"Go back, if you like, d'Abre! You'll get me imagining as crazy things as you do, soon."
And he stalked on to the house.
iv
"ENTER, enter, sirs! My house is honored!"
Unaccountably, as we passed the threshold my horror gave place to a fierce determination to fight— to resist this monstrous swollen spider greedy to catch his human flies. Power against power— knowledge against knowledge— I would fight while strength and wisdom remained in me. I waved away the proffered drink.
"No, nothing to drink," I said, watching his smooth pale face pucker at this first check in the game.
"Surely, sir, you will drink! You will not refuse to pledge the luck of my house! You are a great man— a great leader of men, that is written in your eyes! It is a privilege to serve so distinguished a guest."
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