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Salute to Adventurers

CHAPTER XXVII
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Keep him in mind of his own land, and of her who prays for him.

Guide him over hills and rivers to an enlarged country, and make his arm strong against his enemies, so be they are not of his own kin.

And if ever he should hearken again to the devil, do Thou blast his body with Thy fires, so that his soul may be saved." "Amen," said he, and I went out of the tent to find the grey dawn beginning to steal up the sky.
Shalah was waiting at the entrance, far inside the white stones.

'Twas the first time I had ever seen him in a state approaching fear.
"What fortune, brother ?" he asked, and his teeth chattered.
"The Tidewater is safe.

This day they march westwards to look for their new country." "Thy magic is as the magic of Heaven," he said reverently.


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