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From some fancied sense of duty we allowed ourselves meekly to serve and obey him. When we went on a cliff-climbing expedition he would choose to remain in safety up above on the banks holding the rope, while it was we who were sent down the dangerous precipice to harry the sea-birds' nests. I had not yet forgiven Tom for what he had done a few days earlier than this spring morning.
Yes; he had solved the mystery, as to that he was confident the next thing to do was to find some way out, to break through the fatality of the place. For the first time now his shoulder began to feel stiff and sore, where the stick hurled by Lindela had struck him. That was a bad preparation for the most perilous kind of cliff-climbing. Then the incident recalled to mind Lindela herself.
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