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", "start_byte": 12034, "end_byte": 12410, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 39.84000015258789, "end_time": 64.08000183105469, "cut_start_time": 40.18500015258789, "cut_end_time": 63.490062652587895}, {"text": "A little later they came to another stream, which they crossed on a raft made by themselves of the trunks of saplings, and, choosing a pleasant spot on the side of a wooded hill, they built a humble cottage of wood and thatched it with leaves. Here they settled down to the hermit's life, living on the game in which the forest abounded and the fruits which grew in great profusion near their dwelling. ", "start_byte": 12412, "end_byte": 12815, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 64.08000183105469, "end_time": 89.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 64.52500183105468, "cut_end_time": 88.63000183105468}, {"text": "Meanwhile in far-away Ayodhya events of great importance were taking place. The exile of Rama preyed so much upon the mind of the old king that he died and his son Bharata was called to the throne. Now this great-hearted prince had been absent from home for a long time, and when he returned he was filled with grief and wrath at the banishment of Rama, and he bitterly reproached his mother for her cruel jealousy. He refused to become king, and, after burying his father with careful attention to all the necessary rites and due observance of historic customs, he made preparations for a journey to the ", "start_byte": 12817, "end_byte": 13422, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 89.27999877929688, "end_time": 127.68000030517578, "cut_start_time": 89.71499877929686, "cut_end_time": 127.75012377929687}, {"text": "zo THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 13424, "end_byte": 13449, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 127.68000030517578, "end_time": 128.0, "cut_start_time": 127.68500030517578, "cut_end_time": 128.10000030517577}, {"text": "forest, where he hoped to find his brother and bring him back in triumph to rule in his father's place. A great company of princes, courtiers, nobles, and people of the city prepared to set out with him, and before long they were on their way through the forest, and, directed by a hermit whom they met, they crossed the two broad rivers and passed on to the wooded hill on the side of which the royal exile had made his humble home. ", "start_byte": 13451, "end_byte": 13885, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 128.0, "end_time": 155.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 127.985, "cut_end_time": 155.22}, {"text": "After a long journey they found the prince sitting in his cottage, his hair long and matted like a hermit's, dressed in the black skin of the deer and a well-worn garment of bark. Bharata greeted him with lowly reverence and told him of the death of his father, which so affected the prince that he fell down in a swoon and was with difficulty revived by Sita and his brothers. ", "start_byte": 13887, "end_byte": 14265, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 155.83999633789062, "end_time": 181.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 156.22499633789062, "cut_end_time": 180.0300588378906}, {"text": "Then^Bharata seated himself before Rama and begged him with tears in his eyes to come back to Ayodhya and take his rightful place as king of the city. Rama refused to do this, preferring to spend in exile the full term of years appointed by his father. ", "start_byte": 14267, "end_byte": 14520, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 181.0399932861328, "end_time": 198.24000549316406, "cut_start_time": 181.4249932861328, "cut_end_time": 197.3401182861328}, {"text": " said Bharata, \" the gold- worked sandals from your feet. I will carry them back to Ayodhya as a token that I am your viceroy, and I will rule in your name until the years of exile are ended.\" So the prince returned with his friends to the city and undertook the work of government in the name and under the authority of Rama. ", "start_byte": 14538, "end_byte": 14865, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 199.36000061035156, "end_time": 219.8000030517578, "cut_start_time": 199.33500061035156, "cut_end_time": 219.23006311035155}, {"text": "The years passed on, but the exiles did not remain in the same pleasant spot ; they left their cottage ", "start_byte": 14867, "end_byte": 14970, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 219.8000030517578, "end_time": 226.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 220.35500305175782, "cut_end_time": 226.3000030517578}, {"text": "RAMA'S QUEST 21 ", "start_byte": 14972, "end_byte": 14988, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 226.1999969482422, "end_time": 226.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 226.17499694824218, "cut_end_time": 226.5101219482422}, {"text": "after a while and wandered onward from hermitage to hermitage. In one of these retreats they found an old man and his wife who had won great magic powers by their severity of life, and the old woman welcomed the beautiful Sita with open arms. The two women spent several days in quiet conversation, and when the travellers were preparing to go on their way the elder said to the younger, \" See, little one, I have a present for you. Let me dress you and adorn you in a manner suitable to your rank.\" Then she brought out a beautiful dress of silk with costly ornaments and a garland of lovely flowers ; and she took great delight in dressing and adorning the beautiful young princess, standing away from her to admire the effect of her loving handiwork. ", "start_byte": 14990, "end_byte": 15744, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 226.44000244140625, "end_time": 275.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 226.47500244140625, "cut_end_time": 274.34006494140624}, {"text": "On went the travellers, greatly comforted and refreshed. Now as they passed from place to place Rama heard many stories of the evil deeds of the monsters known as the Rakshasas, who were the inveterate foes of gods and men and especially of holy hermits ; and many were the appeals to Rama to free the forest from these dreadful beings. ", "start_byte": 15746, "end_byte": 16083, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 275.0400085449219, "end_time": 297.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 275.29500854492187, "cut_end_time": 296.8700710449219}, {"text": "One day the exiles came upon one of these monsters, whose terrible ugliness defies description, and who was holding spellbound with a single spear a great crowd of wild animals of the forest. When he saw the beautiful princess he at once snatched her up in his arms and turned to carry her off. But in a moment Rama's bow was busy though his task was rendered difficult owing to the necessity for avoiding those parts of the monster's body which ", "start_byte": 16085, "end_byte": 16531, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 297.6000061035156, "end_time": 327.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 297.96500610351563, "cut_end_time": 327.42006860351563}, {"text": "22 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 16533, "end_byte": 16558, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 327.6000061035156, "end_time": 327.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 327.59500610351563, "cut_end_time": 328.02006860351565}, {"text": "were protected by the form of his beloved wife. So well, however, did he and his brother ply their bows, that the Rakshasa dropped the princess, seized both his foes, placed them across his broad shoulders, and turned towards a forest path which led into a gloomy recess. Then the air was rent with the piercing cries of Sita, which had such a stirring effect upon the brothers that with a mighty effort they broke from the monster's grasp and attacked him with their fists. There was a fierce encounter which ended in the death of the grisly foe, and the heroes having rested for a while went on their way rejoicing. 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Rama spoke to him, but without a word in reply he sprang into a fire which had been kindled before his hut. In a few moments the hermit's worn and wasted body disappeared, and he stood up in the form of a young man of glorious beauty and ", "start_byte": 17185, "end_byte": 17935, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 369.760009765625, "end_time": 417.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 370.27500976562504, "cut_end_time": 417.86007226562504}, {"text": "RAMA'S QUEST 23 ", "start_byte": 17937, "end_byte": 17953, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 417.760009765625, "end_time": 417.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 417.735009765625, "cut_end_time": 417.86007226562504}, {"text": "godlike strength. Then, mounting upwards as if borne by unseen hands, he disappeared in the clouds and left the exiles wondering. ", "start_byte": 17955, "end_byte": 18085, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 417.760009765625, "end_time": 426.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 417.735009765625, "cut_end_time": 426.36007226562504}, {"text": "Now the encounter with the Rakshasa had filled the heart of Sita with tender fears for her husband's safety, and she lovingly tried to persuade him to avoid any further contests with these fierce and relentless foes. \" It is your fearless bearing and the fearful appearance of your mighty bow/' she said, \" which provokes these dreadful creatures. Let me tell you a tale which proves the truth of my words. ", "start_byte": 18087, "end_byte": 18494, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 426.8800048828125, "end_time": 452.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 427.1750048828125, "cut_end_time": 451.97006738281254}, {"text": "\" Many years ago there lived in the woods a hermit who was so severe upon himself that even the chief of the gods schemed to frustrate him. So he took the form of a warrior and visited the saint in his cell, leaving with him, on his departure, his sword in sacred trust. The hermit was so careful to guard the treasure that he carried it with him wherever he went, and its possession made him so warlike and quarrelsome that he forsook the saintly life and fell a victim to his foes.\" ", "start_byte": 18496, "end_byte": 18981, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 452.4800109863281, "end_time": 484.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 452.75501098632816, "cut_end_time": 483.5400109863281}, {"text": "Rama smiled as he listened to the artless story, md gently told the princess that it was his bounden duty to act as guardian to the peaceful hermits of ;he forest, and that he meant to use his warlike weapon until the place was entirely freed from the Rakshasas. ", "start_byte": 18983, "end_byte": 19246, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 484.3999938964844, "end_time": 501.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 484.5949938964844, "cut_end_time": 500.7601188964844}, {"text": "So the years went by in combat and rest, effort md refreshment, facing of danger and winning of victory. At one time Lakshmana built a large clay mt propped on pillars and provided with a real floor ", "start_byte": 19248, "end_byte": 19447, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 501.6000061035156, "end_time": 515.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 502.08500610351564, "cut_end_time": 515.1400061035157}, {"text": "24 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 19449, "end_byte": 19474, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 515.0399780273438, "end_time": 515.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 515.0149780273438, "cut_end_time": 515.2901030273438}, {"text": "of wood, in which they lived happily for some time, until a certain giantess, enraged at the beauty of Sita, plotted against their peace and made an attempt to kill the princess. She was, however, prevented by Lakshmana, who cut off her nose, whereupon she went away in a great rage to prevail upon her brothers to avenge her loss upon the princely wanderers. ", "start_byte": 19476, "end_byte": 19836, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 515.2000122070312, "end_time": 538.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 515.2350122070312, "cut_end_time": 537.2100122070312}]}

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After a short chase he shot the deer in the breast and with its last breath it called out in a plaintive voice, \" Ah, Sita ! Ah, Lakshmana ! \" cleverly reproducing the tones of Rama himself. The words reached the ears ", "start_byte": 22122, "end_byte": 22484, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 109.4800033569336, "end_time": 134.52000427246094, "cut_start_time": 109.68500335693359, "cut_end_time": 134.6200658569336}, {"text": "26 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 22486, "end_byte": 22511, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 134.52000427246094, "end_time": 135.24000549316406, "cut_start_time": 134.49500427246093, "cut_end_time": 135.21006677246092}, {"text": "of Sita, as they were intended to do, and she implored Lakshmana to go at once to the help of her lord. At first he refused, but when the princess began to reproach him with cowardice he had no choice but to set out on the errand. ", "start_byte": 22513, "end_byte": 22744, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 135.24000549316406, "end_time": 149.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 135.29500549316407, "cut_end_time": 149.13000549316405}, {"text": "Sita placed herself at the door of her cottage to await the return of the brothers, and as she sat there a poor priest approached her begging for hospitality. She rose and gave him water to wash his feet as well as food of the best the cottage contained, but while she did so her eyes were fixed upon the forest, looking eagerly for her absent lord. She seemed, indeed, to be lost in anxious contemplation, but was suddenly aroused from her reverie in a terrifying manner, for her guest assumed the form of the monster Ravana with his ten heads and twenty arms, and in a moment Sita was being carried rapidly through the air in the golden car of the king of the giants. As the chariot sped onward the poor princess raised loud cries of distress which were heard only by the vulture- king, who came at once to the rescue. There was a fierce fight, ending in the infliction of a mortal wound upon the noble bird, which fell to the ground, and Ravana went on his way over mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas until he came at last to Lanka, his royal city, where Sita was safely housed. ", "start_byte": 22746, "end_byte": 23828, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 149.55999755859375, "end_time": 221.60000610351562, "cut_start_time": 149.71499755859375, "cut_end_time": 221.29012255859374}, {"text": "Meanwhile Rama had returned to his cottage with Lakshmana, and so great was his grief at the loss of his wife that his brother found it necessary to remind him of the necessity for preserving his dignity. 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The loss of his wife, however, had only served to rouse him to superhuman efforts, and after the first spasms of bitter grief had spent themselves he felt able to cope with the strongest powers of evil in order to win his loved one back again ; and he found, in time, a strange ally in working out his task. ", "start_byte": 24105, "end_byte": 24858, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 238.67999267578125, "end_time": 287.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 238.65499267578124, "cut_end_time": 287.07005517578125}, {"text": "As he was making his way through the woods he came upon the Monkey King, whose name was Sugriva and who had a very melancholy disposition indeed. He took no pleasure in the blossoming trees or the song of birds ; flowers to him were mere frivolity ; and he only loved the streams because they seemed to him to sing a song which never varied in its mournfulness, and because they were convenient receptacles for the floods of tears which he shed day after day. His immediate attendants were Nala, Nila, Tara, and Hanuman, Son of the Wind. ", "start_byte": 24860, "end_byte": 25398, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 287.55999755859375, "end_time": 321.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 287.9449975585938, "cut_end_time": 321.20006005859375}, {"text": "When these intelligent animals saw Rama and his brother and noted the bows in their hands, they took to flight, hid themselves in a dark grove, and seated themselves in a circle with their chins upon their knees to consider what was next to be done. 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", "start_byte": 26009, "end_byte": 26163, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 355.1199951171875, "end_time": 364.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 355.4949951171875, "cut_end_time": 363.67012011718754}, {"text": "\" Who are you, heroes, whose limbs are like young fir trees ? \" he asked courteously. \" If your errand be as worthy as your bearing is gallant, let me be your guide through this wood.\" ", "start_byte": 26165, "end_byte": 26350, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 364.20001220703125, "end_time": 375.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 364.4650122070313, "cut_end_time": 375.08001220703125}, {"text": "Lakshmana smiled to see a monkey in the dress of a hermit, and made himself and his brother known to the Son of the Wind, telling him that a hermit had recommended them to seek the help of Sugriva, the King of the Monkeys, in the search for Sita. ", "start_byte": 26352, "end_byte": 26599, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 375.67999267578125, "end_time": 390.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 375.86499267578125, "cut_end_time": 389.51011767578126}, {"text": "Hanuman cast aside his cloak. \" Sugriva is my sovereign,\" he said. \" Mount upon my back and I will bring you to him with the speed of the Wind whose son am I.\" The heroes at once took advantage of this intelligence, and in a few moments were shading hands with Sugriva, who was greatly pleased with the sad countenance of Rama, and shed streams ol sympathetic tears when he heard of his woes \" I saw your beloved carried off,\" he said, \"clasped ", "start_byte": 26601, "end_byte": 27046, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 390.4800109863281, "end_time": 419.