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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: their lamented high sorcerer, and, for the matter of that, of
certain corpses which he had seen, that lay in shallow water at
the bottom of the lake. Beyond all was vague, and in his heart I
am sure that Marama believed that Bastin was the real "god of the
Mountain." Naturally, he would desire to work vengeance on those
who tried to sacrifice and eat him. Moreover, had he not
destroyed the image of the god of the Grove and borne away its
head whence he had sucked magic and power?
Thus argued Marama, disbelieving the tale of the frightened
sorcerers, for he admitted as much to me in after days.
Marama departed in a great hurry, fearing lest the "god of the
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