an ant-heap and whistled a whole hyht uardian of Mameena! Talk of a "damnosa hereditas," a terrible and

mischievous inheritance--why, this was the worst that ever I heard of

A servant inwhat I did about her! Why, I had

sooner share the "good fortune" which Umbelazi anticipated beneath

the sod However, that was not in the question, and without it the

alternative of acting as her guardian was bad enough, though I comforted

myself with the reflection that the circuht never arise For, alas! I was sure that if they

did arise I should have to live up to them True, I had made no promise

to Saduko with my lips, but I felt, as I knew he felt, that this promise

had passed froe words to be uttered by a great vassal of

his lord, and both of them about to enter upon a desperate enterprise

"A prince whoer words

still Then Saduko did not believe that he would be a king! And yet he