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Kalee has been in that dungeon, fed by me, and has never seen her children for a whole year." "The vengeance of the Lord hangeth over the wicked by a burnt thread," said Aminadab. "Yes, who was to know that her own protector, even the great spirit of her land, was to come here to help her? He was seen last night again! He wanders about and about flits hither and thither. He needs no rest no food.
Even in that house there was riot and debauchery upon the spoils of that woman, encaged like a beast, and at the world's end from her natural protectors. Yea, our good soul Aminadab became bold. He was privileged, if not called. But then that Brahma that incarnation of a power confessed by millions on millions of people possessed of souls, and therefore something in God's reckonings!
He had fancied himself with his servant Aminadab, attempting an operation for the removal of the birthmark; but the deeper went the knife, the deeper sank the hand, until at length its tiny grasp appeared to have caught hold of Georgiana's heart; whence, however, her husband was inexorably resolved to cut or wrench it away.
"Very well," said the director, starting to leave the room; "you can do as you please; but if we are defeated through the ill-timed scruples of yourself and others, and your business pinches in consequence, you need n't expect us to help men who won't help themselves. Good day, sir." Aminadab sighed heavily, and his heart sank within him; but he thought of his dream, and remained steadfast.
And their happiness would certainly have been complete if it had not been at least in the case of Aminadab that it could be enjoyed only by passing through that grim medium, a churchyard.
"Yes, master," answered Aminadab, looking intently at the lifeless form of Georgiana; and then he muttered to himself: "If she were my wife, I'd never part with that birth-mark." When Georgiana recovered consciousness, she found herself breathing an atmosphere of penetrating fragrance, the gentle potency of which had recalled her from her death-like faintness.
All at once I heard a smart, quick tapping on the table; and, looking up, there stood the little iron man close at my elbow, winking and chuckling. 'That's right, Aminadab! said he, clapping his little metal hands together till he rang over like a bell, 'take the least of two evils. His voice had a sharp, clear, jingling sound, like that of silver dollars falling into a till.
"Ah!" cried Aminadab, as he rubbed his hands, and chuckled like a big boy who sees the porridge boiling. "You may well be anxious, lad; but you'll have more than you want." "No, unless he is put into a fiery pit and burnt to a cinder, or into a den of tigers, or a nest of hooded snakes, or " "Peace, lad; better than all.
Presently he heard heavy steps and the tapping of a cane on the stairs; and as the door opened he saw the drab surtout of the worthy and much-esteemed friend who sat beside him at the head of the meeting. "How's thee do, Aminadab?" said he. "Thee's voted, I suppose?" "No, Jacob," said he; "I don't like the candidate. I can't see my way clear to vote for a warrior."
And well she might; for her husband, a well-to-do, portly, middle-aged gentleman, being blessed with an easy conscience, a genial temper, and a comfortable digestion, was able to bear a great deal of sleep, and seldom varied a note in the gamut of his snore from one year's end to another. "A very remarkable exercise," soliloquized Aminadab; "very." "Dear me! what was it?" inquired his wife.
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