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Laughing and getting up from the grass, I spread my hands to the girls on the steps, and the older girl, with a gentle smile like a goddess, gently pushed the petite girl next to her.

The petite girl was stunned for a moment, glanced at the girl next to her embarrassedly, and then couldn't resist the temptation of missing anymore, and threw herself directly from the stage to my arms, facing the bright sunshine, with the purity and beauty like an angel, and the light delicate body was gently held in my arms.

"Sarah, my little angel, I miss you so much."

I kissed her dream-like face, then hugged Sarah and headed straight to Veras.

Her gentle smile, for a moment, suddenly coincided with the Steebelu depicted in my heart, and for a moment, my soul seemed to travel to that time decades ago, and saw Rod and Steebelou frolicking and chasing on the grassland......

"Your Excellency...... My lord?! What's wrong? ”

A gentle feeling came from my hand, bringing me back to reality, Veras stood in front of me, gently closing my hand into her palm, and the gentle feeling was her body temperature.

She opened her big black and beautiful eyes, looking at me worriedly, there was a tenderness and tolerance in her eyes that made the soul throb, as long as she looked at it, her heart could calm down, and she could find a tired nest home.

"Nothing."

I smiled. Shook his head.

"Your Excellency is lying." Veras wrinkled her little nose gently. Small hands like white jade. Reach out to my face. Gently wipe away a trace of tears next to my eye sockets.

"See you guys. I cried with emotion. ”

Holding Sarah in one hand. The other hand grabbed the little hand that was still gently caressing my face. I said with a wink. I wasn't going to tell them the story of Rod and Steebey's open land. It's so sad. I don't want them to suffer too much. Yes. I would gamble with my own life. Let them live in a carefree paradise all the time. Only there are worthy of these pure and beautiful girls.

Veras probably knows me best. Hear me say that. I don't know if I believe it. But she smiled happily. Whether what I say is true or not. As long as you can say that. It was already a blessing for her.

She's just such an easily satisfying girl. Sometimes I think she's stupid. It's silly and heart-wrenching.

Holding Veras's little hand, I turned my head and looked at the last girl, there was still no trace of fluctuation and emotion in those surprisingly large bright yellow eyes, just like a vivid puppet, obviously such a beautiful girl, but the sense of storage is very weak, but if you make her angry and play a little character, she will always make you feel her existence...... terrible.

"Little Willie, this time has also worked hard for you."

I gently rubbed her big bun-like hat a few times, and although her face did not show any dissatisfaction or joy at my movements, she arched her head slightly as if to say, touch it again, touch it again.

"Woo~~"

There were a few low noises from behind, and Xiaoxue, who was too big to ignore, came up, and her big scarlet tongue added to my face from the bottom to the top.

Khan, if you are an ordinary person, you will be added to Xiaoxue's barbed tongue like this, I'm afraid the whole face will be gone.

I affectionately rubbed it on its snow-white plush head: "Of course I haven't forgotten you, and I've worked hard for you." ”

As he spoke, he picked up Sarah and jumped on Xiaoxue's back, and then stretched out his hand to Veras, pulling her to the back, carrying the three of us on his back, Xiaoxue's pace did not stumble at all, and the high-spirited wolf roared, and with a slight jump, it had appeared a few meters away.

The Sanwu princess also sat on Xiao Er's back, and the Oak Wise Man was dragged away extremely innocently by Xiao San's furry tail.

Xiaoxue was at the head, and five huge ghost wolves raised waves of dust that soared into the sky, and rushed towards the Mage Guild, along the way, the people who saw it flashed to both sides of the road from afar, as long as they had stayed in the camp for a while, there were few people who did not know the origin of these fierce giant wolves.

"Grandpa, what's going on with these guys?"

An unknown adventurer, hurriedly flashed to the side of the road, stunned to watch the five giant ghost wolves pass by him, the wind that rose made him involuntarily squint his eyes, feeling the momentum of the ghost wolf, he was a little cold, every ghost wolf in it, can tear himself to pieces in an instant.

"Brother, it's new, I don't even know the famous people in our camp." The adventurer next to him patted him on the shoulder, and looked at the three figures on Xiaoxue's back with a sigh of sadness.

"The three beauties of our camp, the gentle singer of our camp, alas, Lord Sharna is gone, and Lord Linya heard that she was also abducted by him, God, please give me a beautiful woman."

