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On the appointed day of the next week the little boys were glad to / observe that the number of public executions had fallen so far below / the average that their uncle's entertainment of them could begin / quite half an hour before the usual time. They were most eager to / discover what further good fortune had befallen him by the Mercy of / Allah.
The amiable old man opened his mouth and spoke: