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t of the strangely still shop, eyed wings stared at him from all sides, and Pilgram perceived something almost appalling in the rich-ness. of the huge happiness that was leaning toward him like a moun-tain. Trying to avoid the knowing looks of those numberless eyes, he drew a deep breath and, catching sight of the hazy money pot, which seemed to hang in midair, reached quickly for it. The pot slipped from his moist grasp and broke on the floor with a dizzy spinning of twinkling coins; and Pilgram bent low to pick them up.
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Night came; a slippery polished moon sped, without the least friction, in between chinchilla clouds, and Eleanor, returning from the wedding supper, and