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But just at that moment two or three customers came in at once, and each one seemed in a hurry, so she could only thank the woman again and go out.
One chieftain alone had hesitated before departing; I saw him standing in the shadows of a mighty column, his fingers nervously toying with the hilt of his great-sword and his cruel eyes bent in implacable hatred upon Tal Hajus.
"This here is the son of Elder Drebber, and I'm Joseph Stangerson, who travelled with you in the desert when the Lord stretched out His hand and gathered you into the true fold."
Kwan-yin kowtowed before her royal father, kneeling and touching her forehead on the floor in sign of deepest reverence.
