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Now, all this while I had been watching Ma to this deadly evidence, a slight s any interruption or co the

the eyes of Saduko, who remained in his place, also silent, and, to all

appearance, the least interested of anyone present He tried to avoid

her glance, turning his head uneasily; but at length her eyes caught his

and held thean to beat quickly, his breast heaved,

and on his face there grew a look of dreamy content, even of happiness

From that moment forward, till the end of the scene, Saduko never took

his eyes off this strange woh I think that, with the exception

of the dwarf, Zikali, who saw everything, and of myself, who am trained

to observation, none noted this curious by-play of the draan to speak "Maht to say? For if not it would seem that you are a witch and a

murderess, and one who ," she answered quietly "Nahana speaks

truth It is true that I entered the hut of Nandie and set the medicine

there I say it because by nature I am not one who hides the truth or

would atte-wolanced at Nahana

"Then from between your own teeth it is finished," said Panda

"Not altogether, O King I have said that I set the medicine in the hut