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 390.70501098632815, "cut_end_time": 419.8600109863281}, {"text": "RAMA'S QUEST 29 ", "start_byte": 27048, "end_byte": 27064, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 419.79998779296875, "end_time": 419.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 419.7749877929688, "cut_end_time": 419.9000502929688}, {"text": "closely in the arms of Ravana \" here he shed more tears as if he revelled in the anguish which such a remembrance would bring to the heart of Rama, then he went on : \" She screamed to me but was too far off to be heard ; but as she was borne still higher into the air a tiny golden circlet dropped from her ankle and fell at my feet, followed by a scarf of pale soft azure. Then I wept so sorely that the river overflowed its banks. I have this scarf and anklet of gold in my cavern and I will fetch them to you.\" He did so, and Rama found it difficult to preserve his dignity at the sight of them ; and while he was looking steadfastly at them Sugriva said, \" I too am in misfortune similar to your own. Let us help each other.\" ", "start_byte": 27066, "end_byte": 27796, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 419.79998779296875, "end_time": 471.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 419.85498779296876, "cut_end_time": 471.14011279296875}, {"text": "VI ", "start_byte": 27798, "end_byte": 27801, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 471.0400085449219, "end_time": 471.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 471.0150085449219, "cut_end_time": 471.5700085449219}, {"text": "The hero smiled at the words, but was too courteous to wound the feelings of the intelligent creature and begged him to explain himself. So the King of the Monkeys sat down with his chin on his knees and told the listening brothers how he was the victim of the cruel plots of the usurper Bali, who had driven him from his monkey throne. \" And there is none on earth,\" he concluded, \" who is able to subdue the usurper.\" ", "start_byte": 27803, "end_byte": 28223, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 471.8399963378906, "end_time": 498.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 472.31499633789065, "cut_end_time": 497.62005883789067}, {"text": "Lakshmana laughed loudly. ;< Why,\" he said, \" Rama, King of Men, could hold his own in any circumstances and conquer anything ! \" ", "start_byte": 28225, "end_byte": 28355, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 498.2799987792969, "end_time": 507.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 498.4649987792969, "cut_end_time": 507.3300612792969}, {"text": "\" I doubt,\" said the melancholy Sugriva, \" whether ", "start_byte": 28357, "end_byte": 28408, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 507.8399963378906, "end_time": 510.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 508.2149963378906, "cut_end_time": 510.48012133789064}, {"text": "30 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 28410, "end_byte": 28435, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 510.6400146484375, "end_time": 510.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 510.7650146484375, "cut_end_time": 511.0600146484375}, {"text": "he could cope with Bali. Why, one day he clove with one single arrow the hearts of three palm trees.\" ", "start_byte": 28437, "end_byte": 28539, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 510.9599914550781, "end_time": 518.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 510.93499145507815, "cut_end_time": 517.5601164550782}, {"text": "\" That is child's play,\" said Rama, and at once sent an arrow from his bow which clove seven trees and then stuck into a hard rock in the side of a mountain. ", "start_byte": 28541, "end_byte": 28699, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 518.280029296875, "end_time": 528.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 518.545029296875, "cut_end_time": 528.0800292968751}, {"text": "\" Elephant among Men ! \" cried Sugriva, surprised out of his melancholy into admiration, \" come with me and in the strength of your presence I will defy Bali and all his monkeys.\" So the two set out, Sugriva defied Bali, fought with him, was beaten once, but fought again, and, finally, with the help of his new friend, brought the usurper to his death. So was Sugriva restored to his kingdom and was now ready to place his army of Monkeys and Bears at the disposal of Rama in order that they might begin in the forest the search for Sita, which they were better able to undertake than the cleverest mortals, to whom forest-craft is an ac- complishment only acquired after much practice. You may remember how the gods had created this great army of Monkeys and Bears at the birth of Rama, and their purpose was now to be made clear ; for the intelligent animals were marshalled under Hanuman and told that they were to search in all possible places for the lovely Sita and to return in a month to make their report. ", "start_byte": 28701, "end_byte": 29717, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 529.0800170898438, "end_time": 594.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 529.0550170898438, "cut_end_time": 593.7300795898437}, {"text": "Now their vigorous search was of no avail ; and as they were under penalty of death at the hands of Sugriva if they were not successful, the leaders ", "start_byte": 29719, "end_byte": 29868, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 594.280029296875, "end_time": 602.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 594.7050292968751, "cut_end_time": 602.900029296875}, {"text": "RAMA'S QUEST 31 ", "start_byte": 29870, "end_byte": 29886, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 602.7999877929688, "end_time": 602.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 602.7749877929688, "cut_end_time": 603.0601127929688}, {"text": "agreed to put an end to their own lives, for their intelligence was only equalled by their melancholy outlook. The ancient vulture whose name was Sampati overheard them express their determination, and his fiery eyes gleamed with fierce pleasure at the thought of the feast before him. \" Beyond a doubt,\" he said in a tone which the Monkey leaders clearly overheard,", "start_byte": 29888, "end_byte": 30254, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 602.9600219726562, "end_time": 625.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 602.9350219726563, "cut_end_time": 625.6600844726563}, {"text": " ", "start_byte": 30344, "end_byte": 30345, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 631.280029296875, "end_time": 631.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 631.255029296875, "cut_end_time": 631.380091796875}, {"text": "This pious speech did not greatly please the monkey generals, for it is one thing to express a determination to die, and quite another matter to find that some one will be greatly pleased at one's death. So the leaders paused for a while to engage in conversation with the hungry vulture and learnt from him that not long before Ravana had passed that way bearing the lovely Sita in his arms. ", "start_byte": 30347, "end_byte": 30740, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 631.280029296875, "end_time": 655.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 631.665029296875, "cut_end_time": 655.040091796875}, {"text": "\" Which direction did the monster take ? \" inquired the generals with great eagerness. ", "start_byte": 30742, "end_byte": 30829, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 655.760009765625, "end_time": 660.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 656.0650097656251, "cut_end_time": 660.470009765625}, {"text": "\" A hundred miles from here,\" said the ancient vulture,", "start_byte": 30831, "end_byte": 30886, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 660.719970703125, "end_time": 663.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 660.8949707031251, "cut_end_time": 663.610033203125}, {"text": " ", "start_byte": 31075, "end_byte": 31076, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 674.6400146484375, "end_time": 675.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 674.6250146484375, "cut_end_time": 674.9000146484375}, {"text": "When he had given these directions the ancient vulture seemed to be renewed in strength, and without waiting for the suicide of the Monkey generals spread his wings and flew away. Then the leaders rose up refreshed and vigorous and put their army in motion towards the sea. After a long ", "start_byte": 31078, "end_byte": 31365, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 675.239990234375, "end_time": 691.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 675.584990234375, "cut_end_time": 691.820052734375}, {"text": "32 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 31367, "end_byte": 31392, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 691.719970703125, "end_time": 691.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 691.694970703125, "cut_end_time": 691.820033203125}, {"text": "and somewhat painful march they came to the^shore and found the moaning of the breakers quite in keeping with the melancholy of their hearts. ", "start_byte": 31394, "end_byte": 31536, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 691.719970703125, "end_time": 699.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 691.694970703125, "cut_end_time": 699.130095703125}, {"text": "They rested for the night, and next day considered the problem of transport across the moaning waters a matter of sufficient difficulty to test all the intelligence they possessed. The generals ranged themselves in a line along the shore, leant their heads to the right and looked at the sea, and then leant their heads to the left and looked at it again ; afterwards they all looked at each other and none spoke a word for a long time. ", "start_byte": 31538, "end_byte": 31975, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 699.760009765625, "end_time": 726.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 700.095009765625, "cut_end_time": 725.530009765625}, {"text": "Then Hanuman, the Son of the Wind, rose to the occasion like a true leader. \" Will you trust this matter to me ? \" he cried. \",5Jfe Will ! \" cried the leaders in reply. \" We will ! \" echoed the whole army till the earth shook and the mountains shouted back. Then they wound a garland of scarlet flowers round the neck of their leader and led him to the top of a high mountain that he might leap from thence right across the water to the Isle of Lanka, for this was his daring plan, ", "start_byte": 31977, "end_byte": 32459, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 726.239990234375, "end_time": 756.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 726.4149902343751, "cut_end_time": 755.160052734375}, {"text": "In a moment his mighty bulk was rushing through the air at tremendous speed, while his shadow darkened the kingdom of the fishes, who were very angry and sent a sea monster with a mouth like a cavern to swallow him up. But he darted into the gaping jaws and making himself smaller forced his way through the monster's back in such a hurry that it died. In due time the Son of the Wind swooped down upon the coast of Lanka, rested a ", "start_byte": 32461, "end_byte": 32893, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 756.1599731445312, "end_time": 785.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 756.8349731445313, "cut_end_time": 785.2200356445313}, {"text": "RAMA'S QUEST 33 ", "start_byte": 32895, "end_byte": 32911, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 785.1199951171875, "end_time": 785.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 785.0949951171875, "cut_end_time": 785.4901201171875}, {"text": "to take breath, and then felt so pleased with himself that he actually laughed. ", "start_byte": 32913, "end_byte": 32993, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 785.4400024414062, "end_time": 792.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 785.4850024414063, "cut_end_time": 792.5800024414062}, {"text": "VII ", "start_byte": 32995, "end_byte": 32999, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 792.47998046875, "end_time": 796.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 792.45498046875, "cut_end_time": 796.67010546875}]}

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They passed through many great forests and came to many woodland towns ; and the princess watched earnestly, seeking a noble prince in whose keeping her heart could rest. ", "start_byte": 67817, "end_byte": 68194, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 134.44000244140625, "end_time": 160.8000030517578, "cut_start_time": 134.91500244140624, "cut_end_time": 159.25006494140624}, {"text": "ii ", "start_byte": 68196, "end_byte": 68199, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 160.8000030517578, "end_time": 162.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 161.1150030517578, "cut_end_time": 161.76000305175782}, {"text": "One day the king sat in close counsel with his chief minister and adviser, when, all unexpected, Savitri entered the hall, accompanied by the wise men. She bowed before the king, touching the ground with her forehead. 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My choice is made, ", "start_byte": 68508, "end_byte": 68709, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 183.52000427246094, "end_time": 196.24000549316406, "cut_start_time": 183.75500427246092, "cut_end_time": 196.28006677246094}, {"text": "THE GENTLE CONQUEROR 61 ", "start_byte": 68711, "end_byte": 68735, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 196.24000549316406, "end_time": 196.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 196.21500549316406, "cut_end_time": 196.63000549316405}, {"text": "and Prince Satyavan, the son of this blind and banished king, shall be my lover and my husband.\" ", "start_byte": 68737, "end_byte": 68834, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 196.55999755859375, "end_time": 203.47999572753906, "cut_start_time": 196.53499755859374, "cut_end_time": 202.46006005859374}, {"text": "\" It is an evil choice,\" said the king's counsellor hastily. \" The prince is indeed noble, just, and true, and a lover of horses, graceful in bearing, liberal of hand, reverent to age, and guided by honour. 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", "start_byte": 69414, "end_byte": 69611, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 242.0, "end_time": 254.75999450683594, "cut_start_time": 242.565, "cut_end_time": 254.07999999999998}, {"text": "He found the old man keeping simple state in the forest, sustained by the dignity of undeserved misfortune, and proud in his humility. The King of the Madras alighted from his horse and approached the old king as he sat under a canopy of woven grasses. The two monarchs exchanged courteous greetings, and then the exiled king asked his guest the nature of his errand. 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Let it be.\" ", "start_byte": 70323, "end_byte": 70422, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 301.8399963378906, "end_time": 308.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 302.23499633789066, "cut_end_time": 308.2401213378906}, {"text": "\" It shall be as the princess desires,\" said the blind old monarch ; and in a very short space of time the marriage ceremony was performed, and the happy young prince was rejoicing in his unexpected good fortune. 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", "start_byte": 70644, "end_byte": 71203, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 324.6000061035156, "end_time": 360.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 324.89500610351564, "cut_end_time": 359.63006860351567}, {"text": "In the early morning of that dreadful day she came again to her father-in-law, who begged of her to break her fast. ", "start_byte": 71205, "end_byte": 71321, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 360.0400085449219, "end_time": 367.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 360.4250085449219, "cut_end_time": 366.7100710449219}, {"text": "^ I am under a vow,\" she said, \" and I cannot eat this day until the sun has set.\" ", "start_byte": 71323, "end_byte": 71406, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 367.32000732421875, "end_time": 373.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 367.9150073242188, "cut_end_time": 373.1700073242188}, {"text": "Then the prince, her husband, came up to her with his axe upon his shoulder, ready to go to work in the forest. ", "start_byte": 71408, "end_byte": 71520, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 373.8399963378906, "end_time": 381.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 374.2849963378907, "cut_end_time": 381.11012133789063}, {"text": "\" Let me come with you,\" she cried, \" my ", "start_byte": 71522, "end_byte": 71563, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 381.6000061035156, "end_time": 383.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 381.92500610351567, "cut_end_time": 383.65000610351564}, {"text": "THE GENTLE CONQUEROR 63 ", "start_byte": 71565, "end_byte": 71589, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 383.9599914550781, "end_time": 383.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 383.93499145507815, "cut_end_time": 384.06005395507816}, {"text": "dearest lord, I cannot leave you to yourself to- day.\" ", "start_byte": 71591, "end_byte": 71646, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 383.9599914550781, "end_time": 387.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 383.93499145507815, "cut_end_time": 386.94011645507817}, {"text": "\" Nay, beloved,\" he said gently, \" you are weak with your fasting, and the way through the forest is rough for tender feet.\" ", "start_byte": 71648, "end_byte": 71773, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 387.6000061035156, "end_time": 395.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 387.8550061035156, "cut_end_time": 394.74000610351567}, {"text": "\" My heart is strong, my lord,\" she said ; \" let me ", "start_byte": 71775, "end_byte": 71827, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 395.1199951171875, "end_time": 398.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 395.4249951171875, "cut_end_time": 398.46005761718754}, {"text": "go.