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But the eyes of Rekh-mara and the learned gentleman met, and were kind to each other, and promised each other many things, secret and sacred and very beautiful. Anthea saw the look. 'Oh, but, she said, without at all meaning to say it, 'dear Jimmy's soul isn't at all like Rekh-mara's. I'm certain it isn't. I don't want to be rude, but it ISN'T, you know.
And then, as one drop of water mingles with another when the panes of the window are wrinkled with rain, as one bead of mercury is drawn into another bead, the half Amulet, that was the children's and was also Rekh-mara's, slipped into the whole Amulet, and, behold! there was only one the perfect and ultimate Charm. 'And THAT'S all right, said the Psammead, breaking a breathless silence.
And then, as one drop of water mingles with another on a rain-wrinkled window-pane, as one bead of quick-silver is drawn into another bead, Rekh-mara's Amulet slipped into the other one, and, behold! there was no more but the one Amulet! 'Black magic! cried Rekh-mara, and sprang forward to snatch the Amulet that had swallowed his.
'Oh, the horrid thing! cried Robert, and put his foot on a centipede as long as your finger, that crawled and wriggled and squirmed at the learned gentleman's feet. 'THAT, said the Psammead, 'WAS the evil in the soul of Rekh-mara. There was a deep silence. 'Then Rekh-mara's HIM now? said Jane at last. 'All that was good in Rekh-mara, said the Psammead.
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