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NIGEL MAKES A CONFIDANT OF MOSES—UNDERTAKES A LONELY WATCH AND SEES SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
It was not much supper that Nigel Roy ate that night. The excitement resulting from his supposed discovery reduced his appetite seriously, and the intense desire to open a safety-valve in the way of confidential1 talk with some one induced a nervously2 absent disposition3 which at last attracted attention.
"You vant a goot dose of kvinine," remarked Verkimier, when, having satiated himself, he found time to think of others—not that the professor was selfish by any means, only he was addicted4 to concentration of mind on all work in hand, inclusive of feeding.
The hermit5 paid no attention to anything that was said. His recent conversation had given vent6 to a flood of memories and feelings that had been pent up for many years.
After supper Nigel resolved to make a confidant of Moses. The negro's fidelity7 to and love for his master would ensure his sympathy at least, if not wise counsel.
"Moses," he said, when the professor had raised himself to the seventh heaven by means of tobacco fumes8, "come with me. I want to have a talk."
"Das what I's allers wantin', Massa Nadgel; talkin's my strong point if I hab a strong point at all."
They went together to the edge of a cliff on the hill-top, whence they could see an almost illimitable stretch of tropical wilderness11 bathed in a glorious flood of moonlight, and sat down.
On a neighbouring cliff, which was crowned with a mass of grasses and
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fidelity
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shrubs
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detailed
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profundity
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sable
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trifling
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countenance
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remonstrative
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intentional
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savagely
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ashore
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clove
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eavesdropping
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despatch
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vista
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varied
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fowl
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brute
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courageously
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propriety
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outskirts
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derived
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bent
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uncommonly
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scenting
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solitary
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brace
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descend
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peculiar
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wail
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marrow
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