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Updated: June 10, 2025
First of all he turned an inkstand into a large clear crystal bowl, and placed it on a little table which stood in front of him. Then he asked for anything to be given to him which the owner wished to disappear. Several gentlemen gave their watches, and one or two ladies laughingly took off their bracelets and handed them to Shin Shira, who immediately placed them in the crystal bowl.
He was pausing to say good-night, confused, troubled by what he had heard, feeling he must confess his own regard for the girl and not let this comparative stranger so buoyantly outdo him in admiration. "Now," said he, hesitating, "what would you think I was in Glen Shira myself for?" "Eh?" said Young Islay, scarcely hearing, and he hummed the refrain of the lady's song.
I must confess to a considerable amount of curiosity myself as we entered the shop and asked to be shown the carpet which Shin Shira declared to be endued with such remarkable properties. It was a very handsome one, and the shopkeeper showed it to us with a considerable amount of pride. "It's a genuine article, sir," he told me.
"I did not hear much more of the conversation which followed this episode, for unfortunately, just then, I felt myself disappearing, and had only just time to incline my head respectfully to the King and Queen before I had vanished." "But," I remarked, when Shin Shira left off speaking, "you haven't told me yet how you came to get the title of 'Doctor."
"Well, it strikes me that you have done so," I laughed; "but we shall be delighted with your company if you care to stay." "That's all right then," said Shin Shira, settling down comfortably; "there's nothing I should like better this warm day," and he took off his turban and rubbed his little bald head with a yellow silk handkerchief.
Constant sentinels watched the land from the fort of Dunchuach, that dominates every pass into our country, and outer guards took day and night about on the remoter alleys of Aora and Shira Glens. South, east, and west, we had friendly frontiers; only to the north were menace and danger, and from the north came our scaith the savage north and jealous.
Fortunately Lionel's boast was not a vain one, and he reached the shore before I did, laughing and wringing the water out of his clothes. "Well, it's good to be on dry land once more at any rate," he said, as I waded ashore, "isn't it?" "Yes," I agreed, looking about to see if I could discover any traces of Shin Shira in the dusk.
I could see her draw her skirts aside and regard the little Yellow Dwarf in a puzzled and bewildered manner; and, as soon as the musical sketch was concluded, she called one of the footmen to her and told him to "remove that extraordinary-looking person immediately." Vera and the boys, however, had caught sight of Shin Shira, and flew forward to claim acquaintance with him.
"There may be terror, and there may be gloom, but I shall watch my children's children play upon the braes of Shira Glen." "You are very joco," said John to me as I broke into a little laugh of content with myself. "It's the first time you ever charged me with jocosity, John," I said "I'm just kind of happy thinking."
"It shall be here, Master, in twenty minutes," replied the Slave imperturbably, vanishing again at a wave from my hand. "I don't know, I'm sure, what I want diamonds for, when I have such a willing servant," I grumbled, still rather unwilling to venture upon what I regarded as an uncanny undertaking. "He can't provide you with money," said Shin Shira. "Why not?" I asked.
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