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We were sitting in theup at the luly," I answered; "let us talk of stars"

"No--let us talk of ourselves"

"As you please"

"Very well, you begin"

"Well--I am a blacksmith"

"Yes, you told me so before"

"And I make horseshoes--"

"He is a blacks at the moon

"And I live here, in this solitude, very contentedly; so that it

is only reasonable to suppose that I shall continue to live here,

andmy

eyes wander fro

sky, once more, "there is little I could tell you about so

commonplace a person as myself that is likely to interest you"

"No," said Charain so quickly that I fancied I detected the ghost of

a smile upon her lips

"Then," said I, "by all reed; "let us talk of the woman Charmian--Char low above her

brow, and in its shadow her, eyes seelances lossy tress round and round her finger

"Well?" said she