\" ", "start_byte": 71829, "end_byte": 71834, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 398.3599853515625, "end_time": 399.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 398.3349853515625, "cut_end_time": 398.64004785156254}, {"text": "\" It shall be as you will,\" said Satyavan, \" but first beg leave of my father and mother.\" ", "start_byte": 71836, "end_byte": 71927, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 399.0799865722656, "end_time": 405.0, "cut_start_time": 399.50498657226564, "cut_end_time": 404.52004907226564}, {"text": "The old people were loth to let her go, but, seeing that her heart was set upon it, the blind king gavje her leave ; and the two set out with shining faces, rejoicing in each other's presence, though the heart of Savitri was heavy with foreboding. ", "start_byte": 71929, "end_byte": 72177, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 405.0, "end_time": 421.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 405.255, "cut_end_time": 419.93}, {"text": "IV ", "start_byte": 72179, "end_byte": 72182, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 421.1199951171875, "end_time": 422.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 421.39499511718753, "cut_end_time": 422.04012011718754}, {"text": "The way was rough, but the beauty of the forest scenery drew the eyes of the princess, and for a few moments she forgot her sorrow in the joys of youth and dear companionship. But the grief returned and cast its heavy shadow over the beauty of the morning. ", "start_byte": 72184, "end_byte": 72441, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 422.32000732421875, "end_time": 438.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 422.7750073242188, "cut_end_time": 437.9600073242188}, {"text": "Before long they came to a place where the wood- land fruits were plentiful, and while the princess gathered them, Satyavan set to work to cut fuel. But in a few moments he came tottering to his wife and said, \" I cannot work, beloved, for a fever is in my veins. Let me rest beside you.\" ", "start_byte": 72443, "end_byte": 72732, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 438.79998779296875, "end_time": 459.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 439.04498779296875, "cut_end_time": 458.49005029296876}, {"text": "Very tenderly she laid him down upon the ground, and, sitting beside him, placed his head in her lap. Then she gently fanned his face, and, happening to ", "start_byte": 72734, "end_byte": 72887, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 459.1199951171875, "end_time": 469.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 459.4149951171875, "cut_end_time": 469.42012011718754}, {"text": "64 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 72889, "end_byte": 72914, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 469.32000732421875, "end_time": 469.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 469.2950073242188, "cut_end_time": 469.58006982421875}, {"text": "raise her eyes for a moment, she saw standing near her a tall dark dreadful figure clothed in scarlet and holding a cord with a noose in his hand. ", "start_byte": 72916, "end_byte": 73063, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 469.4800109863281, "end_time": 480.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 469.45501098632815, "cut_end_time": 478.98007348632814}, {"text": "Savitri rose to her feet, after gently laying the head of the prince upon the soft grass, and clasped her hands in supplication. ", "start_byte": 73065, "end_byte": 73194, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 480.20001220703125, "end_time": 489.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 480.38501220703125, "cut_end_time": 488.63007470703127}, {"text": "\" Who art thou ? \" she asked. ", "start_byte": 73196, "end_byte": 73226, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 489.20001220703125, "end_time": 491.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 489.49501220703127, "cut_end_time": 491.40007470703125}, {"text": "\" Thou art worthy to know, Savitri. I am Yama, the King of the Dead, and I am come to fetch thy loved one to my kingdom/' ", "start_byte": 73228, "end_byte": 73350, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 491.9200134277344, "end_time": 501.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 492.2550134277344, "cut_end_time": 500.7500134277344}, {"text": "Then without pause or pity he touched the form of the prince, who, in a moment, lay still and cold ; and, turning swiftly, the dread King made his way towards the south with the soul of Satyavan in his keeping. ", "start_byte": 73352, "end_byte": 73563, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 501.55999755859375, "end_time": 515.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 501.93499755859375, "cut_end_time": 515.0800600585937}, {"text": "But the great love of the princess gave her untold strength and courage, and she followed the King as he passed quickly through the forest. Then Yama turned and sternly, though with some gentle- ness, bade her go back to the body of her lord. ", "start_byte": 73565, "end_byte": 73808, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 515.719970703125, "end_time": 531.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 516.254970703125, "cut_end_time": 531.330095703125}, {"text": "\" Nay, my lord is here,\" she said, \" and where he goes I must follow also. Permit me to go with thee, and as we pass onward let me say a verse to thee.\" ", "start_byte": 73810, "end_byte": 73963, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 531.760009765625, "end_time": 543.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 532.115009765625, "cut_end_time": 543.110072265625}, {"text": "Then in a low sweet voice the princess repeated a verse in praise of Duty. The heart of Yama was touched by her gentleness. \" Ask a boon of me/ 5 he said ; \" ask anything but the soul of Satyavan.\" ", "start_byte": 73965, "end_byte": 74163, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 543.8800048828125, "end_time": 557.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 544.2950048828126, "cut_end_time": 557.0400673828125}, {"text": "\" A boon, King,\" she said gladly ; \" let the blind old king be blind no longer, and make him strong with the strength of manhood.\" ", "start_byte": 74165, "end_byte": 74296, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 557.6400146484375, "end_time": 567.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 557.9250146484375, "cut_end_time": 566.4500146484376}, {"text": "THE GENTLE CONQUEROR 65 ", "start_byte": 74298, "end_byte": 74322, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 567.0399780273438, "end_time": 567.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 567.0149780273438, "cut_end_time": 567.1400405273438}, {"text": "\" Thy desire is granted,\" said Yama ; \" but now turn back, for thou art worn and weary.\" ", "start_byte": 74324, "end_byte": 74413, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 567.0399780273438, "end_time": 573.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 567.3749780273438, "cut_end_time": 572.9100405273438}, {"text": "\" I feel no weariness when I am near my lord,\" she said, \" except, at times, the weariness which is merely a longing for the comfort of his hand ; and indeed I know another verse which tells of this,\" ", "start_byte": 74415, "end_byte": 74616, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 573.3599853515625, "end_time": 587.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 573.8249853515625, "cut_end_time": 586.4201103515625}, {"text": "Then in a low sweet voice the princess repeated a verse in praise of Friendship. A second time the heart of Yama was touched, and he said,", "start_byte": 74618, "end_byte": 74756, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 587.280029296875, "end_time": 596.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 587.635029296875, "cut_end_time": 596.120091796875}, {"text": " ", "start_byte": 74806, "end_byte": 74807, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 600.2000122070312, "end_time": 600.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 600.1750122070313, "cut_end_time": 600.3000747070313}, {"text": "\" Let my husband's father,\" said the princess, \" sit once more upon his throne and rule in righteousness.\" ", "start_byte": 74809, "end_byte": 74916, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 600.2000122070312, "end_time": 607.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 600.6050122070312, "cut_end_time": 606.4600122070312}, {"text": "\" It shall be so,\" said the dread King of the Dead ; \" but now return, lest evil befall thee.\" ", "start_byte": 74918, "end_byte": 75013, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 607.1599731445312, "end_time": 614.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 607.5749731445313, "cut_end_time": 613.4800981445313}, {"text": "\" I know yet another verse,\" she replied. Then in tones still more gentle she recited some lines in praise of Charity. The words fell sweetly upon the ears of Yama, and again he promised the princess any boon but the soul of Satyavan. ", "start_byte": 75015, "end_byte": 75250, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 614.280029296875, "end_time": 631.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 614.775029296875, "cut_end_time": 631.360029296875}, {"text": "\" My father hath no son, dear monarch,\" she said ; \" grant him the blessing of heirs to his royal throne.\" ", "start_byte": 75252, "end_byte": 75359, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 631.7999877929688, "end_time": 639.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 632.2549877929688, "cut_end_time": 638.6300502929688}, {"text": "\" It shall be so,\" said Yama ; \" but now go back, for already thou hast come too far.\" ", "start_byte": 75361, "end_byte": 75448, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 639.1599731445312, "end_time": 645.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 639.5249731445313, "cut_end_time": 645.3600981445313}, {"text": "\" I am near my lord,\" she said simply, \" and while he is beside me no journey is too long, no way too rough. I know yet another verse, great King.\" ", "start_byte": 75450, "end_byte": 75598, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 645.760009765625, "end_time": 656.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 646.245009765625, "cut_end_time": 655.830009765625}, {"text": "Then she recited some lines in praise of Right- eousness, and once more won the promise of any boon but the life of her lord. ", "start_byte": 75600, "end_byte": 75726, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 656.47998046875, "end_time": 664.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 656.9049804687501, "cut_end_time": 664.6600429687501}, {"text": "E ", "start_byte": 75728, "end_byte": 75730, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 664.5999755859375, "end_time": 664.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 664.5749755859375, "cut_end_time": 664.7000380859375}, {"text": "66 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 75732, "end_byte": 75757, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 664.5999755859375, "end_time": 665.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 664.5749755859375, "cut_end_time": 665.3001005859376}, {"text": "\" I ask then/' she said, \" noble sons for myself, strong and virtuous, like my own dear husband/' And she spoke as if Satyavan were still strong and well. ", "start_byte": 75759, "end_byte": 75914, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 665.2000122070312, "end_time": 676.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 665.6150122070313, "cut_end_time": 675.9100122070313}, {"text": "\" Thou shalt be the mother of valiant princes,\" said Yama ; \" but now go back, for the path is too hard for thee.\" ", "start_byte": 75916, "end_byte": 76031, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 676.5599975585938, "end_time": 684.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 676.9349975585938, "cut_end_time": 683.6701225585938}, {"text": "\" I know still one more verse, 55 she said with sweet persistence. Then she said a longer verse in praise of Virtue, and as he listened the stern face of the dread King relaxed. ", "start_byte": 76033, "end_byte": 76211, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 684.2000122070312, "end_time": 696.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 684.4950122070313, "cut_end_time": 695.6600747070313}, {"text": "\" Ask any gift of me,\" he cried at length. \" Ask the greatest boon of all\" ", "start_byte": 76213, "end_byte": 76288, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 696.0800170898438, "end_time": 701.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 696.3150170898438, "cut_end_time": 701.0800795898438}, {"text": "\" Grant me my sweet lord's life,\" she cried, \" without which I am dead already. Give me Satyavan, alive and well.\" ", "start_byte": 76290, "end_byte": 76405, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 701.6400146484375, "end_time": 710.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 701.9650146484375, "cut_end_time": 709.9000146484375}, {"text": "Then the eyes of the King of the Dead grew tender, for her faithful love had conquered even his stern heart. \" See,\" he said, \" thou queen among women, for thy love the soul of Satyavan shall return, led captive by thyself in sweetest slavery ; and all the boons which I have granted thee shall still be thine.\" ", "start_byte": 76407, "end_byte": 76719, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 710.719970703125, "end_time": 734.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 711.194970703125, "cut_end_time": 733.630095703125}, {"text": "Then Yama turned and went quickly to his own place. But Savitri ran yet more quickly through the forest to the place where lay the body of her lord and master. Down she sank upon the earth and laid his head upon her lap, and even as she touched him the warm blood flowed once more within his veins. His white lips moved, his eyes ", "start_byte": 76721, "end_byte": 77051, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 734.2000122070312, "end_time": 758.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 734.5350122070313, "cut_end_time": 758.5800122070312}, {"text": "THE GENTLE CONQUEROR 67 ", "start_byte": 77053, "end_byte": 77077, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 758.47998046875, "end_time": 758.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 758.45498046875, "cut_end_time": 758.58004296875}, {"text": "grew bright, and gazed with slowly dawning con- sciousness upon the face of his beloved wife. ", "start_byte": 77079, "end_byte": 77173, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 758.47998046875, "end_time": 765.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 758.45498046875, "cut_end_time": 764.13004296875}, {"text": "\" I have slept long,\" he murmured gently. \" Why did you not rouse me ? And where is the gloomy man who gazed at us so steadfastly ? \" ", "start_byte": 77175, "end_byte": 77309, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 765.1599731445312, "end_time": 774.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 765.8149731445312, "cut_end_time": 774.0400356445313}, {"text": "\" Your sleep was long, my lord,\" she said, \" and deep likewise, for he who gazed at us was Yama, King of the Dead. But see, the night falls fast. Let us hasten home. The leaves rustle with the soft footfall of the beasts of prey ! Let us go.\" ", "start_byte": 77311, "end_byte": 77554, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 774.5599975585938, "end_time": 792.52001953125, "cut_start_time": 774.7949975585938, "cut_end_time": 792.1301225585938}, {"text": "\" But we shall not see the pathway,\" said the prince. ", "start_byte": 77556, "end_byte": 77610, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 792.52001953125, "end_time": 796.0, "cut_start_time": 793.04501953125, "cut_end_time": 795.55001953125}, {"text": "\" There was a fire in the forest to-day,\" she said, \" and it still burns. I will fetch a burning branch, and we will kindle a fire and spend the night here.\" ", "start_byte": 77612, "end_byte": 77770, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 796.0, "end_time": 806.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 796.245, "cut_end_time": 805.61}, {"text": "\" My strength returns,\" said Satyavan, \" and with your help, beloved, I will venture ; for those we love will be uneasy at our absence.\" ", "start_byte": 77772, "end_byte": 77909, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 806.0399780273438, "end_time": 815.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 806.3849780273438, "cut_end_time": 814.6701030273438}, {"text": "Then he stood up and, laying his arm across the shoulders of the princess, made his way, with pain at first, but soon with gathering strength, through the darkening forest. 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There are quivers full of arrows of most wondrous appearance, each a shaft of winged death; a wondrous sabre marked with a toad and encased in a golden scabbard, and another in a sheath of tiger skin ornamented with silver bells ; a keen- edged scimitar in a sheath of cowhide wonderfully worked ; and swords which speak of death and victory.\" ", "start_byte": 115361, "end_byte": 115853, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 60.599998474121094, "end_time": 95.31999969482422, "cut_start_time": 60.864998474121094, "cut_end_time": 94.84006097412109}, {"text": "The voice of Arjun rang out clear and joyous, and with the laugh of a hero he cried, \" Mark that bow embossed with gold which was forged and beaten by the gods for the use of Arjun himself. The other bows belonged to Yudhishthir, to Bhima, to Nakula, and Sahadeva, and the sword engraved ", "start_byte": 115855, "end_byte": 116143, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 95.31999969482422, "end_time": 115.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 95.66499969482422, "cut_end_time": 115.26012469482421}, {"text": "96 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 116145, "end_byte": 116170, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 115.16000366210938, "end_time": 115.4000015258789, "cut_start_time": 115.13500366210937, "cut_end_time": 115.50006616210936}, {"text": "with the toad is the blade which Arjun has wielded in many a stern and victorious fight.