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A Royal Burial

           ButthoughtsofGodaregoodandnoblethoughts!ItisnotinvainthatoneliftshissoultoHimwhocandoall,and,whenDickSandhadofferedhiswholesacrifice,hefoundthat,ifonecouldpenetratetothebottomofhisheart,hemightperhapsdiscovertherealastrayofhope—thatglimmerwhichabreathfromonhighcanchange,inspiteofallprobabilities,intodazzlinglight.

           Thehourspassedaway.Nightcame.Theraysoflight,thatpenetratedthroughthethatchofthebarrack,graduallydisappeared.Thelastnoisesofthe"tchitoka,"which,duringthatdayhadbeenverysilent,afterthefrightfuluproarofthenightbefore—thoselastnoisesdiedout.Darknessbecameveryprofoundintheinteriorofthenarrowprison.SoonallreposedinthecityofKazounde.

           DickSandfellintoarestoringsleep,thatlastedtwohours.Afterthatheawoke,stillstronger.Hesucceededinfreeingoneofhisarmsfromtheirbands—itwasalreadyalittlereduced—anditwasadelightforhimtobeabletoextenditanddrawitbackatwill.

           Thenightmustbehalfover.Theoverseersleptwithheavysleep,duetoabottleofbrandy,theneckofwhichwasstillheldinhisshuthand.Thesavagehademptiedittothelastdrop.DickSand’sfirstideawastotakepossessionofhisjailer’sweapons,whichmightbeofgreatusetohimincaseofescape;butatthatmomenthethoughtheheardaslightscratchingatthelowerpartofthedoorofthebarrack.Helpinghimselfwithhisarms,hesucceededincrawlingasfarasthedoor-sillwithoutwakeningtheoverseer.

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