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           Ah!ifoldTomandhiscompanionshadonlybeenwiththem!

           WhatshallwesayofDickSandandofHercules?Onebecametheson,theotherthefriend,ofthefamily.JamesWeldonknewhowmuchheowedtotheyoungnovice,howmuchtothebraveblack.Hewashappy;anditwasfortunateforhimthatNegorohadnotreachedhim,forhewouldhavepaidtheransomofhiswifeandchildwithhiswholefortune.HewouldhavestartedfortheAfricancoast,and,oncethere,whocantelltowhatdangers,towhattreachery,hewouldhavebeenexposed?

           AsinglewordaboutCousinBenedict.Theverydayofhisarrivaltheworthysavant,afterhavingshakenhandswithMr.Weldon,shuthimselfupinhisstudyandsettowork,asiffinishingasentenceinterruptedthedaybefore.Hemeditatedanenormousworkonthe"HexapodesBenedictus,"oneofthedesiderataofentomologicalscience.

           There,inhisstudy,linedwithinsects,CousinBenedict’sfirstactionwastofindamicroscopeandapairofglasses.

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