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A Singular Abode

           Thishelaidonabedofdampleaves,justwherethelargebranchesbegantoforkout,forminganaturalhearth,wheretherewaslittlefearofconflagration.

           RobertandWilsonspeedilyreappeared,eachwithanarmfulofdrywood,whichtheythrewonthemoss.Bythehelpofthelensitwaseasilykindled,forthesunwasblazingoverhead.Inordertoensureaproperdraught,PaganelstoodoverthehearthwithhislonglegsstraddledoutintheArabmanner.Thenstoopingdownandraisinghimselfwitharapidmotion,hemadeaviolentcurrentofairwithhisponcho,whichmadethewoodtakefire,andsoonabrightflameroaredintheimprovisedbrasier.Afterdryingthemselves,eachinhisownfashion,andhangingtheirponchosonthetree,wheretheywereswungtoandfrointhebreeze,theybreakfasted,carefullyhoweverrationingouttheprovisions,forthemorrowhadtobethoughtof;theimmensebasinmightnotemptysosoonasGlenarvanexpected,and,anyway,thesupplywasverylimited.TheOMBUproducednofruit,thoughfortunately,itwouldlikelyaboundinfresheggs,thankstothenumerousnestsstowedawayamongtheleaves,nottospeakoftheirfeatheredproprietors.Theseresourceswerebynomeanstobedespised.

           Thenextbusinesswastoinstallthemselvesascomfortablyastheycould,inprospectofalongstay.

           "Asthekitchenanddining-roomareonthegroundfloor,"saidPaganel,"wemustsleeponthefirstfloor.Thehouseislarge,andastherentisnotdear,wemustnotcrampourselvesforroom.

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