The new adventurer rolled his eyes again and again, keeping his distance from the idiot-looking fellow, thinking that he would go to the bar and inquire about it to see what the other party was all about......

"Finally home!!" Standing at the door of the tent, I roared.

"Soft furniture." Twisting around in a chair.

"A fluffy bed." Rolling around on the bed with the quilt in her arms.

"Soft wife." Hold Sarah and rub it on her face.

"Adults are really, like a child."

Veras looked at me helplessly, gently covering her face with her right hand, revealing a gentle smile with the charm of a wife.

How can you say that? I'm also quite mature sometimes, and I do serious things, such as ......"

While rubbing Sarah's soft face with my own face, my face suddenly straightened, and I felt that the charm of a mature man had finally condensed in my body, so I raised my head and looked at Veras seriously, and pounced on it with both hands.

"Little Lulu, let's go to bed together...... Qiang ......"

Note that the last syllable was not pronounced by me, but by Verace's pan.

"Woo, it's all to blame on adults, in broad daylight, how can you say this, it's not like this...... What about shameless words? Veras gently rubbed the place where I had been knocked and bowed her head with a blush.

"Didn't you say that I was like a child, and that kind of thing is not only said by adults? I'm just trying to prove myself. ”

I rightly buried my face in the gentleness of Veras's chest, ah, this soft feeling, full of maternal **, even if I die immediately, I feel satisfied.

"The only one who says this kind of thing is the uncle." Veras sighed.

“……”

was complained about, was complained about by Veras, and had no power to fight back.

"Sarah and I are level twelve, and Alice is level eight."

At night, I lay on the bed, holding the fragrant Veras in my arms, listening to her whispers in my ear, and I was happy and carried away.

Although this seems to snub Sarah a bit, there is no way, who makes the two of them refuse to sleep together? What the? My Eight Spirits are not enough? Sue you, don't underestimate me, I've been around for a while, and I've been sleeping with three girls. Hum!

As for what kind of aura it is, this, ahem......

……

"No danger, right?"

Even if I see that they are safe now, I will not be fine

Asked out.

"Well, it seems that there are a few people with bad intentions, and they have all been angry with Xiao Lili." Veras seemed to think of the scene and couldn't help but giggle.

In fact, in terms of vision and judging people's hearts, Veras is not much worse than Princess Sanwu, but she is too kind and always can't bear to hurt others, so when I leave, I solemnly asked Princess Sanwu to use her poisonous tongue to send other adventurers away, it is very appropriate, if those adventurers don't know each other, hum......

"Little Lulu, tell me what's going on?" I gently bit down on her little jade earlobe and said with a sigh of relief.

Veras combed her messy hair with her hand and gave me a white look, which made me feel as charming as she was.

"Then tell me about what happened in the Demon Fortress, especially Sister Linya."

"Well, ahem, is something possible? I'm a decent person. As soon as Veras said this, I immediately fell silent, and my tone was a little lower.

"Hmph-"

Veras snorted a few times, pinched my nose and shook it, that cute look of anger, as if to say, let you not tell the truth, let you be dishonest.

"Oh, yes! Baby, there's something for you. ”

When Veras asked, I suddenly remembered, sat up straight with Veras in my arms, and took out the golden chain under Verus's confused gaze.

"What is this?"

Veras gently stroked the gold chain, looked at the crystal pendant engraved with the ground characters, and was stunned.

"How's that, do you like it?"

I kissed her on the forehead.

"I like it, I like it, this necklace has a very gentle smell, but I don't know why, there is a very sad feeling, hey - what's going on? I ......"

Veras stroked the necklace in a daze, suddenly felt the coldness on her face, wiped it with her small hand, only to find that it was a crystal teardrop the size of a bean, and she immediately became overwhelmed.

"Little fool." I leaned in gently and kissed the tears off her face one by one.

Carrying Steibelou's wordless promise, as well as Rod's necklace that he has missed for decades, the residual feelings in it alone are enough to make people cry sadly.

"This is the relic of a pair of lovers who are in love deeply, and bringing it will remind me all the time to cherish you even more."

Gently placing the necklace on Veras's greasy neck, I said solemnly.

