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"And that quite easily without anything to pay for the wood. So I hope
that we shall always burn together, Baas. And meanwhile, I have
brought you a little something," and he produced what looked like a
peculiarly obnoxious horseball. "You swallow this now and you will
never feel anything; it is a very good medicine that my grandfather's
grandfather got from the Spirit of his tribe. You will just go to
sleep as nicely as though you were very drunk, and wake up in the
beautiful fire which burns without any wood and never goes out for
ever and ever, Amen."
"No, Hans," I said, "I prefer to die with my eyes open."
"And so would I, Baas, if I thought there was any good in keeping them
open, but I don't, for I can't believe any more in the Snake of that
black fool, Mavovo. If it had been a good Snake, it would have told
him to keep clear of Beza Town, so I will swallow one of these pills
and give the other to the Baas Stephen," and he crammed the filthy
mess into his mouth and with an effort got it down, as a young turkey
does a ball of meal that is too big for its throat.
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