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Excerpt from The King Over the Water or the Marriage of Mr. Melancholy
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.'
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