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CHAPTER 4. Good Luck, she is never a lady, But the cursedest quean alive, Tricksy, wincing, and jady-- Kittle to lead or drive. Greet her--she's hailing a stranger! Meet her--she's busking to leave! Let her alone for a shrew to the bone And the hussy comes plucking your sleeve! Largesse! Largesse, O Fortune! Give or hold at your will. If I've no care for Fortune, Fortune must follow me still! The Wishing-Caps. Then, lowering their voices, they spoke together.
Kim came to rest under a tree, but the lama tugged impatiently at his elbow. 'Let us go on.
The River is not here.' 'Hai mai! Have we not walked enough for a little? Our River will not run away.
Patience, and he will give us a dole.' 'This.' said the old soldier suddenly, 'is the Friend of the Stars.
He brought me the news yesterday.
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