On his head was his beribboned bonnet, and his beard was more bushy andfiery than the dyed, barbered curls that covered El Grang's chin. The Buzzard has made his offing. I left food andwater for his journey, and before his eyes I set the cross of his God. He paused as a savage cry echoed down the valley, the sawing of aleopard hunting along the cliffs in the moonlight.
Aboli needed a black bull. Wait here! he said. Notlong now, Iyasu, and it will be bright day, he croaked through hissalt-scalded throat, but he knew that neither of them could last thatlong. As he read aloud each charge, the men howled for vengeance.
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