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devil.
AtthispointKumpanalookedbackandr converse discountemarkedsomewhatsternly
thatitwaswellnottotalksoloudlyintheforestlestthespiritswhohad
their home there should be angered.
ThenIlostmytemperandexpressedentiredisbeliefinthesespirits
askinghimtoowellwhathemeantbytryingtofoolawhitemanwith
talkoftree-dwellingspiritsandwhetherhewasreferringtomonkeys
whichweknewlivedinsuchplacesandwerereportedsometimesto
pelt travellers through them with sticks or nuts.
ApparentlyKumpanadidnotappreciatethejokeforhelookedback
atme(Icouldseehimbecauseatthemomentwewerewadingthrougha
littleswampwherenotreesgrew)withanexpressiononhisfacethatI
thought threateningand said with cold courtesy:
IprayyoutobesilentLordMacumazahnandaboveallnottooffer
insults to the masters of this place.
Thismademeangrierthanever.WasIamoreorlesseducatedChris-
tianmantohavemymouthstoppedwiththemudofsuchheathen
mumbo-jumbostuff?Certainlynot.ThereforeIcontinuedmyargument
withHansspeakingmoreloudlythanbefore.Hansrepliedwithsar-
casmwhichwasthemoreirritatingbecauseitcontainedagrainoftruth
thattherealreasonItalkedthuswasthatIwasafraidandtherefore
madeanoisetoshoutdownmyfearaschildrendo.Thenhewenton
withagarbledversionofthestoryoftheWitchofEndorwhohede-
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