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Thorodd liked the proposal and said he would do it. Then he put spurs to his horse and rode up along the valleys. On reaching the hills below the Austra river he saw a light-coloured horse saddled, with a big man in armour, and at once directed his steps towards them. Grettir hailed him and asked who he was. Thorodd told his name and asked: "Why do you not rather ask my business than my name?"
"Go on, Major; I am ready to answer you." "Well, then, what do you make of your word AUSTRA?" "What it was at first. It merely means southern countries." "Well, and this syllable, INDI, which was first the root of the INDIANS, and second the root of the word indigenes?" "Well, the third and last time," replied Paganel, "it will be the first syllable of the word INDIGENCE."
But for this consideration, Turkey would have felt the full weight of the empress's vengeance; and it might have come to pass that this Porte, who already totters with his own weakness, would have been precipitated by Russia far into the depths of the Black Sea." "In that case Russia would have learned that Austra is a diver that knows how to fish for pearls.
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