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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
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APPREHENSIONS2 OF EVIL—FRIGHTFUL3 DISCOVERY—SOME REMARKS ON CANNIBALISM—SECOND BATTLE WITH THE HAPPARS—SAVAGE4 SPECTACLE—MYSTERIOUS FEAST—SUBSEQUENT DISCLOSURES
FROM the time of my casual encounter with Karky the artist, my life was one of absolute wretchedness. Not a day passed but I was persecuted6 by the solicitations of some of the natives to subject myself to the odious7 operation of tattooing8. Their importunities drove me half wild, for I felt how easily they might work their will upon me regarding this or anything else which they took into their heads. Still, however, the behaviour of the islanders towards me was as kind as ever. Fayaway was quite as engaging; Kory-Kory as devoted9; and Mehevi the king just as gracious and condescending10 as before. But I had now been three months in their valley, as nearly as I could estimate; I had grown familiar with the narrow limits to which my wandering had been confined; and I began bitterly to feel the state of captivity12 in which I was held. There was no one with whom I could freely converse13; no one to whom I could communicate my thoughts; no one who could sympathize with my sufferings. A thousand times I thought how much more endurable would have been my lot had Toby still been with me. But I was left alone, and the thought was terrible to me. Still, despite my griefs, I did all in my power to appear composed and cheerful, well knowing that by manifesting any uneasiness, or any desire to escape, I should only
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tattooing
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preservation
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consternation
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warriors
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disappearance
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relic
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doom
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devoured
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memento
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conceal
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alas
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vengeance
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copper
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imposture
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credulous
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defamation
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invaders
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musket
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paeans
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groves
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intervals
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