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VIII preach. Go on with the "Pilot." Where in the world did you get that song?'

'On a tombstone,' said the Mlghai. 'On a tombstone in a distant land. I made it an accompaniment with heaps of bass chords.'

'Oh, Vanity! Begin.' And the Nilghai began—

They were all singing now, Dick with the roar of the wind of the open sea about his ears as the deep bass voice let itself go.

'The morning gun—Ho, steady!—the arquebuses to me! I ha' sounded the Dutch High Admiral's heart as my lead doth sound the sea. M