Chapter 27

           ‘Alreadythelegendhadgiftedhimwithsupernaturalpowers.Yes,itwassaid,therehadbeenmanyropescunninglydisposed,andastrangecontrivancethatturnedbytheeffortsofmanymen,andeachgunwentuptearingslowlythroughthebushes,likeawildpigrootingitswayintheundergrowth,but...andthewisestshooktheirheads.Therewassomethingoccultinallthis,nodoubt;forwhatisthestrengthofropesandofmen’sarms?Thereisarebellioussoulinthingswhichmustbeovercomebypowerfulcharmsandincantations.ThusoldSuraaveryrespectablehouse-holderofPatusanwithwhomIhadaquietchatoneevening.However,Surawasaprofessionalsorcereralso,whoattendedallthericesowingsandreapingsformilesaroundforthepurposeofsubduingthestubbornsoulsofthings.Thisoccupationheseemedtothinkamostarduousone,andperhapsthesoulsofthingsaremorestubbornthanthesoulsofmen.Astothesimplefolkofoutlyingvillages,theybelievedandsaid(asthemostnaturalthingintheworld)thatJimhadcarriedthegunsupthehillonhisbacktwoatatime.

           ‘ThiswouldmakeJimstamphisfootinvexationandexclaimwithanexasperatedlittlelaugh,“Whatcanyoudowithsuchsillybeggars?Theywillsituphalfthenighttalkingballyrot,andthegreatertheliethemoretheyseemtolikeit.”Youcouldtracethesubtleinfluenceofhissurroundingsinthisirritation.Itwaspartofhiscaptivity.

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