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"And he had the dagger with hier question

"Aye, Martin, which was the end of an ill rogue and an evil thing"

"The end," says I, "the end, Adae dagger from my wallet and held it towards hi this, Penfeather's eyes opened suddenly wide, then narrowed to slits as, viewing this deadly thing, he drew back and back, and so sat huddled in his chair utterly still, only I heard his breath hiss softly 'twixt clenched teeth

"Martin," says he in the same hushed voice, "when a man's dead he's dead, and the dead can never come back, can they, ship on the table betwixt us, my answer died on ers on the lattice