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I caught Drake’s eye; he nodded. I slipped my hand down into the medicine-case, brought forth a certain potent and tasteless combination of drugs which I carry upon explorations.
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“But I’ll not surrender.” Her eyes were tragic. “Never think it! I can win — don’t you know I can?”
“Win?” Drake dropped down beside her, drew her toward him. “Bravest girl I’ve known — of course you’ll win. And remember this — nine-tenths of what you’re thinking now is purely over-wrought nerves and weariness. You’ll win — and we’ll win, never doubt it.”
“I don’t,” she said. “I know it — oh, it will be hard — but I will — I will —”
Chapter XV The House of Norhala
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