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Yet, here was her father, thoroughly convinced of the efficacy of the

guru's curse; and here was Ah in the least that his guru would in the end prove the

stronger of the two

One of the elephants clanked his chains restlessly Heof a cat Far beyond the fire, beyond the sentinel, she

thought she saw a naked form flash out and back of a tree She stared

intently at the tree for a ti more, she was

convinced that her eyes had deceived her Besides her body seeht

U satisfied hi, slunk away into the shadows He had failed again; but his

hate hadHe was naked except for a loin clout His

beard and hair wereover his eyes His body

was snized hi less than nine hours to reach the cape

before they did; and it was necessary that he should have accomplices

The fisherold would enmesh them

The half island which constituted the cape had the shape of a miniature

volcano There was verdure at the base of its slope and trees lifted

their heads here and there hardily It was ait stood out like a huge sapphire

against the rosy sea Between the land and the pro sand; there was half a ers always are At high tide,

yonder was an island in truth