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Presently he was joined by the old crow, who had flown down from his perch unnoticed by Hiranya, and now addressed him in his croaky voice: "Hiranya," he said, "for that I know is your name, I am called Laghupatin and I would gladly have you for a friend.
But notwithstanding all this, there was a certain quiet dignity, and an air of ripe wisdom about the old bird which much impressed our hero, and made him listen with respect to whatever words of wisdom fell from the blue beak, although they were uttered in rather a croaky tone.
He's got a job he wants done up amongst the swells in Fifth Avenue, and there's money enough in it to buy Anna herself, if you want her. Anna's our real toff down here," he explained, turning to Fischer, "and all the boys are crazy about her." Jake shook his head, unimpressed. He fixed his eyes upon Fischer, moistened his lips a little, and spoke in a sort of croaky whisper.
"Yes," he answered, in the rather croaky voice I had learned to know, "the ground will be nice for them to get out and in! It must be a grand time on the steppes of Uranus!" he added, with a glance upward; "I believe it is raining there too; it was, all the last week!" "Why should that make it a grand time?" I asked.
Just now, it is not your sake nor mine it is Henry Rayne's." The door opened slowly and the croaky voice of the old male servant broke upon her reverie. "Beg pardon Miss, but dinner is served." Heroically she stowed away her emotions, the old pleasant smile stole back into its home, and with a beaming face and cheerful step she passed into the dining-room.
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