\" ", "start_byte": 116172, "end_byte": 116262, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 115.4000015258789, "end_time": 121.5199966430664, "cut_start_time": 115.3750015258789, "cut_end_time": 120.9500015258789}, {"text": "The prince descended slowly from the tree after handing the wonderful weapons to his companion. Then he looked earnestly at the charioteer and said, \" Your voice is changed, and your bearing is that of one who knows. Tell me, for I know that the knowledge is yours, where is the archer Arjun? where is Yudhishthir, the wise monarch who is so sorely missed? where is Bhima, the matchless fighter? where are the younger brothers whose fame will soon equal that of their elders ? where is Draupadi, the purest and the best of womankind does she wander lonely and sad in some dark forest in danger of famine and the cruelty of fierce wild beasts ? \" ", "start_byte": 116264, "end_byte": 116910, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 121.5199966430664, "end_time": 165.0, "cut_start_time": 121.9449966430664, "cut_end_time": 164.2700591430664}, {"text": "Arjun smiled in gentleness at the earnest words of the youthful prince. \" The wandering brothers, \" he said, \" are not far away. The good Yudhishthir lives disguised in your father's palace ; Bhima has for a long time cooked food for the royal table; Nakula works in the stables of Virata ; Sahadeva is a faithful cowherd ; and among your sister's waiting- women Draupadi is known for her gentleness and grace.\" Then with an impatient gesture Arjun flung away his effeminate rings and bangles and loosed the bands from his braided hair. \" Away with these,\" he said in a ringing voice, \" Arjun stands before you ! \" ", "start_byte": 116912, "end_byte": 117527, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 165.0, "end_time": 207.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 165.23499999999999, "cut_end_time": 206.5}, {"text": "The positions of the two princes were now reversed. Arjun was the leader, and Uttara rejoiced in his leadership. Without loss of time the famous ", "start_byte": 117529, "end_byte": 117674, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 207.0399932861328, "end_time": 217.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 207.5149932861328, "cut_end_time": 217.14005578613282}, {"text": "THE FIVE TALL SONS OF PANDU 97 ", "start_byte": 117676, "end_byte": 117707, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 217.0399932861328, "end_time": 217.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 217.0149932861328, "cut_end_time": 217.3800557861328}, {"text": "archer, clad in full armour and flying his own banner, which bore a monkey emblem, was urging his chariot at the head of a strong force in chase of the retreating army of Duryodhan. In due time he overtook them, forced them to stand and to fight, and with boyish glee he entered into the battle, bending his wonderful bow and rejoicing in the music which it made. There was no further need for concealment, and it was not long before Drona knew who was the challenger who had checked the homeward course of Duryodhan's army. \" Well I know him/' said the old man in a ringing voice of pride, \" and the sound of his mighty bow would tell me above all the noise of battle that Arjun was near. There is no need for the monkey emblem to tell me that Arjun leads the foe.\" ", "start_byte": 117709, "end_byte": 118476, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 217.27999877929688, "end_time": 266.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 217.25499877929687, "cut_end_time": 266.24006127929687}, {"text": "Then Arjun told Uttara, who was now acting as his charioteer, to rein in the horses at a spot well removed from the foe. \" My arrows can search^out the mark from a distance,\" he said, \" and my mark is proud Duryodhan himself. If he falls, the battle is ours and the army will retreat. I do not fight with the rest, at least not on this occasion.\" ", "start_byte": 118478, "end_byte": 118825, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 266.79998779296875, "end_time": 290.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 267.21498779296877, "cut_end_time": 289.68011279296877}, {"text": "Arjun's keen eye swept the field for a few moments. \" Duryodhan is not among the princes,\" he said, \" he must be with the stolen cattle, and there I will seek him.\" Then, under Arjun's direction, the princely charioteer made a detour, leaving the main army, and set out in the direction of the flying prince. Before long Arjun overtook him, and in a short time dispersed the guardians of the cattle, while Duryo- dhan escaped to his friends. For the time Arjun had ", "start_byte": 118827, "end_byte": 119292, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 290.6000061035156, "end_time": 320.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 290.80500610351567, "cut_end_time": 320.18000610351567}, {"text": "G ", "start_byte": 119294, "end_byte": 119296, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 320.0799865722656, "end_time": 320.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 320.05498657226565, "cut_end_time": 320.4201115722656}, {"text": "9 8 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 119298, "end_byte": 119324, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 320.32000732421875, "end_time": 320.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 320.4550073242188, "cut_end_time": 321.06000732421876}, {"text": "attained his chief object, the rescue of the cattle, and, calling up his men, he marshalled the terrified animals in due order and drove them back to the fields of Virata. ", "start_byte": 119326, "end_byte": 119498, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 320.9599914550781, "end_time": 331.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 320.93499145507815, "cut_end_time": 330.90005395507814}, {"text": "In the royal palace he was received with acclama- tion, and there he found his brothers and Draupadi dressed as suited their rank, and ready to confer together as to the means to be adopted for regaining their kingdom. ", "start_byte": 119500, "end_byte": 119719, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 331.5199890136719, "end_time": 347.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 332.0149890136719, "cut_end_time": 347.5600515136719}, {"text": "VII ", "start_byte": 119721, "end_byte": 119725, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 347.8399963378906, "end_time": 348.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 347.81499633789065, "cut_end_time": 348.86012133789063}, {"text": "The term of banishment and concealment being now ended, it was agreed that Yudhishthir should formally demand the restoration of his realm. The blind old king and the oldest of his counsellors, who were able to appraise at its true value the patience, devotion, and valour of the princes, advised that Yudhishthir should be reinstated in his royal dignities ; but, as we might expect, Duryodhan and his friends would not consent to this course. Pre- parations were therefore made on both sides for putting the matter to the test of battle if necessary. ", "start_byte": 119727, "end_byte": 120280, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 348.760009765625, "end_time": 385.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 349.47500976562503, "cut_end_time": 384.820072265625}, {"text": "A council of war was forthwith called, and in the palace of Virata the princes met together to agree upon a plan of campaign. When all were assembled, it was unanimously agreed to ask Krishna for his counsel. But he did not advise directly. He calmly put the whole matter before the princes and asked for their opinions, thinking that in such a band of wise and experienced rulers and warriors the truest wisdom would spring from taking the general opinion. ", "start_byte": 120282, "end_byte": 120740, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 385.6400146484375, "end_time": 414.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 385.83501464843755, "cut_end_time": 414.9600771484375}, {"text": "THE FIVE TALL SONS OF PANDU 99 ", "start_byte": 120742, "end_byte": 120773, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 414.8800048828125, "end_time": 415.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 414.8550048828125, "cut_end_time": 415.54006738281254}, {"text": "Should the banished king lead an army at once against his foes ? Or should he try the effect of another messenger of peace ? ", "start_byte": 120775, "end_byte": 120900, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 415.44000244140625, "end_time": 423.0, "cut_start_time": 415.7050024414063, "cut_end_time": 422.43000244140626}, {"text": "Then arose the elder brother of Krishna, and his counsel was for peace. Let them send an envoy to Duryodhan appealing to his sense of justice and asking for a frank declaration of his intentions ; let him plead the cause of Yudhishthir, relying upon the known sympathy of the blind old monarch and of Drona, as well as the nobility of heart of the warrior Kama. After all, Duryodhan was the prince in possession, and Yudhishthir was a suppliant whose cause was weakened by the fact that he had, in an evil moment, yielded to the gambler's vice. ", "start_byte": 120902, "end_byte": 121447, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 423.0, "end_time": 458.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 423.505, "cut_end_time": 457.71006250000005}, {"text": "The last words of this speech roused the scorn and anger of a certain monarch named Satyaki, and he cried, \" Shame upon the feeble counsel of the would-be friend, who merely pleads the cause of Duryodhan. Why cast further blame upon the wise Yudhishthir, whose patience and fortitude have now entirely expiated the momentary fault of thirteen years ago? As a king he must boldly claim his throne and kingdom, and my counsel is for open war to be begun at once and stoutly carried to a successful end. Duryodhan's falseness is his weak- ness, and he will fall before us. Who can stand before the shafts of the archer Arjun or the whirling disc of Krishna ? Let us speed to our righteous duty, for to beg a favour from such a foe as Duryodhan is weakness beneath contempt.\" ", "start_byte": 121449, "end_byte": 122221, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 458.4800109863281, "end_time": 508.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 458.99501098632817, "cut_end_time": 507.89007348632816}, {"text": "The speaker ceased, and the eyes of all turned to ", "start_byte": 122223, "end_byte": 122273, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 508.760009765625, "end_time": 512.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 509.59500976562504, "cut_end_time": 512.420072265625}, {"text": "ioo THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 122275, "end_byte": 122301, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 512.3200073242188, "end_time": 512.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 512.2950073242188, "cut_end_time": 512.8200073242188}, {"text": "Draupad, the father of Yudhishthir's queen.", "start_byte": 122303, "end_byte": 122346, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 512.719970703125, "end_time": 515.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 512.694970703125, "cut_end_time": 514.760095703125}, {"text": " he said, slowly and deliberately, for he was an old man, \" that Duryodhan will not bow to the opinion of his wiser counsellors, for Kama thirsts for battle, and the sending of any peaceful envoy would be regarded as an acknowledgment of weakness. My advice is to send out heralds without delay to seek allies among the neighbouring princes, and while we await their return to appeal once more to Duryodhan, for we must not forget those who will suffer from this war. It is not only Duryodhan and Yudhishthir who will be at variance, but the armies which they will lead against each other, and which have no personal quarrel with one another. Let not the hatred of the chieftains bring down upon their faithful followers unnecessary sufferings and death.\" This wise and humane counsel seemed good to the princes, and envoys were sent without delay to appeal to Duryo- dhan, but without effect. The matter was not to be settled without a war, which was likely to prove a combat of the nations and to bring upon the land such bloodshed and destruction as had never been recounted in all the records of the past. The prospect of such a calamity roused Krishna to a last effort for peace, and he hastened to the capital of the blind old king to make his appeal. 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It is to your own advantage, surely, that peace should dwell upon your borders. Restore Yudhishthir to his throne, and in the five tall sons of Pandu you shall find a bulwark of strength to your own kingdom. If war should come and you should be victorious, what would the death of the brothers profit a monarch who loves them with a father's affection ? \" ", "start_byte": 123904, "end_byte": 124381, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 617.5999755859375, "end_time": 648.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 617.7349755859375, "cut_end_time": 647.6101005859375}, {"text": "The old man sighed heavily, and soon his feeble frame was shaken by convulsive sobbing. Then his brother appealed to Duryodhan to yield and save the nations from the threatened calamity. Drona also advised the submission, which involved no disgrace but rather showed the truest wisdom for who could stand against the might of Arjun, whom he himself had trained in feats of warfare ? ", "start_byte": 124383, "end_byte": 124766, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 648.8800048828125, "end_time": 675.0, "cut_start_time": 649.5650048828126, "cut_end_time": 674.2500048828125}, {"text": "At last the blind old king spoke, while anguish shook him as the tempest tears the trees of the forest. \" Listen, my son,\" he said to Duryodhan. \" Grieve not the declining years of your father with the black shadow of war. Follow the counsel of Krishna, whose wisdom can win for you an empire which this world of strife cannot bound. Seek the friendship of Yudhishthir, which is one of the richest gifts of heaven. Let all strife and hatred cease.\" ", "start_byte": 124768, "end_byte": 125217, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 675.0, "end_time": 706.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 675.585, "cut_end_time": 706.0600000000001}, {"text": "For a few moments Duryodhan sat silent, with his brows contracted in anger. 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Pledge yourself to me.", "start_byte": 154326, "end_byte": 154369, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 241.0399932861328, "end_time": 245.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 241.3049932861328, "cut_end_time": 244.3400557861328, "narrative_prediction": {"said": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "Now the fame of his valour and virtue came to the ears of King Bhima, who had three brave sons as well as a very beautiful daughter named Damayanti ; and the princess thought much on these things, wondering whether she would know this peerless prince when they should meet. Nala heard too of the beauty and grace of Damayanti, and he heard about her so often that he began to feel a great desire to see the princess with his own eyes. 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But tell me, how did you enter the palace, which is so strictly guarded ? \" ", "start_byte": 153818, "end_byte": 154048, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 210.1199951171875, "end_time": 223.60000610351562, "cut_start_time": 210.51499511718748, "cut_end_time": 223.1001201171875}, {"text": "\" Beauteous Princess,\" said the prince, \" I am Nala and the messenger of the mightiest of the Shining Ones. Choose from the four the god to whom you shall be given.\" ", "start_byte": 154050, "end_byte": 154216, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 223.60000610351562, "end_time": 233.75999450683594, "cut_start_time": 223.95500610351561, "cut_end_time": 233.16000610351563}, {"text": "Now as he named the four the princess bowed her head in reverence. 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Lift up your heart and stretch forth your hand to take the high honour which is offered to you.\" ", "start_byte": 154373, "end_byte": 154590, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 245.1199951171875, "end_time": 258.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 245.3949951171875, "cut_end_time": 258.1500576171875}, {"text": "\" The Shining Ones have my reverence,\" said the princess, \" but Prince Nala has my heart.\" ", "start_byte": 154592, "end_byte": 154683, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 258.8399963378906, "end_time": 265.0, "cut_start_time": 259.31499633789065, "cut_end_time": 264.40005883789064}, {"text": "\" How can the messenger plead his own cause ? \" asked Nala, though a little doubtfully. Then all at once the face of Damayanti brightened, and clasping her hands she said : ", "start_byte": 154685, "end_byte": 154858, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 265.0, "end_time": 276.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 265.40500000000003, "cut_end_time": 276.1800625}, {"text": "\" I see a way. Let the Shining Ones follow the custom, come with yourself to my festival, and there will I make free choice, according to my right. And my free choice shall fall on you, my prince/' ", "start_byte": 154860, "end_byte": 155058, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 276.8800048828125, "end_time": 291.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 277.28500488281253, "cut_end_time": 289.3800048828125}, {"text": "124 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 155060, "end_byte": 155086, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 291.5199890136719, "end_time": 292.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 291.6649890136719, "cut_end_time": 292.2500515136719}, {"text": "ii ", "start_byte": 155088, "end_byte": 155091, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 292.79998779296875, "end_time": 292.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 292.7749877929688, "cut_end_time": 292.9000502929688}, {"text": "With this message in his ears and joy in his heart Nala returned to the waiting gods and told his story. 