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 "I believe. Indeed I know. Thine inmost secret thoughts Are mine, were always mine. Ah, try me not, Leave me, whilst I can bid thee leave me. Go, Lest I implore thee, 'Stay and die with me!'"

"Die? But thou diest not! I had not changed My state and garments with thee, had a thought Of death to thee, or even the chance of death, Glanced on my mind. Nay, then, I stay, Aziz."

"There is no risk. Thou art so much to me Even a five days' parting moves me so,— Breaks up my courage, till I hardly heed What words I say. Go now. Thou art Aziz, Aziz, the slave, remember, not Mir Khan, Beloved of women, and ever in their snares, Even as now."

"Take thou my opium."

"Nay, thou willst need it in the mountain pass; I have my own."

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