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The Rajah had regained self-possession and declined the proffered

courtesy in his usual cold and sneering , which perplexed and startled Bertrarave For o tomorrow to take part in festivities the

reverse of funereal I comh"

So saying he withdreith a salaam that failed to cover the swift

scowl he bestowed on Bertrah," said Bertraure arrayed in barbaric splendour, the profusion of the enor its hue that Bertram's

thrust was unmerited, as far as his attire was concerned at least "He

is a foe to fear, unless I greatly mistake, an enemy of the serpent

kind," he continued

But they speedily forgot the craft of the serpent, and pursued their

walk, conversing as they went

Some tenets, they found, were faht be called historical Such were the vague

whisperings of things that occurred in the dawn of young Tiht of story--traditions that linger as shades areatness and of a calanitude of its shadow hovering over

the earth, shroudingwith a s of a restoration, such the

iht eternal day