CHAPTER XIX
GOBLIN COUNSELS
HE must have slept a long time, for when he awoke, he felt wonderfully
restored--indeed he felt almost well, and he was also very hungry.
There
were voices in the outer cave.
Once more then, it was night; for the goblins slept during the day, and
went about their affairs during the night.
In the universal and constant darkness of their dwelling, they had no
reason to prefer the one arrangement to the other; but from aversion
to
the sun-people, they chose to be busy when there was least chance of
their being met either by the miners below, when they were burrowing,
or
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