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A month passed and still there was no sign of the couples return. Finally, as the month of May turned into June, Saul spotted a lone figure heading down the path towards Saul’s home. Thinking it was some beggar or thief, Simeon grabbed an axe to turn away the visitor. As the stranger drew closer, Simeon could see its matted hair, its torn clothes, and severe bruise on the creature’s body. Simeon’s hear turned in compassion and he dropped the axe, rushing forward to support the man as he stumbled. When the man lifted his eyes, Saul knew it was his brother. |
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Gold grain glistened in the sunlight of a new day and the wheat’s heavy tops seemed to beg to be harvested by the strong young men, who even now came lustily singing on the way to the fields. |
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Saul took his parsley handful of coins |
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until such time I can pore my revenge on such a one that caused my troubles.” |
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Let us call it a common curtsey to which men pay to each other
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A fruitless search then followed as Saul went from one shady tavern to next until by chance, a weary Saul turned into the last tavern of his night search with only one gold sovereign to his name. The tavern was dark, crowded, and unlike the others, it was filled with an ever-present maliciousness silence that seemed to permeate the very rooms. The taverns name was The Cloak, and a certain man that if Saul wanted to find a man who could not be found, this was the place to look. |
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Simeon had reaped a plenteous harvest in his father’s fields. |
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the year, and well into the next.
This is not to say that Simeon abandoned his brother completely, quite the contrary. |
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Giving them a letter for Saul that explained everything that happened, he bade them good speed.
Simeon knew it was a fool’s errand to send messengers for Saul, but still crazy though Saul may be, he was still his brother. (one of these stills is not needed) ~ ~ ~ Now, dear reader, that we have been informed of the singular state of Simeon, and found Lyra surprisingly alive but miserable, it is time perhaps to return to Saul whom we find not too far away from the town of High Hills whence he had set forth but three months before. Now that we have comfortably resituated it to the present time, shadow, wan from months of traveling, weary and footsore. |
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