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| "T | here must be | some way | out of here, | " | said the j | oker to the thie | f, |
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| "T | here's too mu | ch confus | io | n, | I can't g | et no rel | ief. |
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| Bu | sinessmen the | y drink m | y win | e, | plowman d | ig my ear | th, |
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| No | ne of them al | ong the l | in | e | know what | any of it is w | orth." |
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| " | No need to | get exc | ited, | " | the thief, he | kindly | spoke, |
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| " | There are m | any here | among us | who think that | life is | but a | joke. |
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| B | ut you and | I, we've | been through that | , | and that is | not our | fate, |
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| S | o let us | not talk | falsely now, | the | hour is | getting | late." |
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| A | ll al | ong the wat | chtower, | princes | kept the | view |
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| W | hile all the | women | came and went, | barefoot | servants, | too. |
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| O | utside | in the | distance | a wild | cat did | growl, |
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| T | wo rid | ers were app | roaching, | the | wind | began to | howl. |