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But Nala cast his shadow ; his robes were stained with dust ; the flowers of his garland were beginning to fade ; the sweat stood in great beads upon his forehead ; his feet trod the solid earth, and in the strong light of the sun his eyelids fell and rose. 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Are my children well, my father, my brother ? \" Then it was told to the mother of the Raja that Damayanti was engaged in eager conversation with a stranger and she summoned the man to her presence. There he was bidden to tell all he knew of the strange lady for Damayanti had only told part of her story to her new friends in the palace and, seating himself before the royal mother, he told the story of the prince and princess so far as it was known to himself. As the piteous tale was un- folded the eyes of the listener glistened with unshed tears of love and sympathy ; and when it was ended she consoled the sorrowing princess with womanly tenderness and gave orders that she should be at once conveyed with fitting dignity to Bhima's royal city. 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Now in the train of the Raja was a charioteer whose name was Vahuka, who had great skill in horsemanship, and he having heard my story spoke these words to me : ", "start_byte": 177351, "end_byte": 177673, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 232.0399932861328, "end_time": 254.75999450683594, "cut_start_time": 232.6149932861328, "cut_end_time": 254.4300557861328}, {"text": "\" Although her lord forsook her, she'll not yield To wrath, even against that vile offender.\" ", "start_byte": 177675, "end_byte": 177769, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 254.75999450683594, "end_time": 261.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 255.08499450683593, "cut_end_time": 260.9200570068359}, {"text": "The eyes of the listening princess grew suddenly tender, and graciously thanking the messenger she sought out Sudeva who had found her in her loneli- ness and said to him : ", "start_byte": 177771, "end_byte": 177944, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 261.239990234375, "end_time": 271.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 261.64499023437503, "cut_end_time": 270.940052734375}, {"text": "\" Go to the city of Rituparna and say that with- out delay a second Swayamvara will be held in Bhima's royal city, and a second time Damayanti will choose a husband, since no one knows whether Nala is alive or dead.\" ", "start_byte": 177946, "end_byte": 178163, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 271.5199890136719, "end_time": 286.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 271.7549890136719, "cut_end_time": 285.49011401367187}, {"text": "Sudeva set out at once for the city of Rituparna, and, hearing the news, the Raja bade his charioteer ", "start_byte": 178165, "end_byte": 178267, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 286.8800048828125, "end_time": 293.0, "cut_start_time": 286.90500488281253, "cut_end_time": 293.1000048828125}, {"text": "140 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 178269, "end_byte": 178295, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 293.0, "end_time": 293.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 292.975, "cut_end_time": 293.34000000000003}, {"text": "prepare to make the journey on the next day. 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But, piteous to tell, he had no longer the glorious figure of manly strength which had in the old days won the heart of the beautiful princess ; for his body was gnarled and twisted from exposure and privation so that it was certain that he would not be known in the great festival of Dama- yanti's choosing. ", "start_byte": 180187, "end_byte": 180720, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 417.44000244140625, "end_time": 453.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 417.94500244140625, "cut_end_time": 452.93000244140626}, {"text": "But as Nala entered the city the trampling of his horses and the rattle of his chariot-wheels recalled to the mind of many the exploits of horsemanship for which he had been famous of old ; and even the princess in her bower was reminded by the sound of her lost lord and master. 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But he did not question his guest as to the reason for his visit, and Rituparna was conducted to his retiring chamber with the courtesy and honour due to his rank. Meanwhile Vahuka took his chariot to the stables, unharnessed and groomed the horses, and then sat down, alone and forgotten, upon the driving seat. ", "start_byte": 181153, "end_byte": 181735, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 484.8800048828125, "end_time": 522.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 484.8550048828125, "cut_end_time": 521.9900673828125}, {"text": "The princess had watched the chariot as it drew near to the window of her bower, and was much surprised to see that it was driven by a misshapen charioteer. So when the Raja had himself retired to rest she sent a maid for the man, intending to question him. For, strange to say, in spite of his withered arm and stooping form she felt that he was in some way connected with the story of her loss. But she was so disturbed and full of trembling apprehension, of fear mixed with unreasoning joy that as the maid turned to do her bidding she called her back again and told her to question the man herself. 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And, strangest of all, he had taken up some withered flowers and as he idly played with them they became as fresh as the blossoms of the springtime.\" ", "start_byte": 182812, "end_byte": 183322, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 592.0, "end_time": 627.0, "cut_start_time": 592.395, "cut_end_time": 625.8000000000001}, {"text": "By this time the princess was convinced that the man was Nala himself, and she sent her handmaid to bring her from the kitchen some of the meat which the strange charioteer had cooked. The girl did so, unknown to the man, and when Damayanti had seen and tasted the food she broke out into laughing and weeping, declaring in piteous tones that the man must be Nala himself. 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She now begged permission of her father to speak to the charioteer, and in a few moments Nala stood before her with beating heart and eyes filled with tears, ", "start_byte": 184023, "end_byte": 184314, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 670.6400146484375, "end_time": 690.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 671.1450146484375, "cut_end_time": 689.4100771484375}, {"text": "For a while Damayanti could not speak, but when she had conquered her emotion she said : ", "start_byte": 184316, "end_byte": 184405, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 690.0800170898438, "end_time": 696.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 690.4950170898438, "cut_end_time": 695.7400795898437}, {"text": "\" Did you ever know a man, Vahuka, who left his wife alone in the woods ? \" Then she stopped, while the ready tears coursed down her cheeks and fell upon her folded hands. 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Did I not know that you would bring the chariot of Ritu- parna first within these walls ? \" ", "start_byte": 184874, "end_byte": 185156, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 726.5999755859375, "end_time": 744.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 726.9549755859375, "cut_end_time": 743.7301005859375}, {"text": "Then, wonder of wonders, Nala, having called to memory the great snake which he had delivered from the fire, was suddenly changed into his proper form and stood before his princess strong and vigorous, kingly and handsome. In a moment husband and wife were clasped in each other's arms. 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They came in troops in answer to the call, with dark hair smoothly braided and dressed in shawls and robes of gayest hue, their slender toes and finger-tips fresh stained with crimson dye. The prince sat on his throne looking at them pleasantly but coldly, like one who stood aloof from all the world ; and when a beautiful maiden came up to him, and the people around proclaimed her as more lovely than all the rest and more worthy of the richest prize, the prince gazed upon her with such an expression of lofty dignity mingled with gentle courtesy that the girl, after giving him one shy glance, fled back to the company of her mates with evident relief. 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She was indeed a girl of the rarest beauty, who, unlike the others, looked steadily in the face of the young prince, and, folding her arms across her bosom, asked in a low sweet voice, \" Is there a gift for me ? \" \" They have all been bestowed,\" said the princely youth, \" but take from me this gift of my own to make amends.\" Thereupon he unfastened an emerald necklet which he wore about his throat and clasped it round her waist ; and as he looked at her he knew that she was the bride for him. 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Let the youth show his strength in the bending of the bow. Let him wield the sword and manage a horse better than the crowd of suitors who already seek my child in marriage. He must be best among the best or he is not fit for the best of all maidens ; and how he can prove his manliness after a life of contemplation more fitting for a hermit than a prince I, for one, fail to see.\" ", "start_byte": 208651, "end_byte": 209298, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 238.9600067138672, "end_time": 278.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 239.15500671386718, "cut_end_time": 277.8100067138672}, {"text": "When this message was reported to the king he was very sad, for he knew that the foremost warriors of the day had come to ask the hand of Yasodhara, and he had little confidence in the manly powers of his son. 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The prince came too, riding his white horse Kantaka, and as he passed along his eyes lingered longest upon the common people , who had come in great crowds to see the contest ; nor could he help thinking that, after all, these people, like kings and nobles, had their joys and sorrows which also filled their lives but which were of little consequence in the eyes of the world. Then his eyes fell upon Yasodhara, and smiling gently he leapt to the ground and said aloud, \" He is not worthy of this pearl of pearls who is not worthiest ; let my rivals prove if I have dared too much in seeking her.\" ", "start_byte": 210076, "end_byte": 210726, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 322.8800048828125, "end_time": 363.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 323.02500488281254, "cut_end_time": 362.6900048828125}, {"text": "Then three of the suitors came up to the line for the arrow test and shot so far and so true to the mark that the princess dropped her golden .veil over her eyes as if she could not bear to see the arrow of her lover fail But Prince Siddartha gave orders for his target to be set up at such a distance that it seemed like a mere cowrie shell to those who stood near the mark. Then he took up the strong bow provided for him and strung it with such strength that it snapped in two. \" This bow is for play and not for love/' he said. \" Is there no bow here which is fit for a warrior to wield ? \" ", "start_byte": 210728, "end_byte": 211323, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 363.1199951171875, "end_time": 400.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 363.4949951171875, "cut_end_time": 399.55012011718753}, {"text": "\" There is a bow in the temple,\" he was told, \" which no one yet known can string, nor draw when it is strung.\" \" Fetch me,\" said the prince, \" that weapon of a man.\" Then they brought the ancient bow, which was made of steel as black as ebony, and the prince challenged his rivals to the use of it. 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Then for a moment only she laid her head upon his breast, and, stooping, touched his feet as she murmured gently, \" Dear Prince, behold me, who am all thine own.\" At once the prince took the maiden by the hand, and when she had once more covered her face with her veil of black and gold the ", "start_byte": 214103, "end_byte": 214766, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 566.3599853515625, "end_time": 607.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 566.7249853515625, "cut_end_time": 607.0500478515626}, {"text": "THE PRINCE WONDERFUL 171 ", "start_byte": 214768, "end_byte": 214793, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 607.0399780273438, "end_time": 607.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 607.0149780273438, "cut_end_time": 607.3400405273437}, {"text": "happy pair passed slowly through the thronging crowd, who rejoiced loudly in the issue of that day. In due time the wedding feast was celebrated with all the customary rites, and the father of Yasodhara finally gave the maiden into the keeping of the young prince. \" She that was ours,\" he said, \" henceforth is only thine. Be good to her for her life is wrapped up in thee.\" Then Siddartha took his bride to a beautiful pavilion which the king had erected as a pleasure palace at the foot of the snowy Hima- laya. ", "start_byte": 214795, "end_byte": 215310, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 607.239990234375, "end_time": 639.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 607.214990234375, "cut_end_time": 638.910052734375}, {"text": "Every effort was made to surround the prince with all that was pleasant and agreeable, and the king gave strict orders that among the young men and maidens who formed the household of the princely pair no mention should be made of death or age, sorrow, or pain, or sickness. If one of the attendants fell sick, he or she must leave that happy place at once. It was counted treason if a silver hair appeared among the tresses of a dancing girl, and she was at once removed. Each morning the dying roses were plucked from the trees and the dead leaves were carefully hidden. For the king was determined that no sign of decay or sadness should cause the prince to assume that wistfulness which had cast a shadow upon his youth before his happy union with Yasodhara. \" So shall I see him grow fit to become the king of kings and glory of his time,\" said the monarch to himself, using words of which he little knew the meaning. 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Within this gate he built a second and within that again a third, and the stern order issued to the three bands of warders was, \" Let no man pass this triple gate, even if the prince himself should sue you for permission to go through.\" ", "start_byte": 216345, "end_byte": 216684, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 701.0800170898438, "end_time": 724.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 701.0550170898438, "cut_end_time": 723.3600170898437}, {"text": "m ", "start_byte": 216686, "end_byte": 216688, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 724.719970703125, "end_time": 726.0, "cut_start_time": 724.944970703125, "cut_end_time": 725.720033203125}, {"text": "The days passed in gentle quietness undisturbed by the troubles and chances of the outside world ; but occasionally when the prince rested from the noonday heat Yasodhara would hear him murmur gently, \" My world ! I hear ! I know ! I come ! \" Then the bride's eyes would open wide in fear, and she would ask, \" What ails my lord ? \" for his look was so lofty and remote that for the moment he seemed more than mortal. But, gently soothing her, he would call for music, and the young pair took almost childish delight in setting up on the window- ledge a gourd with strings through which the gentle breezes played the sweetest melodies. To the young bride the sounds were sweet enough, but to the bridegroom the airs played by the breezes seemed to come direct from heaven itself, not with soothing sweetness, but as a call to action. ", "start_byte": 216690, "end_byte": 217524, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 726.0, "end_time": 779.52001953125, "cut_start_time": 726.495, "cut_end_time": 778.8900625}, {"text": "\" We are the voices of the wandering wind : ", "start_byte": 217526, "end_byte": 217570, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 779.52001953125, "end_time": 782.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 779.78501953125, "cut_end_time": 782.04001953125}, {"text": "Wander thou too, Prince, thy rest to find ; Leave love for love of lovers, for woe's sake Quit state for sorrow, and deliverance make.\" ", "start_byte": 217572, "end_byte": 217708, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 782.1199951171875, "end_time": 791.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 782.2049951171875, "cut_end_time": 791.8601201171875}, {"text": "THE PRINCE WONDERFUL 173 ", "start_byte": 217710, "end_byte": 217735, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 791.760009765625, "end_time": 792.52001953125, "cut_start_time": 791.735009765625, "cut_end_time": 792.620072265625}, {"text": "The words of the song seemed to haunt the ears of the prince, and one morning he gave orders for his chariot to be prepared in order that he might go forth and see the world. News was brought to the king of his son's intention, and he made the best of the situation by giving consent to the prince's excur- sion, and sent his servants into the streets of his royal city to make the following proclamation: \" Hear, ye citizens. It is the king's command that during this day there shall be seen in the city no blind, maimed, sick, or aged person, no leper or funeral ceremony. Let the streets be swept, watered, and perfumed, and red powder sprinkled on the steps of your houses. Let the trees be decked with flags and the idols freshly gilded.\" ", "start_byte": 217737, "end_byte": 218481, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 792.52001953125, "end_time": 839.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 793.28501953125, "cut_end_time": 838.7100820312501}, {"text": "The royal commands were instantly obeyed, and when the prince drove forth in his painted car drawn by two white humped oxen, the people greeted him with shouts of joy and welcome. \" The world is beautiful after all,\" said the prince to those about him. \" I pray you, take up that pretty boy who threw flowers to us and let him ride in my car.