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Rh his people, forbore to glance to left or right, since all semblance of curiosity was considered discourteous, until, being close upon David, he for an instant only shot a look  straight into the boy’s eyes. As brief as it was, it said much, for eyes and nostrils  dilated warningly, and David, with a gasp  he could not smother, recognized beneath  the painted lines and symbols the countenance of Monapikot!