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It was Pharaoh Lee -- the very man in search of whom the police were scouring the country. So astonished was Tera at his unexpected appearance, that she could only stare at him in silence. His face, sullen and lowering, lighted up with a fierce joy when he recognized her.
"You come from the farm," he said, stepping up close to her. "Is that Gentile beast yet dead?"