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A Royal Burial

           Itwasinthatbedthattheroyalgravemustbedug.Aftertheburialthestreamwouldberestoredtoitsnaturalchannel.

           Thenativeswerebusilyemployedinconstructingadam,thatforcedthestreamtomakeaprovisionalbedacrosstheplainofKazounde.Atthelasttableauofthisfuneralceremonythebarricadewouldbebroken,andthetorrentwouldtakeitsoldbedagain.

           NegorointendedDickSandtocompletethenumberofvictimssacrificedontheking’stomb.Hehadbeenawitnessoftheyoungnovice’sirresistiblemovementofanger,whenHarrishadacquaintedhimwiththedeathofMrs.WeldonandlittleJack.

           Negoro,cowardlyrascal,hadnotexposedhimselftothesamefateashisaccomplice.Butnow,beforeaprisonerfirmlyfastenedbythefeetandhands,hesupposedhehadnothingtofear,andresolvedtopayhimavisit.Negorowasoneofthosemiserablewretcheswhoarenotsatisfiedwithtorturingtheirvictims;theymustalsoenjoytheirsufferings.

           Towardthemiddleoftheday,then,herepairedtothebarrackwhereDickSandwasguarded,insightofanoverseer.There,closelybound,waslyingtheyoungnovice,almostentirelydeprivedoffoodfortwenty-fourhours,weakenedbypastmisery,torturedbythosebandsthatenteredintohisflesh;hardlyabletoturnhimself,hewaswaitingfordeath,nomatterhowcruelitmightbe,asalimittosomanyevils.

           However,atthesightofNegoroheshudderedfromheadtofoot.Hemadeaninstinctiveefforttobreakthebandsthatpreventedhimfromthrowinghimselfonthatmiserablemanandhavingrevenge.

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