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But who could approach them? They were all secure inside the enclosures.

So they have escaped you! Could you not throw the least bit of colour on them? You should have forced your way there.

My dear old man, they have a different sort of red specially to themselves. Their eyes are red: the turbans of their guards and retinue are red too. And the latter flourished their swords about so much that a little more nearness on our part would have meant a lavish display of the fundamental red colour.

Well done, friends—always keep