\" This was done at once, the child showing quiet pleasure at the novelty of his situation, and the little procession passed onward amid shouts of apprecia- tion at the gracious condescension of the prince. But in a moment the happy throng was checked by an old man clad in dirty evil-smelling rags, who crept from a hovel by the roadside and made his way with pain and labouring effort to the edge of the crowd around the car of the prince. In piteous tones he ", "start_byte": 218483, "end_byte": 219286, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 839.4400024414062, "end_time": 887.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 840.1650024414063, "cut_end_time": 887.7000024414062}, {"text": "i 7 4 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 219288, "end_byte": 219316, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 887.5999755859375, "end_time": 887.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 887.5749755859375, "cut_end_time": 887.8601005859375}, {"text": "begged for alms, and as he spoke a racking cough almost choked him. \" Get to thy den,\" muttered those nearest to the old man, \" before the prince shall see thy misery.\" But before he could be hustled out of sight the prince did indeed see him, and began to question the driver of his car about him. \" He is old and worn,' 5 said the man, making light of his misery, \" and he has had his day. Why should the Prince trouble himself about him ? \" \" Then shall all who now are young and happy come at last to this ? \" asked the prince. \" Even so,\" said the man, \" Shall it be thus with me, and with Yasodhara, and with this happy child here in my car ? \" he went on. \" It shall be so indeed,\" was the reply. \" Then turn and drive me home again,\" said the prince, with a wistful look in his eyes and a cloud across his brow. 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So on the next day the prince, disguised as a merchant, went out with a companion named Channa who was dressed as a clerk, and the two took their way on foot into the town, where they mingled with the crowds in the busy streets. ", "start_byte": 220888, "end_byte": 221513, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 980.5599975585938, "end_time": 1016.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 980.5349975585938, "cut_end_time": 1016.4601225585938}, {"text": "They saw the traders sitting cross-legged among their wares, and the buyers driving their hard bargains. They heard the hoarse shouts to clear the road when some lordly person was driven by on an elephant, or a closed litter was borne quickly past to the tune of the bearers' song. Here was a housewife bearing water from the well with her black- eyed children balanced on her hips. There was a weaver busy at his loom, there a woman grinding corn between the millstones, and in a quiet side-street a barber attending to the toilet of a customer. They peeped into a school and saw the children seated in a half-moon round their teacher while they chanted their verses in a childish sing-song. ", "start_byte": 221515, "end_byte": 222208, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 1016.8800048828125, "end_time": 1057.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 1017.1950048828126, "cut_end_time": 1056.8800048828125}, {"text": "These and many other sights of daily life they saw, and they noted all with the keen interest of travellers from a far-off land. 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The prince ran forward at once, and tenderly raising the man, laid his head upon his knee and gently tried to soothe him, but in his ignorance of disease and pain he was not able to be of any real help to the sufferer. \" What is it, Channa ? \" he asked in anxious tones. \" What makes him writhe and moan ? \" \" He is stricken with some foul disease, 55 was the reply, \" and it must work its way with him before death brings him sweet relief. 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Channa, lead me home again. I have seen enough.\" ", "start_byte": 223974, "end_byte": 224036, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 8.880000114440918, "end_time": 12.520000457763672, "cut_start_time": 8.905000114440918, "cut_end_time": 12.620062614440918}, {"text": "So they took their way back to the palace of pleasure, and when the king heard what had passed he set a still stronger guard upon the triple gate. 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These things filled him with joy for which there is no expression, but the sorrows of the outer world called him insistently, urged him to leave all that was pleasant and ennervating, and to take a part in righting wrongs and relieving the burden of the world. The great decision was reached one night when all but the prince were sunk in peaceful slumber. The midnight sky sparkled with countless stars, and the cool air fanned the flushed cheeks and brow of the prince as he took his solemn vow of renunciation, while Yasodhara slept. ", "start_byte": 224192, "end_byte": 225182, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 25.639999389648438, "end_time": 87.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 25.97499938964844, "cut_end_time": 86.55012438964843}, {"text": "\" summoning stars, I come ! mournful earth ! 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Help me to help mankind nay, more than mankind all living creatures.\" ", "start_byte": 227534, "end_byte": 227844, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 236.0, "end_time": 256.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 236.495, "cut_end_time": 256.3700625}, {"text": "Then the prince sprang lightly to the saddle, and though Kantaka's hoofs rang loudly on the stones none heard him, for the celestial messengers plucked flowers of blood-red hue and sprinkled them before him ; and when he reached the triple gate the doors rolled noiselessly back, and a slumberous breeze ", "start_byte": 227846, "end_byte": 228150, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 256.8800048828125, "end_time": 275.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 257.3150048828125, "cut_end_time": 275.1800048828125}, {"text": "i8o THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 228152, "end_byte": 228178, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 275.0799865722656, "end_time": 275.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 275.05498657226565, "cut_end_time": 275.34004907226563}, {"text": "sprang up which wrapped the guards in heavy sleep. So the prince passed out from the palace of pleasure with Channa close at his charger's heels, rode some distance from the gateway, and then dis- mounting as the morning dawned, kissed Kantaka between the eyes. \" Lead back my horse, Channa,\" he said, \" and take with you these royal robes, for which I have no further use, my sword belt and the sword with which I sever here the long locks from my brow. Give them all to the king, and tell him that I will return when by service I have won the right and power to rule, when I am ready to save the world by casting away all that I call my own.\" ", "start_byte": 228180, "end_byte": 228825, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 275.239990234375, "end_time": 318.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 275.214990234375, "cut_end_time": 318.23011523437503}, {"text": "In the side of a mountain, away from the dwellings of men, but within sight and sound of the green town ruled by King Bimbisara, there was a cave whose entrance was gently guarded by the drooping boughs of a wild fig-tree ; and here Prince Siddartha made his home, dressed in the yellow robe of a mendicant, living on what he could beg from the charitable, sunk in silent meditation, and during the heat of the day sitting, with ankles crossed, so still that the shy squirrel would often leap upon his knee, the timid quail would lead her young between his feet, and the gentle doves peck at the rice grains in the wooden bowl beneath his hand. ", "start_byte": 228827, "end_byte": 229472, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 318.760009765625, "end_time": 357.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 319.235009765625, "cut_end_time": 356.72007226562505}, {"text": "He was known as a Rishi in the town beneath his retreat, and whenever he came into the streets ", "start_byte": 229474, "end_byte": 229569, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 357.32000732421875, "end_time": 363.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 357.6650073242188, "cut_end_time": 363.7800073242188}, {"text": "THE PRINCE WONDERFUL 181 ", "start_byte": 229571, "end_byte": 229596, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 363.67999267578125, "end_time": 363.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 363.6549926757813, "cut_end_time": 363.7800551757813}, {"text": "holding his begging-bowl before him, the people made haste to fill it, for they loved the mild expression of his countenance, and as he passed the mothers would command their little ones to stoop and kiss his feet, or to lift with reverence the hem of his robe to their smooth foreheads, or to do him some little kindly service, such as filling his jar or fetching him milk and cakes ; and the gentle maidens, gazing at his manly form, his uplifted head and princely carriage, would silently pray that the love of their hearts should be fixed upon one so noble and so good. So, unconsciously, without a word of speech but with all gentle quietness, he raised the hearts of men and women, and enriched their souls with heaven's own radiance. Then he would leave the town and go back to his cave, where, after a time, he was visited by holy men with whom he would discuss matters of life and death and judgment. ", "start_byte": 229598, "end_byte": 230508, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 363.67999267578125, "end_time": 418.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 363.7749926757813, "cut_end_time": 417.4100551757813}, {"text": "Half-way between his retreat and the town there was a colony of those men who use every art to torture their bodies in the hope of saving their souls. One day the prince visited one of these men and said to him, \" My brother, why do you add to the pains of life which is in itself so painful ? Tell me, for I am one who seeks the Truth.\" ", "start_byte": 230510, "end_byte": 230848, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 418.239990234375, "end_time": 438.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 418.524990234375, "cut_end_time": 437.97005273437503}, {"text": "\" It is only by the torture of the flesh,\" was the reply, \" that the soul gains power to live.\" ", "start_byte": 230850, "end_byte": 230946, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 438.3999938964844, "end_time": 444.0, "cut_start_time": 438.8449938964844, "cut_end_time": 443.5300563964844}, {"text": "\" It is a strange belief,\" said the prince, \" to spoil the fair house in order to save its inmate.\" Then the ascetics cried out upon him, \" This is our road of life, and we will tread it to the end though ", "start_byte": 230948, "end_byte": 231153, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 444.0, "end_time": 455.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 444.45500000000004, "cut_end_time": 455.83000000000004}, {"text": "182 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 231155, "end_byte": 231181, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 455.8399963378906, "end_time": 456.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 455.81499633789065, "cut_end_time": 456.26012133789067}, {"text": "all its stones were glowing coals. Tell us of a more excellent path if indeed you know of one. If not, leave us in such peace as we can win.\" ", "start_byte": 231183, "end_byte": 231325, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 456.1600036621094, "end_time": 465.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 456.1350036621094, "cut_end_time": 464.9000661621094}, {"text": "The prince passed sadly onward, but as he looked upon the flowers of the field holding up their bright faces to the sun, the waving palm-trees whispering of happy peace, and the mating birds nesting in their shade, he seemed to see a world of better things than self-inflicted torments. And as he stood in silent musing he saw slowly approaching him a number of goats and sheep coming down with the herdsmen as if to pasture on the plains. There was a ewe with twin lambs among the woolly flock, and the prince noticed that one little lamb had been hurt and limped bleeding behind its mother, which bleated piteously as if asking some kind heart for help. Then the prince raised the lamb in his arms and put it across his shoulders. \" Peace, silly mother,\" he said in soothing tones, \" I will bear your burden. Surely it is as good to ease one heart of grief as to sit in yonder caverns watching and thinking without seeking in some degree, however slight, to soften the sorrows of the world.\" ", "start_byte": 231327, "end_byte": 232321, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 465.32000732421875, "end_time": 526.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 465.94500732421875, "cut_end_time": 526.0800698242188}, {"text": "^ As he walked along with the little lamb across his shoulders, the prince asked the herdsmen why they were taking their flocks down into the valley before evening, which was the time for leading them to the folds.", "start_byte": 232323, "end_byte": 232537, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 526.760009765625, "end_time": 539.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 527.1850097656251, "cut_end_time": 538.370009765625}, {"text": " they said, \" to provide for the king a sacrifice of a hundred sheep and as many goats.\" ", "start_byte": 232568, "end_byte": 232657, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 540.5999755859375, "end_time": 545.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 540.6849755859375, "cut_end_time": 545.6000380859375}, {"text": "\" I will go down with you to this ceremony,\" ", "start_byte": 232659, "end_byte": 232704, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 545.9199829101562, "end_time": 548.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 546.2449829101563, "cut_end_time": 548.0600454101562}, {"text": "THE PRINCE WONDERFUL 183 ", "start_byte": 232706, "end_byte": 232731, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 548.0399780273438, "end_time": 548.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 548.0149780273438, "cut_end_time": 548.1400405273438}, {"text": "said the prince, and they were quite content, for they felt somehow that whatever this man should do at any time would be right and wise ; and whenever they spoke to him they addressed him as Master, a name which his dignity and air of authority, along with his gentle courtesy, had earned for him among all men and women with whom he spoke. ", "start_byte": 232733, "end_byte": 233075, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 548.0399780273438, "end_time": 568.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 548.0149780273438, "cut_end_time": 568.2900405273438}, {"text": "Now when they came down to the bank of the river there met them a young woman whom the Master had seen some days before ; for she had come to his cave with her little boy, who had been stung by a serpent, asking him to tell her of some- thing which would cure the child ; and he had told her to go and get black mustard-seed, but not to take it from any house in which there had been a death. ", "start_byte": 233077, "end_byte": 233470, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 568.6799926757812, "end_time": 590.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 569.0549926757812, "cut_end_time": 589.8101176757813}, {"text": "This woman now came forward asking the Master whether he remembered what had happened, and he at once smiled gently but sadly in recognition, asking her whether she had found the seed. ", "start_byte": 233472, "end_byte": 233657, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 590.3200073242188, "end_time": 601.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 590.6450073242188, "cut_end_time": 601.0700073242188}, {"text": "\" I went from house to house and from hut to hut/' she answered, \" asking for the black mustard- seed, and there were many willing \"enough to give it, but when I asked whether Death had visited the house I found that his visits had been only too frequent not a home but had been saddened by his call. So, again and again, while my boy grew colder and colder at my bosom, I gave back the seed, for I could not find a single house where none had died. So I left my child by the side of the ", "start_byte": 233659, "end_byte": 234147, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 601.6799926757812, "end_time": 632.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 602.1749926757813, "cut_end_time": 632.3901176757813}, {"text": "184 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 234149, "end_byte": 234175, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 632.3200073242188, "end_time": 632.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 632.2950073242188, "cut_end_time": 632.5800073242187}, {"text": "stream and came to you to ask where I might find the seed and yet find no death/' ", "start_byte": 234177, "end_byte": 234259, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 632.47998046875, "end_time": 638.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 632.5249804687501, "cut_end_time": 637.89004296875}, {"text": "\" Sister/' said the Master gently, as one speaks in a house of death, \" when you brought the child to me yesterday I knew him to be dead and beyond the recall even of thy great love ; and I took this means of showing you how the whole world weeps with you. Learn that the grief which all hearts share grows less for one/' ", "start_byte": 234261, "end_byte": 234583, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 638.3599853515625, "end_time": 658.0, "cut_start_time": 638.6749853515626, "cut_end_time": 657.7300478515625}, {"text": "Then the Master went on his way with the herds- men until at last they came to the gates of the city, where the guards stood aside when they saw the prince with the lamb across his shoulders ; and as they passed through the crowded streets the people paused in their occupations to watch so strange a sight. \" Who is this gracious lord,\" they asked, \" with eyes so sweet and tender ? \" And others said that it was the holy man who lived in the cave upon the hill-side. But the Master walked onward, paying no heed to any of them. \" Alas ! \" he said to himself, \" for those sheep of mine who have no shepherd, wandering in the night with none to guide them ! \" ", "start_byte": 234585, "end_byte": 235245, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 658.0, "end_time": 697.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 658.315, "cut_end_time": 697.24}, {"text": "Meanwhile a messenger had gone on in advance to tell the king that a holy man was coming to the sacrifice bearing a lamb upon his shoulders. In a short time the Master reached the place where the priests were offering the sacrifice, while the blood of the innocent victims ran down from the smoking altar in a scarlet stream. 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Every creature, he said, loved its life and strove to keep it, even the meanest and poorest of the earth, and it was a foolish idea to think that any man could set right the wrong which his sins had worked by spilling the blood of innocent trustful animals such as the lamb which he had carried on his shoulders from the mountains. He spoke so gently and in such pleading tones that the priests found themselves unconsciously drawing their robes over their blood-stained hands, and the king came forward to the Master with a look of reverence to hear more clearly, and without missing a word, the wonderful discourse in which he pleaded for peace and goodwill henceforward between men and the living creatures which they could make to bow to their will. At last the priests in a frenzy of sorrow and repentance scattered the flaming embers from the altars and flung away the sacrificial knives ; and next day the king made a decree that the sacrifice should be no longer known among them, and that men should dwell in peace and amity with all the rest of living creatures. 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I have no son to follow me. Stay with me, teach my people wisdom, and when I die rale them in my place.\" ", "start_byte": 237235, "end_byte": 237541, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 812.47998046875, "end_time": 832.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 812.45498046875, "cut_end_time": 832.5501054687501}]}