"Huh? Is that good? Let's give it to Sarah's sister or Alice. ”

Veras looked at me in a panic, just from my tone, she knew the preciousness of this necklace, perhaps in her mind, she has always thought that I love Sarah more, and I should love Sarah more They are a little more, after all, she is a "third party", although there is no difference between a wife and a concubine, but the rules of first come and come are still zài.

Thinking of this, the pity in my heart was even worse: "Stupid, I like you all the same, how much is there, this necklace is given to you because you are more suitable, the former owner of that necklace is also the same as little Lulu, you are a girl who is extremely gentle." ”

"I ...... Where do I have ......?"

Veras blushed and lowered her head, but her hand was tightly grasping the necklace, her body in her arms, almost turned into a puddle of soft water, gently raised her chin, those black and beautiful eyes, at this time were flashing with joy and blurred brilliance, the color of the seductive cherry lips, unconsciously exuding a fatal temptation, it seems, is for what I just said extremely emotional.

"Little Lulu ......"

Amazed by the charming and emotional Veras at this moment, I did not hesitate to turn over and press her down, kissed her lips tightly, and put my big hand through her light pajamas, grabbed a pair of medium-sized pigeons, kneaded them gently, and suddenly my hands were soft and creamy.

"Big ...... My lord, what about Alice? ”

In a daze, Veras seemed to suddenly remember that the little ghost was still fused with my soul, and if she saw this scene, she would never have seen anyone in her life.

"Don't worry, this little lazy pig fell asleep not long after he came back." Feeling the breath of a little lazy pig sleeping soundly in my soul, I smiled warmly.

"My lord, Alice is so pitiful this time, the adult is no longer by her side, she doesn't seem to have slept much, she either sits in a daze all day, or tries her best to level up, it's like a different person, Sister Sarah and I are very distressed when we see it."

"I know that I will make it up to her and love her."

I felt that even in my deep sleep, the little ghost was still hungry and thirsty to absorb the warmth in my soul, and wrapped myself firmly, just like a family bird, returning to its own nest.

"But, little Lulu, don't you want me?" With a lustful smile, I blocked Veras's soft lips again, and the big hand holding the pigeon on her chest moved restlessly again, and after a while, this flawless girl was stripped into a **little lamb.

"Uh-huh, my lord, I ......"

Throwing away a shy girl, she hugged my neck tightly emotionally, and the coquettish moans that leaked from the corners of her mouth were even more unstoppable......

As night wore on, I easily opened the exhausted Veras, kissed her on her satisfied face, wrapped myself in simple clothes, and crept to the door of Sarah's room, where I saw a faint light inside, and couldn't help but laugh secretly.

After comforting the wife, there is a loli to take care of, and as a man who lacks the spirit of a king, I feel a lot of pressure.

The next day, I stretched out refreshed, walked out of the tent gate, and took a deep and comfortable breath in the refreshing morning of the grassland.

Little Sarah, who cowered and followed me out, met her eyes with Veras, who was looking at her inadvertently, and at the same time saw the young woman's spring love that could not be concealed after the other party's face was moisturized, the two beautiful girls suddenly blushed, and they were embarrassed to turn their heads away.

Ah, countless seniors have told us that if we speak rashly at this time, we will definitely be taken as an outlet by the two embarrassed girls, or it is better to be careful, so I excused myself to report the task to Akara, and left with the disgusted eyes of Veras and Sarah.

When I came to Akara's residence and asked, as I expected, when Linya came back yesterday, she had already come over to report to Akara and explain the task, and I, the non-responsible bodyguard, was purely redundant.

Thinking of this, I sighed again in my heart, Linya, this little girl, sometimes is too serious and rigorous, she likes to do everything meticulously, you said that you just rushed back yesterday, and it is reasonable to take a good rest for a day and then report to Akara, this girl is a typical fool who blindly thinks about others, but has never thought about herself.

"By the way, God's Birthday is approaching, as an elder, you can also go and see if you can help the Kasha and raise some gold coins." Before leaving, Akara said to me with a smirk.

"Well, I'll help with ideas when I have time."

The fundraising for God's Birthday was originally a whim of the predecessors, but in fact, it couldn't make up much money, and the adventurers in Rog's camp were also tight on their own pockets.

Over time, however, this activity seemed to have become a custom in the camp, and it could be regarded as a warm-up show for God's Birthday, after all, it was not a matter of performing by the elders who were usually high up

Chances, some adventurers even prefer fundraisers to God's birthdays

However, when I thought that on the last God's birthday, I was so angry that I was thrown away most of my possessions by the two shameless guys, the old drunkard and the miser, I gritted my teeth with hatred.

Anyway, where did Finney's pseudo-mother go, I saw her slip away alone yesterday, and I think she seems to have been to Rog's camp before, so she shouldn't get lost, right, but don't be pushed by a man in a daze, I snickered secretly.

After a walk around the adventurer's paradise, I first came to Chassi's blacksmith shop, which was depressed, I had been in the Dwarven King City for so long, and there were countless master dwarven blacksmiths in it, but I didn't think to let them repair their equipment, and now in retrospect, I feel that I really lost a lot.

The familiar sound of beating came from afar, probably because of the difference in size, the sound was a little different from what I heard in the Dwarven King's City, the dwarves were small, so the frequency of the beating was relatively high, and their strength was higher than that of the barbarians, making up for the lack of distance.

The barbarians are tall, and they can raise the hammer high and then drop it heavily, making full use of the distance to exert the maximum striking force, so that the crisp tapping sound in the ears sounds long and powerful, like the ticking of seconds, and each striking sound is exactly at the same time, as if it can be reminiscent of the unbridled posture and attentive eyes of the iron-striker.

In a flicker of the corner, Chassi's tall figure appeared in her eyes, she was still the same as five years ago, with long golden hair like full ears of wheat, tied up a slightly upturned ponytail, and her beautiful brown eyes were always so focused, as if there was nothing else in heaven and earth except the hammer in her hand and the red-hot iron on the stove.

Probably staying by the stove for a long time, her bare delicate skin is wheat-colored, but it does not affect the beauty at all, but the health and vitality she exudes are vividly and vividly, there is no trace of muscle burden, and the smooth and soft plump girl's curves are even more pleasing to the eye.

However, I think the most dazzling thing about Chasi is that when she is working seriously with that focused expression, every time she beats the movement, the golden ponytail will sway slightly, swaying out a crystal sweat like a jewel, and under the support of the sun, her beautiful and focused face is supported by a dazzling and dazzling like a goddess.

The focus of a man's work is the most attractive, and this sentence can also be applied to women.

When Chasi finished the work at hand and looked up, he found that someone was already standing on the opposite side, looking at her with a smile.

"Hello, Your Excellency Wu Fan, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting."

Her face showed the sincere joy of seeing an old acquaintance, and he was generally only known to adventurers, and as an adventurer, it was inevitable that he would leave the camp and march towards Lugoin, so no matter how familiar he was, it was only a friend fate of 3-5 years, and when he thought about it, this barbarian girl was really pitiful.

In other words, she shouldn't see me as the tail of a 10,000-year crane, after all, I've been wandering around the camp for more than five years.

"Where, the appearance of Ms. Chasi striking iron is also a beautiful scenery, which makes people never get tired of looking at it."

I lowered my head a little embarrassed, not because I said this sentence for myself, but because Chasi straightened her waist, she was about 2 meters tall, which was already very petite among barbarians, but for me, if I looked at it directly, it was like staring at the pair of Big Macs on her chest, it was a bit obscene, I thought, adventurers who were about the same height as me were also like me, bowing their heads slightly and talking to her.

"Your Excellency Wu Fan, you ...... It's too much of an award. ”

This simple savage girl, who probably rarely heard such compliments, was embarrassed to flick her golden ponytail slightly, and still held a hammer in her hand, looking a little overwhelmed.

"By the way, I have some equipment here, please help me fix it."

I couldn't bear to see her embarrassed appearance, I quickly changed the topic, and sure enough, when it came to repairs, Chassi's face was slightly red with shyness, and immediately turned into an excited blush, and her brown eyes looked at me tightly, she knew that all I had on hand were some high-level equipment, and the more advanced the equipment, the greater the progress for her.

Sure enough, the equipment was thrown out of the ground by me, golden, still golden, all the equipment everywhere was golden, it looked spectacular, at least Chasi's gaze, as if he saw the man he loved, could not be removed anymore.

"It's ......"

Chasi picked out the dark gold eagle armor, as well as the Divine Helmet, the Divine Crystal Sword, and the green buckle, and his eyes were already blurry.

