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VI.
In the morning a corpse was found in the house Six-four – that of Dr. Trifulgas. They put him in a coffin, and carried him with much pomp to the cemetery of Luktrop, wither he had sent so many others – in a professional manner.
As to old Hurzof, it is said that, to this day, he haunts the country with his lantern alight, and howling like a lost dog. I do not know if that be true; but strange things happen in Volsinia, especially in the neighbourhood of Luktrop.
And, again, I warn you not to hunt for that town on the map. The best geographers have not yet agreed as to its latitude – not even as to its longitude.
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