Thegold-seeker，whomIsincerelypitied，atlengthclamberedfromthepit，withthebitterestdisappointmentimprinteduponeveryfeature，andproceeded，slowlyandreluctantly，toputonhiscoat，whichhehadthrownoffatthebeginningofhislabor。InthemeantimeImadenoremark。Jupiter，atasignalfromhismaster，begantogatheruphistools。Thisdone，andthedoghavingbeenunmuzzled，weturnedinprofoundsilencetowardshome。

　　Wehadtaken，perhaps，adozenstepsinthisdirection，when，withaloudoath，LegrandstrodeuptoJupiter，andseizedhimbythecollar。Theastonishednegroopenedhiseyesandmouthtothefullestextent，letfallthespades，andfelluponhisknees。

　　“Youscoundrel。”saidLegrand，hissingoutthesyllablesfrombetweenhisclenchedteeth-“youinfernalblackvillain！-speak，I

　　tellyou！-answermethisinstant，withoutprevarication！-which-

　　whichisyourlefteye？”

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