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At that moment a blaze of light burst forth upon them, and, thunderstruck, the seven scholars were stretched senseless on the ground. On regaining their faculties they found themselves at the outside of Aboniel's dwelling, stunned by the shock, and humiliated by the part they had played. They jointly pledged inviolable secrecy, and returned to their homes.
Failing to obtain admission at Aboniel's portal, they broke it open, and, on entering his chamber, found him in a condition which more eloquently than any profession bespoke his disdain for the life-bestowing draught. He was dead in his chair. Before him, on the table, stood the seven phials, six full as previously, the seventh empty.
The intruders looked at each other, striving to penetrate the sense of Aboniel's last words.
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