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"All is in readiness, my lord!" he announced in his disagreeable croaking tones, "Here are the clean and harmless slips of river- reed waiting to be soiled and spotted with my lord's indelible thoughts, here also are the innocent quills of the white heron, as yet unstained by colored writing-fluid whether black, red, gold, silver, or purple!
"I have only been waiting for an opportunity," he said, "to look closely at this wonderful contrivance, for I had perceived that your writing was not made with a pencil, but with a fluid. It is black polished stone, beautifully fashioned and encircled with gold bands, and contains the writing-fluid within itself. This surprises me as much as anything you have told me."
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