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Excerpt from The King Over the Water or the Marriage of Mr. Melancholy
I said, 'what's in the wind now And I filled his glass again as I asked the question.
He looked up at me with a new light of laughter in his grave gray eyes. 'so we are curious,' he said. 'yet I dare swear that your curiosity does not aim so high as my secret. If I sat silent so long, it was for thinking what a business I was about, and what a need I have for a good turn from my old friend and comrade.' As he spoke he leaned over across the table and gripped me by the wrist. He had fingers that closed like a claw of steel, even when their pressure was friendly, as it now was. The smile had slipped from his face, and his expression was all earnest and alert.
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