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", "start_byte": 238603, "end_byte": 238666, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 48.7599983215332, "end_time": 52.880001068115234, "cut_start_time": 48.734998321533205, "cut_end_time": 52.130123321533205}, {"text": "Here Prince Siddartha made his home, living once more as a hermit, and so wrapped in medita- tion that he took no thought for the needs of the body ; and after a long course of self-denial and self- forgetfulness he fell one day into a deep swoon of exhaustion. He was found in this state by a shepherd boy, who made a bower of branches from a wild apple-tree to shade his face and head from the burning rays of the sun, and poured drops of warm milk upon his lips. Now as the boy performed these acts of charity he was astonished to see the simple shelter which he had woven become a lovely bower of living branches which burst forth into glowing blossoms closely interlaced. Revived by the, shade and the refreshment, the Master awoke and graciously thanked the youth for his timely help . Then he asked for more milk, but the shepherd was unwilling to come nearer to the holy man who seemed so princely, and so far removed from him in rank and dignity. But the Master reassured him, saying that kindness such as he had shown was the great leveller and that he would be proud to drink from his shepherd's bottle. ", "start_byte": 238668, "end_byte": 239783, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 52.880001068115234, "end_time": 120.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 53.355001068115236, "cut_end_time": 120.19000106811524}, {"text": "On the next day a band of dancing girls passed by the retreat of the prince, the silver bells at their ankles chiming soft peals as they leapt lightly from ledge to ledge of the rocky pathway which led downward to the village. 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He lived a life of quiet happiness clouded only by the fact that he had no son. For a long time his wife prayed to the gods for this inestimable gift, and at last, be- cause she was so kind and gracious to the poor, and so well fitted to rear and instruct a boy and to lead him on from virtuous youth to vigorous manhood, a son was sent to her, and the joy of herself and her lord was almost beyond all bounds. She took the first opportunity of going to the woods to offer, accord- ing to the custom in which she had been reared, a thank-gift to the gods, which she carried in a dainty bowl upon her head, while her right arm encircled ", "start_byte": 240734, "end_byte": 241557, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 178.47999572753906, "end_time": 230.60000610351562, "cut_start_time": 178.78499572753907, "cut_end_time": 230.70012072753906}, {"text": "THE PRINCE WONDERFUL 189 ", "start_byte": 241559, "end_byte": 241584, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 230.60000610351562, "end_time": 230.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 230.57500610351562, "cut_end_time": 230.78000610351563}, {"text": "the baby boy who nestled cosily to his mother's side, wrapped round by her delicate veil. 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", "start_byte": 241678, "end_byte": 242265, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 236.8800048828125, "end_time": 272.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 237.49500488281248, "cut_end_time": 271.8900048828125}, {"text": "The prince spoke not a single word, and when the mother had anointed his hands with attar of roses from a golden flask, he ate the refreshing curds and felt new life run through his veins. ", "start_byte": 242267, "end_byte": 242456, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 272.3999938964844, "end_time": 285.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 272.7749938964844, "cut_end_time": 284.4700563964844}, {"text": "\" Hath my gift found favour ? \" asked the mother in a trembling voice of touching sweetness, and when the prince smiled gently upon her she ventured to come nearer to him and half-shyly, but very proudly, held the child towards his hands. The prince gently moved the delicate veil from the little one, and, laying his hands upon its head, said very quietly but very solemnly, \" I am no god, but thy brother, mother of a man. May his happiness and yours be long, and may the load of life press gently on him. For six years I have sought the light which lightens all men's darkness, and it dawned upon me, glorious and helpful, when your gracious gift brought back ", "start_byte": 242458, "end_byte": 243121, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 285.3599853515625, "end_time": 328.0, "cut_start_time": 285.63498535156253, "cut_end_time": 328.1000478515625}, {"text": "190 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 243123, "end_byte": 243149, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 328.0, "end_time": 328.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 328.01500000000004, "cut_end_time": 328.32000000000005}, {"text": "the throbbing life into my veins. You shall teach me wisdom. Tell me, does life and love such as you possess prove sufficient for all your needs ? Let me learn the lesson from the lips of a loving mother with her babe upon her breast.\" ", "start_byte": 243151, "end_byte": 243387, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 328.239990234375, "end_time": 343.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 328.244990234375, "cut_end_time": 342.440115234375}, {"text": "\" My heart is small/' said the mother, \" and its needs are few. A little rain which will fill the cup of the lily will scarce suffice to moisten the field. It is enough for me to feel secure in the love of my lord and to watch the smile of my child. My days are uneventful, as the busy world counts events, filled with the cares of my household, the reverent worship in the temple, the talk with friends, and all the quiet ways of virtue and of peace. As for my belief, I know that hatred breeds hate, friendliness makes faithful friends, and patience brings peace to the soul. As for our after-life, if ' Now ' is so good, shall not c Then ' be good also, or even better ? I know full well that life has sorrows to be borne, and, for myself, if my sweet child should die, I think my heart would break indeed I hope it would, for then I might still clasp him to my bosom and await my Lord in whatever world receives faithful wives and tender mothers. As for Senani, if Death should call him, I would gladly mount the funeral pile and lay his head for the last time upon my lap. My life is glad, my Master, though I am no guide to others ; and yet I do not forget others whose lot is not cast in pleasant places, and I do what I can and so also does my lord to relieve their woes and soften their afflic- tions by tender kindliness/' ", "start_byte": 243389, "end_byte": 244722, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 343.44000244140625, "end_time": 431.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 343.9750024414063, "cut_end_time": 430.4600024414063}, {"text": "THE PRINCE WONDERFUL 191 ", "start_byte": 244724, "end_byte": 244749, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 431.67999267578125, "end_time": 431.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 431.6549926757813, "cut_end_time": 431.7800551757813}, {"text": "\" You teach those who would teach, \" said the prince, \" and are wiser than wisdom in your sim- plicity. You who have offered worship to me, un- worthy as I am, are more deserving of my reverence. Peace go with you and comfort all your days. May I reach at length to the pure wisdom of the happy mother with her child upon her breast.\" ", "start_byte": 244751, "end_byte": 245086, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 431.67999267578125, "end_time": 452.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 432.1249926757813, "cut_end_time": 452.4100551757813}, {"text": "\" May it be so,\" said the woman with heartfelt earnestness, as her eyes rested once more upon the child at her bosom, who, as if he knew his friend, without any instruction stretched out his hands to the prince, who stroked them gently as he rose to his feet. Then he took his way alone to a great and spreading tree, which was destined never to know the touch of decay in memory of the Law of Truth which the Master had learnt in its vicinity, and which was to be known in all after ages as the Tree of Wisdom. As he passed under its ample shade, the flowers sprang into life beneath his feet and the boughs bent down to weave a grateful shade above his head. From the river not far away came cool and gentle breezes laden with sweetest scents, and the beasts which had come down to drink by its margin- panthers, boars, and deer raised their wondering eyes to look at the Master who had been led to the threshhold of the highest wisdom by the aid of a mother and her child. 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The boy was laughing light- heartedly, and throwing rice to feed the blue and purple fish which darted through the stream. ", "start_byte": 246428, "end_byte": 247279, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 539.1199951171875, "end_time": 590.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 539.7449951171875, "cut_end_time": 590.3701201171875}, {"text": "Now as the mother sat there, taking no pleasure in the beauty of the morning, some of the maidens of the court came to tell her that a company of merchants had just arrived at the south gate of the town, having travelled from the coast, where they had obtained rich merchandise of many kinds. \" But they bring more than these things,\" said the maidens, their voices trembling with excitement, \" for they say that they have seen Prince Siddartha face to face, ", "start_byte": 247281, "end_byte": 247740, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 590.9600219726562, "end_time": 616.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 591.3450219726562, "cut_end_time": 616.3400844726563}, {"text": "THE PRINCE WONDERFUL 193 ", "start_byte": 247742, "end_byte": 247767, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 616.3200073242188, "end_time": 617.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 616.3050073242188, "cut_end_time": 617.4700073242187}, {"text": "that he has become a great Teacher known through- out the world for his wisdom, and that he is on his way here on his way here at last ! \" ", "start_byte": 247769, "end_byte": 247908, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 617.5999755859375, "end_time": 626.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 617.8249755859375, "cut_end_time": 625.0601005859376}, {"text": "Yasodhara rose to her feet. \" Call those men to me,\" she said, \" and let them tell me all they know, and say that if their tale is true, I will fill their bosoms with such treasure as kings might envy.\" Without loss of time the men were brought into the palace garden and conducted to the princess, who eagerly questioned them. ", "start_byte": 247910, "end_byte": 248238, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 626.0800170898438, "end_time": 645.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 626.2050170898438, "cut_end_time": 645.0500795898438}, {"text": "\" We have indeed seen the Master, Princess,\" said one of them, \" and we have bowed before his feet, for he has learnt all Wisdom. He is well in health, as all are well who live the life of virtue which he preaches, and from town to town he goes with his message of Truth. And before the first rain falls he will be here.\" ", "start_byte": 248240, "end_byte": 248562, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 645.6400146484375, "end_time": 665.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 645.9950146484375, "cut_end_time": 665.1700146484375}, {"text": "The princess thanked the merchants gracefully and gave them such gifts as their richest merchandise could not equal. \" But by what road does my lord come ? \" she asked, and the men were able to tell her so exactly that mounted messengers were sent out by the king to meet the prince and assure him of the eager welcome which awaited him. \" Tell him,\" said the anxious monarch, whose sole idea of a happy succession had never left him,", "start_byte": 248564, "end_byte": 248998, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 665.5999755859375, "end_time": 691.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 665.9849755859375, "cut_end_time": 691.0600380859375}, {"text": " But the message of the princess ran, \" Tell him that the mother of his boy Rahula longs to see his face and craves to share those treasures which he has found in his absence, that whether he ", "start_byte": 249076, "end_byte": 249268, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 695.8800048828125, "end_time": 706.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 696.1550048828125, "cut_end_time": 707.0600673828126}, {"text": "N ", "start_byte": 249270, "end_byte": 249272, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 706.9600219726562, "end_time": 706.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 706.9350219726563, "cut_end_time": 707.0600844726563}, {"text": "i 9 4 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 249274, "end_byte": 249302, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 706.9600219726562, "end_time": 707.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 706.9350219726563, "cut_end_time": 707.3400219726562}, {"text": "returns as prince or beggar she desires himself alone.\" ", "start_byte": 249304, "end_byte": 249360, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 707.239990234375, "end_time": 711.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 707.214990234375, "cut_end_time": 710.730052734375}, {"text": "Now when the messengers came to the Master he was talking in earnest tones to a company of people who seemed to be entranced with the wonder of his words and the divine beauty of his face as he spoke ; and in the strange joy of listening to that voice they forgot for a while the messages with which they had been entrusted. They gazed, as if spell-bound, upon the Master and hung upon his words, and while he spoke they had no thought of interrupting him. The king grew impatient at the delay, which seemed longer than it really was, and when one came to tell him that his envoys had not yet delivered their messages because of their reluct- ance to interrupt the Master, he sent his chief counsellor as his ambassador ; and this wise man plucked tufts of tree-wool as he went and stopped his ears with them so that he might not be charmed from his duty by the wonder of the Master's teaching. In this way he was able to deliver, though with all courtesy and reverence, the messages sent by the king and the Princess Yasodhara. ", "start_byte": 249362, "end_byte": 250391, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 711.239990234375, "end_time": 772.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 711.574990234375, "cut_end_time": 771.900052734375}, {"text": "\" I will go/ 3 said the prince. \" It is not only my duty but also my desire. Let the king and the princess know that I come without delay.\" This message was at once carried to the eager watchers, and hasty preparations were made to greet the prince in a manner worthy of his royal rank. But Yaso- dhara, eager to be the first to meet him, went in her litter to the gate of the city, from which she could see ", "start_byte": 250393, "end_byte": 250801, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 772.47998046875, "end_time": 796.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 772.93498046875, "cut_end_time": 796.3000429687501}, {"text": "THE PRINCE WONDERFUL 195 ", "start_byte": 250803, "end_byte": 250828, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 796.239990234375, "end_time": 796.