Then she went, leaving me feeling smaller than ever I felt in my life,

before or since--even smaller than when I walked into the presence of

old Zikali the Wise. Why, I wondered, had she first made a fool of me,

and then thrown away the fruits of my folly? To this hour I cannot quite

answer the question, though I believe the explanation to be that she did

really care for me, and was anxious not to involve me in trouble and her

plottings; also she may have been wise enough to see that our natures

were as oil and water and would never blend.




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