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I wish we had more time. Putting aside other tasks, he directed his considerable spir-254itual energy to the salvation of her soul, and ” He pauses, looking past me at the scraps of paper on the wall. ' And Cidaq asked: 'The other fishermen must haveseen you.

''What does that signify?''I asked one of the other teachers, and all she said was that her brother had seenhim at the edge of town. On my haunches, I clamber out and regain my feet. He tests the men he suspects of treachery, recording their every move so he can cover his tracks. Even more seriouswas his indifference to the approaching winter, for normally he would have begunto eat extravagantly in order to build his reserves of fat against the cold dayswhen snow fell.