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interrupted the Moor, “ is reserved for mo,” and instantly cut
her throat with the knife which took out Grabugeon’s tongue.
But here tlie intended service failed again, as the |>oor Moors
tongue was too black to pass for Miranda's. Tiie princess
bursting into hitter lamentation for tbe loss of the Moor and
tlic ape, her little dog* Tintin exclaimed, iL If you had accepted
of my offer, there would have been none to regret but myself,
and real service had been done you.” Miranda, however, was
by this time so completely overpowered with grief, that she
fainted away; and when she came to herself, she found ihe

captain gone, and ihe little dog lying dead by (he side of the ape
and the Moor. Having buried her three favourites in a hole
under a tree, she began to think of her own safety ; and as the
forest was not far from her fathers court, she travelled, for fear
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