Chapter 10

           TheLuggnaggiansareapoliteandgenerouspeople;andalthoughtheyarenotwithoutsomeshareofthatpridewhichispeculiartoallEasterncountries,yettheyshowthemselvescourteoustostrangers,especiallysuchwhoarecountenancedbythecourt.Ihadmanyacquaintance,andamongpersonsofthebestfashion;andbeingalwaysattendedbymyinterpreter,theconversationwehadwasnotdisagreeable.

           Oneday,inmuchgoodcompany,Iwasaskedbyapersonofquality,"whetherIhadseenanyoftheirstruldbrugs,orimmortals?"Isaid,"Ihadnot;"anddesiredhewouldexplaintome"whathemeantbysuchanappellation,appliedtoamortalcreature."Hetoldme"thatsometimes,thoughveryrarely,achildhappenedtobeborninafamily,witharedcircularspotintheforehead,directlyoverthelefteyebrow,whichwasaninfalliblemarkthatitshouldneverdie."Thespot,ashedescribedit,"wasaboutthecompassofasilverthreepence,butinthecourseoftimegrewlarger,andchangeditscolour;forattwelveyearsolditbecamegreen,socontinuedtillfiveandtwenty,thenturnedtoadeepblue:atfiveandfortyitgrewcoalblack,andaslargeasanEnglishshilling;butneveradmittedanyfurtheralteration."

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