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The natives gathered about and us, and extended her hands for silence She was

frightened, but it would never do to let them see it What Hindustani

she kneould in this case be of no s can, by facial expression and gesture, es

with understandable clearness Froathered that she could recreate the god She pointed toward the sun

and counted on her fingers

The preestures,

turned to the justly angered villagers and explained that with his aid

their priestess would, in five suns, recreate Vishnu in all his beauty

Instantly the villagers prostrated thes!" murmured Kathlyn

The holy men sent the natives away, for it was notThey then squatted in the clay

court and curiously waited for her to begin There was a well in the

inner shrine To this she ith caution The lion was evidently

foraging in the jungle Kathlyn filled the copper vessel ater

and returned Next, she gathered up what pieces of the idol she could

find and pieced theether Here was her nified that she had need of his

knife He deth consented to part with it

She dug up a square piece of clay In fine, she feltthe leopard in her outdoor

studio It occupied her thoughts, at least part of them, for she

realized that