Oh no, I'm flashing!!

"Great~~"

Sure enough, the next moment, the straightforward and lovely savage girl cheered and threw herself at me, and if she was going to take me in her arms and suffocate me to death with her huge breasts, I would have no regrets.

But I have had a sad experience, and I know that she actually likes to treat me like a child, grabbing my armpit and lifting me high, cheering and spinning, if other adventurers see it, how can I Wu Fan still have the face to mix in the camp with a certain three points of ground?

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Wu Fan, I'm so carried away."

As soon as he couldn't catch it, Chasi came back to his senses from his great joy and kept bowing and apologizing to me apologetically.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, when the equipment is there, it's going to bother you." I coughed in fear.

"Don't worry, wrap it up with me." Chasi patted his plump chest and said confidently.

Oh? I remember that five years ago, she said that it was difficult to repair equipment of the level of dark gold, but now she is so confident, it seems that she has made a lot of progress over the years.

"Chassi, don't you plan to leave the camp and go outside?" I asked, sitting on a tree stump next to me.

"This, in fact, I already have this plan, and I will apply to Lord Akara after a while." Chasi gently looked around at the surrounding landscape, gently caressing the cracked furnace wall as if he were his own child.

"I'm really reluctant, I've been staying here for more than ten years."

"People, you always have to go to a high place, and if you don't move forward, you will regret it even more." I also learned from Chasi, glanced around, and joked.

"Maybe one day, you'll forget about my old friend."

"How so?"

Chasi turned around and looked at me with her pure gaze without a trace of impurities: "For me, His Excellency Wu Fan is quite special, even if you forget about others, you will forget you." ”

"Oh, why?"

I pretended to ask casually, but my heart was pounding, could it be that this is the legendary hidden route?

"Because only His Excellency Wu Fan, when he comes here, he will quietly wait for me to finish my work and then greet me, I think His Excellency Wu Fan is a good person who is careful."

Fainted to death and was issued a good person card.

I shook my head with a wry smile and patted ** to stand up: "By the way, do you know where I went last time?" Dwarven King's City, I brought you a gift, would you like to see it? ”

When I talked about Dwarven King, this barbarian girl's eyes lit up like a light bulb, and she seemed to completely ignore why I could go to Dwarf King's City, and her mind was full of only four big words......

It is a holy place for all blacksmiths.

"No, take it."

I pulled out a not lightweight one

It's from Dwarf King's City, which can increase the speed of repairing equipment, and King's City also has a hammer to increase the success rate of crafting equipment, but I don't think Akara wants to see too much equipment for sale here in Chassi, so I can only choose this.

Chasi took the hammer and looked at it, and stroked it gently, and the whole person immediately fell into a state of fascination, as if a certain girl saw a starfish, squinting her eyes, and her whole body was full of stars, looking absolutely intoxicated.

I don't have a good heart! crept away.

Chasi is a simple, straightforward, beautiful, serious and capable girl, there is no doubt about this, she is almost all about the merits, the only headache is that she is too enthusiastic about her work, once it comes to related things, she will get carried away, when I gave her a pile of high-quality ore, she will be intoxicated and lift me high, and now give her a hammer that is like a miracle to the blacksmith, and it will not throw me into the air?!!

The wolf bèi fled blindly for a while, and before I could stop, and before I could breathe, another familiar crisp sound came into my ears, and I was shocked, could it be Chasi chasing here.

After listening carefully, I breathed a sigh of relief, although the sound was equally familiar, but it was not the sound of Chasina's iron, but ......

I turned left and right, and finally found the source of the sound, and when I opened the door of the "new" Rogue bar, I saw a pretty maid dressed in a maid's suit and with a kitten bell around her neck.

“……”

Who can teach me how to complain now.

"All you have to do now is smile."

A paladin guy passed by me, suddenly tapped me on the shoulder, grinned like a toothpaste advertisement, his white teeth were a little dazzling, he gave me a thumbs up, and walked away.

By the way, who are you?

The owner of the bar, the son of the former fat owner of Rogge's Bar, sat at the bar and smiled from ear to ear, but as soon as he saw me appear at the door, the smile on his face had not yet faded, and two lines of tears flowed out, and that look of despair, as if I had come here to demolish his bar.

Okay, I'll admit that it was dismantled once, but don't be surprised by the bow bird, there was a special reason for that time, ahem......

