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In the morning Satrapold calls Blether, the head groom of the castle's |
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stables, and tells him to saddle up a new horse. The same day the two |
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of them are going to go to Spiritus' inn., the occultist' nest; they |
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do so in disguise so that nobody will recognize them. (This is a new |
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technique of espionage.) Satrapold is shocked by Calamaria's presence |
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in the public house, where she serves spirits. With the wave |
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magic wand the Captain's consciousness vanishes and his body and soul |
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are flooded with an emotion completely opposed to the desire to |
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obliterate spiritism in the Krkonose slopes. |
