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"
A
nice
little
boy
held
a
golden
ewer
,
Embossed
,
and
filled
with
water
as
pure
As
any
that
flows
between
Rheims
and
Namur
,
"
literally
I
smacked
my
cracking
lips
,
or
rather
tried
to
smack
them
.
The
mere
thought
of
that
pure
water
made
me
mad
.
If
the
Cardinal
had
been
there
with
his
bell
,
book
,
and
candle
,
I
would
have
whipped
in
and
drunk
his
water
up
;
yes
,
even
if
he
had
filled
it
already
with
the
suds
of
soap
"
worthy
of
washing
the
hands
of
the
Pope
,
"
and
I
knew
that
the
whole
consecrated
curse
of
the
Catholic
Church
should
fall
upon
me
for
so
doing
.
I
almost
think
that
I
must
have
been
a
little
light-headed
with
thirst
,
weariness
and
the
want
of
food
;
for
I
fell
to
thinking
how
astonished
the
Cardinal
and
his
nice
little
boy
and
the
jackdaw
would
have
looked
to
see
a
burnt
up
,
brown-eyed
,
grizzly-haired
little
elephant
hunter
suddenly
bound
between
them
,
put
his
dirty
face
into
the
basin
,
and
swallow
every
drop
of
the
precious
water
.
The
idea
amused
me
so
much
that
I
laughed
or
rather
cackled
aloud
,
which
woke
the
others
,
and
they
began
to
rub
their
dirty
faces
and
drag
their
gummed-up
lips
and
eyelids
apart
.
As
soon
as
we
were
all
well
awake
we
began
to
discuss
the
situation
,
which
was
serious
enough
.
Not
a
drop
of
water
was
left
.
We
turned
the
bottles
upside
down
,
and
licked
their
tops
,
but
it
was
a
failure
;
they
were
dry
as
a
bone
.
Good
,
who
had
charge
of
the
flask
of
brandy
,
got
it
out
and
looked
at
it
longingly
;
but
Sir
Henry
promptly
took
it
away
from
him
,
for
to
drink
raw
spirit
would
only
have
been
to
precipitate
the
end
.
"
If
we
do
not
find
water
we
shall
die
,
"
he
said
.
"
If
we
can
trust
to
the
old
Dom
's
map
there
should
be
some
about
,
"
I
said
;
but
nobody
seemed
to
derive
much
satisfaction
from
this
remark
.
It
was
so
evident
that
no
great
faith
could
be
put
in
the
map
.
Now
it
was
gradually
growing
light
,
and
as
we
sat
staring
blankly
at
each
other
,
I
observed
the
Hottentot
Ventvögel
rise
and
begin
to
walk
about
with
his
eyes
on
the
ground
.
Presently
he
stopped
short
,
and
uttering
a
guttural
exclamation
,
pointed
to
the
earth
.
"
What
is
it
?
"
we
exclaimed
;
and
rising
simultaneously
we
went
to
where
he
was
standing
staring
at
the
sand
.