The son of the former bar owner who hired Fini, the bar looked at Fini's adventurers in a daze, and probably couldn't imagine that Fini was actually a fourth-order wizard, if she started a fire...... Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not thinking about how to make Finney angry so that this bar can be demolished, so that the disgusting boss son with a profiteer smile printed in the same mold as the original fat boss wept bitterly, and I didn't think about it that way at all!!

"Cousin, you're here too?"

Finney found me, and beckoned to me from afar, and those adventurers who looked at her in a daze immediately focused their eyes on me as if they were hateful, and most of them knew my identity, and the moment their eyes fell, they hurriedly turned back, buried their faces on the table, and silently thought in their hearts that you didn't see me, you didn't see me, only a small number of recruits who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and they were still looking at me as an "enemy" with a provocative face.

"Brother, what's your relationship with Lady Fini?"

A new recruit assassin with a pockmarked face was the first to stand up in the pitiful eyes of the rest of the adventurers, and looked me up and down unscrupulously, perhaps in his opinion, even if I was a high-level adventurer in the camp, there was no need to be afraid of the many people on my side and the same enemy.

I counted them silently, well, there were a total of 8 adventurers looking at me with bad intentions, it seems that Akara is right, there are a lot more new adventurers recently.

With a snap of his fingers, the elongated version of the poisonous vine jumped up from the ground, tied up the pock-faced assassin in front of him, as well as the other 7 adventurers, like a grasshopper >, and then hung it on the banner of the fountain in the center of the camp.

Looking at the poisonous vines, the big holes in the floor of the bar, and then looking at the many adventurers who had just accidentally glared at me and were now sneaking away from the door of the bar, the boss's son suddenly burst into tears.

"Why are you here, so short of money?"

I rolled my eyes at Fini trotting over, why is this guy so tragic?

"Meow, that's right, a red-haired lady carrying a wine bottle told me that the camp is very short of money now, and if there is no money, it will not be possible to do God's birthday......"

"So what about ......"

I'm wooden, red-haired, carrying a wine bottle......

"I never knew that the camp was so short of money, so I decided to do something meaningful and work here to make money according to the orders of the kind red-haired sister! Donate the proceeds of your own labor to the camp. ”

As he spoke, he clenched his little fist with great momentum, and he looked like he would work hard.

Ah, as much as I would love to see the tragedy continue, it seemed to make the Kasha guy even more proud, so I waved to her.

"You go and ask the bar owner what the 'red-haired kind-hearted sister' you call is used for your part-time job."

Finney suspiciously followed my instructions, ran to the bar owner to ask, and under my watch, this little fat man naturally did not dare to lie, and obediently told him about his dirty insider deal with Kasha, it turned out that all the remuneration earned by Fini's part-time work was advanced into ale by the Kasha guy.

"Actually...... Unexpectedly, deceive the girl's innocent feelings. At this moment, Finney burned.

To correct you, you're not a girl, are you?

The fat boy looked at Fini tremblingly, feeling the powerful power pouring out of this originally harmless maid, and realized that he had provoked someone he couldn't afford to provoke, and couldn't help but look at me with eyes that grasped the last straw.

I beckoned him to hurry up, and he reacted and hurriedly crawled out the back door.

"Black shop, die, die......!!"

The next moment, Finney burst out, flames shot out of her hand like machine guns, and in less than a moment, the entire "new" Rogue bar was shrouded in raging fire, the wind fueled the fire, the tongue of fire rolled high, and the thick smoke could be clearly seen from thousands of miles away.

I exited the bar door and joined the onlookers with the other adventurers, wondering to myself, Rogge's Bar is ruined, the "new" Rogge Bar is about to be finished, what will be the name next time? "Super" Rogge Bar?

Resolve (?) After Fini's affair, I began to wander around the training camp aimlessly, planning to ** what tricks the old drunkard plans to do this year, so that I can prepare in advance and not be deceived by her again.

The old drunkard was so wicked that no one in the whole camp knew about it, so after a little inquiry, he knew her whereabouts.

Sitting under the big tree beside her little tent, with his back against the thick trunk and his chin in his left hand, the old drunkard was assuming the posture of a thinker, his mouth pursed and his expression solemn, and his eyes as deep as those of a philosopher.

She seemed to be thinking about a very serious problem.