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"What do you suppose they called me for, Amalita? To scare away the evil spirits that are tormenting the boy. Before long I'll be a sorcerer too, and that's a crime that has set evil tongues wagging against me, and evil tongues never tire of inventing calumnies. It's no secret what I am. I'm a hunter, an honest one, a hunter of quetzal-birds to be more precise. If misfortune caught up with me, that still doesn't mean I'm a sorcerer. It was just bad luck. Nobody's immune from bad luck. Besides, when I first went into the region of Tziscao they omitted to tell me. ."
"All right, all right, Uncle David. Nobody's saying anything to the contrary."