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134 and I got to the centre and landed, and my boat drifted away, and I cannot swim. I cried until I slept, and when I awoke I found my boat at my feet, and I am sure that Thoth had put it there."

The charming simplicity and the guileless confidence of the little maiden renewed hope in Daphne's breast, and she kissed her and said—

"Wilt thou try to take a message to Thoth from me? But, alas! for my punishment the doors are fastened."

"They will release me," said the pigmy, "when they hear my voice. I have done no harm all to-day. I believe Thoth must have left me in the garden to be thy messenger."

"But," said Daphne, "thou wast asleep on the island."

"So much the easier to leave me," laughed the pigmy. "But tell me the message, and I will run."