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? ? ? ? "She is young," said Kovudoo, "and good looking."

? ? ? ? The Swedes laughed. "There are no good looking white women in the jungle, Kovudoo," said Jenssen. "You should be ashamed to try to make fun of old friends."

? ? ? ? Kovudoo sprang to his feet. "Come," he said, "I will show you that she is all I say."

? ? ? ? Malbihn and Jenssen rose to follow him and as they did so their eyes met, and Malbihn slowly drooped one of his lids in a sly wink. Together they followed Kovudoo toward his hut. In the dim interior they discerned the figure of a woman lying bound upon a sleeping mat.

? ? ? ? Malbihn took a single glance and turned away. "She must be a thousand years old, Kovudoo," he said, as he left the hut.

? ? ? ? "She is young," cried the savage. "It is dark in here.


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