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 796.224990234375, "cut_end_time": 796.580052734375}, {"text": "far along the road which led to the southward ; and she saw a man approaching slowly, a yellow cloth cast over his shoulder in the fashion of the hermits. In his hand he carried an earthen bowl shaped like a melon, and as he came to each lowly hut by the roadside he asked and gratefully received the alms which are never refused by those who look for blessings, and who value the lessons of Truth and Virtue taught by the wandering teachers. But in spite of his mendicant's dress and habit, this man was of such a noble and lordly appearance, and moved with such an air of dignity and command, that those who gave him alms gazed upon his face and form as if he were divine, and some, when they had given their offering, felt a sudden shame creep over them at the smallness of their gifts, and hurried home to bring presents of greater value. Slowly the Master drew near to the place where the princess was waiting. Then the curtains of her litter were with- drawn, and with unveiled face she stepped down, her hands tightly clasped upon her breast, and fell sobbing upon his feet. ", "start_byte": 250830, "end_byte": 251912, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 796.47998046875, "end_time": 862.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 796.45498046875, "cut_end_time": 861.11004296875}, {"text": "But when the king heard how the prince had come, dressed like a mendicant and carrying the beggar's bowl in which he collected alms, his anger drove from his heart all love for his son. He rose from his seat, plucked angrily at his beard, and, entering the courtyard, mounted his war-horse with a frown upon his brow. Then, putting spurs to his ", "start_byte": 251914, "end_byte": 252259, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 862.0399780273438, "end_time": 881.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 862.7149780273438, "cut_end_time": 881.6600405273438}, {"text": "196 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 252261, "end_byte": 252287, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 881.5599975585938, "end_time": 881.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 881.5349975585938, "cut_end_time": 881.8401225585937}, {"text": "horse's flanks, he rode so swiftly through the streets of the town that the people wondered greatly, and had scarcely time to cry to each other, \"It is the king, bow down before him ! \" In a few moments the angry monarch reached the place where the prince already sat with a crowd of attentive pupils around him. The Master rose to his feet and approaching the king sank down on one knee before him with a gesture at once both proud and humble. ", "start_byte": 252289, "end_byte": 252734, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 881.760009765625, "end_time": 908.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 881.775009765625, "cut_end_time": 908.200009765625}, {"text": "The king's eyes softened as he looked at Siddartha, but in a short time his anger again rose uppermost, and he said, \" Is this the end, then, of all our waiting and the result of our proffered welcome to a prince, that he steals into his kingdom dressed in the garments of a beggar, shorn and sandalled, begging alms of low-born people he whose life in the palace of pleasure was like that of the gods in their celestial seats ? You ought to have come dressed in accord- ance with your rank, surrounded by shining spears and riding amid the tramp of horse and foot. See, my soldiers camped in thousands on the road, and all my people waited with an eager welcome upon their lips to greet you at the city gates. Where have you lived through all these barren years while your father mourned for you as one worse than dead, and the princess lived as a widow, setting aside all the joy of life in her sorrow ? Son ! tell me, why is this ? \" ", "start_byte": 252736, "end_byte": 253673, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 908.5599975585938, "end_time": 965.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 909.0749975585937, "cut_end_time": 964.5401225585938}, {"text": "\" My father,\" was the quiet answer, \" it is the custom of my race.\" ", "start_byte": 253675, "end_byte": 253743, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 965.2000122070312, "end_time": 970.0, "cut_start_time": 965.6950122070313, "cut_end_time": 969.4200122070313}, {"text": "\" Thy race,\" said the king, \" is royal, but in all its ", "start_byte": 253745, "end_byte": 253800, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 970.0, "end_time": 973.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 970.335, "cut_end_time": 973.22}, {"text": "THE PRINCE WONDERFUL 197 ", "start_byte": 253802, "end_byte": 253827, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 973.1199951171875, "end_time": 973.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 973.0949951171875, "cut_end_time": 973.2200576171875}, {"text": "glorious history there is no record of a deed like this.\" ", "start_byte": 253829, "end_byte": 253887, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 973.1199951171875, "end_time": 976.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 973.0949951171875, "cut_end_time": 976.1000576171875}, {"text": "\" I speak not of mortal race,\" replied the prince, \" but of invisible descent and spiritual kinship. For I am of the race of those who teach the ways of Truth and Virtue and to whom the glories of this earth are vain and empty. Through love for men they attain to power over the hearts of mortals, beside which the dominion of an earthly <king de- pending upon force and terror is a foolish thing. But now, with all lowly love, let me tender to you a precious gift which I have brought from far away for your gracious acceptance, a treasure indeed beyond all earthly price.\" ", "start_byte": 253889, "end_byte": 254464, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 976.5999755859375, "end_time": 1011.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 977.1549755859376, "cut_end_time": 1011.0900380859375}, {"text": "\" What treasure ? \" asked the king in great amazement. 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But really, I must be going.\" ", "start_byte": 258919, "end_byte": 259455, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 230.27999877929688, "end_time": 263.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 230.74499877929688, "cut_end_time": 262.9301237792969}, {"text": "The sage, however, pressed Visvamitra to remain, and, unwilling to acquire a reputation for discourtesy, the king at last consented to stay, not without some qualms as to the nature of the food which would be set before him and his men. ", "start_byte": 259457, "end_byte": 259694, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 263.760009765625, "end_time": 278.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 264.295009765625, "cut_end_time": 277.560072265625}, {"text": "\" I shall be fed upon roots and berries, berries and roots,\" he said to himself in a doleful undertone, \" and neither my men nor myself are accustomed to such a diet. 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", "start_byte": 259933, "end_byte": 260162, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 290.6000061035156, "end_time": 305.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 290.69500610351565, "cut_end_time": 303.68000610351567}, {"text": "ii ", "start_byte": 260164, "end_byte": 260167, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 305.3999938964844, "end_time": 306.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 305.5149938964844, "cut_end_time": 306.0901188964844}, {"text": "Meanwhile the eminent sage was engaged in a most important conversation with the Pearl among Ruminant Creatures, which had a great liking for being approached in a worthy manner and for those gems of speech which purchase favour. \" My beauteous Sabala,\" said the sage, \" my gentle, loving, and well-loved friend and benefactor, you are well aware how much we owe to the favour of great kings, and how by killing each other their fighting men make peaceful, shady, and cool groves for you and me. Now this monarch who deigns to visit us is filled with the cravings of hunger. Shall it be told of us hereafter that he left this hospitable hermitage with those cravings unsatisfied ? Light of my Eyes ! will you not provide a feast, excellent in quality and overflowing in quantity, which will satisfy the appetites of this king and his fighting men, who, if report speaks truly, can eat at one meal sufficient to last myself or you for a year or even longer ? \" ", "start_byte": 260169, "end_byte": 261129, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 306.9200134277344, "end_time": 366.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 307.4950134277344, "cut_end_time": 366.0100134277344}, {"text": "Charmed with the soothing and flattering words, Sabala lovingly rubbed her cold nose against her master's cheek, and the sage knew that his request ", "start_byte": 261131, "end_byte": 261279, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 366.5199890136719, "end_time": 374.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 366.8749890136719, "cut_end_time": 374.9401140136719}, {"text": "SABALA, THE SACRED COW 205 ", "start_byte": 261281, "end_byte": 261308, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 374.8800048828125, "end_time": 375.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 374.8550048828125, "cut_end_time": 375.1400673828125}, {"text": "was to be granted in rich abundance. Nor was he disappointed, for his eyes were soon satisfied with the sight of a profusion of honey, sugar-canes, mudki, and sandesa, as well as mountains of boiled rice, sweet pastry, cakes, jams, and all kinds of sweetmeats, to say nothing of delicious drinks distilled from the sweetest flowers, and whole rivers of curdled milk. ", "start_byte": 261310, "end_byte": 261677, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 375.0400085449219, "end_time": 399.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 375.0550085449219, "cut_end_time": 398.7900085449219}, {"text": "The soldiers of Visvamitra were delighted to behold so many good things, having expected nothing more than extra rations of roots and berries, and they feasted and rejoiced to their hearts' content. But, strange to say, the feast had the opposite effect upon the king, who began to think that things were not quite right when this poor recluse could com- mand such a feast without any exertion on his own part, while a mighty king like himself would be obliged to put himself to a great deal of trouble and expense before he could obtain half as many good things. He began, indeed, to think that the holy man was, in a very real sense, guilty of treason. ", "start_byte": 261679, "end_byte": 262334, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 399.3599853515625, "end_time": 439.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 399.99498535156255, "cut_end_time": 439.33011035156255}, {"text": "So completely did this gloomy thought take possession of the king, that he refused to partake of any of the dainties, and upon being pressed to do so by the sage, he said : ", "start_byte": 262336, "end_byte": 262509, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 439.760009765625, "end_time": 450.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 440.115009765625, "cut_end_time": 450.16000976562503}, {"text": "\" Hear me, holy man ! Your Sabala is, without question, a very Pearl among Ruminant Creatures, but I am not sure that she is really yours. As you know, being learned in the law, kings have a right to the jewels discovered in their realms, and on this account the wonderful cow is my own. I will not, ", "start_byte": 262511, "end_byte": 262811, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 450.5199890136719, "end_time": 469.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 450.8649890136719, "cut_end_time": 469.7001140136719}, {"text": "ao6 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 262813, "end_byte": 262839, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 469.6000061035156, "end_time": 469.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 469.57500610351565, "cut_end_time": 469.96006860351565}, {"text": "however, press this lawful claim of mine. Let me offer you, in all friendliness and sincerity, a hundred thousand cows in exchange for your immaculate Sabala.\" ", "start_byte": 262841, "end_byte": 263001, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 469.9200134277344, "end_time": 479.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 469.92501342773437, "cut_end_time": 479.0100134277344}, {"text": "\" I will not exchange her for one hundred million cows/' said the sage, without a moment's hesitation. \" You may as reasonably expect to conclude a sordid bargain with the gods for the radiance of the sun, or to find a sage who would accept a worldly price for his wisdom.\" ", "start_byte": 263003, "end_byte": 263277, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 479.55999755859375, "end_time": 496.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 480.0949975585938, "cut_end_time": 495.70006005859375}, {"text": "The king's face grew dark with anger.", "start_byte": 263279, "end_byte": 263316, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 496.1199951171875, "end_time": 498.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 496.57499511718754, "cut_end_time": 498.47012011718755}, {"text": " said he, \" how a sage who has acquired a world-wide reputation for plain living, and for doing without the things in which ordinary men take pleasure, should keep in his grove a creature which is able to provide so much food of the richest kind. The animal's power to do this must be at times a temptation to your saintliness, and it would be well if I could remove this snare from your path ; in fact I should really become your benefactor/' ", "start_byte": 263339, "end_byte": 263783, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 500.1199951171875, "end_time": 526.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 500.1249951171875, "cut_end_time": 526.2800576171875}, {"text": "\" It is not needful,\" said the sage very wisely, \" there is no credit in virtue which is not assaulted by temptation.\" ", "start_byte": 263785, "end_byte": 263904, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 526.9199829101562, "end_time": 534.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 527.5049829101563, "cut_end_time": 533.8700454101563}, {"text": "Foiled in his arguments, the angry king began to pace to and fro. \" I will give you, then,\" he said, after a few moments, \" fourteen thousand elephants, richly caparisoned, eight hundred chariots of ivory, each with four nimble coursers, and ten million cows with speckled coats as soft as silk. I advise you to accept my offer, for it is a custom among kings ", "start_byte": 263906, "end_byte": 264266, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 534.719970703125, "end_time": 558.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 534.944970703125, "cut_end_time": 558.220033203125}, {"text": "SABALA, THE SACRED COW 207 ", "start_byte": 264268, "end_byte": 264295, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 558.1199951171875, "end_time": 558.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 558.0949951171875, "cut_end_time": 558.3400576171875}, {"text": "to take by force what cannot be purchased for money.\" ", "start_byte": 264297, "end_byte": 264351, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 558.239990234375, "end_time": 562.0, "cut_start_time": 558.214990234375, "cut_end_time": 561.1700527343751}, {"text": "\" Woe is me ! \" said the peaceful sage, now con- siderably disturbed by the anger of the king. \" This Pearl among Ruminant Creatures is all my life. From her I obtain the offerings which I make to the gods, the pure butter which feeds the sacred fire, and the grain which I scatter on the ground, so that the fowls of the air shall know that in my grove lives one who, like Rama, is the Friend of Living Creatures. I cannot sell this great treasure of mine, powerful King ! \" ", "start_byte": 264353, "end_byte": 264829, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 562.0, "end_time": 590.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 562.145, "cut_end_time": 589.7700625}, {"text": "The monarch rudely turned his back upon the sage, and in a loud voice commanded his young warriors to go in a body and make a captive of the Pearl among Ruminant Creatures. \" Henceforth,\" he said, \" she shall minister to our royal wants.\" His followers obeyed him with alacrity. \" We shall feast each day,\" they said, \" without the trouble of seeking or preparing a banquet. By all means let us capture the immaculate Sabala.\" This feat was performed without the necessity for exercising a great amount of warlike valour. But when the cow perceived that she was being dragged away from the hermitage she began to struggle and plunge, and to lash her tail with great violence from side to side. ", "start_byte": 264831, "end_byte": 265525, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 590.280029296875, "end_time": 634.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 590.685029296875, "cut_end_time": 633.420091796875}, {"text": "\" How have I lost the favour of my master ? \" she said to herself. \" Have I not always taken delight in his company, and supplied him with the food which the length of his prayers prevented him from obtaining for himself ? Have I ever murmured ", "start_byte": 265527, "end_byte": 265771, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 634.3200073242188, "end_time": 648.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 634.6150073242188, "cut_end_time": 648.7800073242188}, {"text": "208 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 265773, "end_byte": 265799, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 648.6799926757812, "end_time": 649.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 648.6549926757813, "cut_end_time": 649.1200551757813}, {"text": "commands or criticised the wisdom of his wise Words ? Why, then, does he abandon my meek geptjteness to these ruffians ? \" ", "start_byte": 265801, "end_byte": 265924, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 649.0399780273438, "end_time": 657.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 649.0249780273438, "cut_end_time": 657.1100405273438}, {"text": "Maddened by the thought of leaving her peaceful home, she broke from the hands of the young warriors, and, with a bellow worthy of a bull, she ran wildly through the ranks of the army. The soldiers, of necessity, made a path for her, and came to the wise conclusion that it was rather unfair to rob the holy hermit of the animal which had provided them with such a succulent feast. ", "start_byte": 265926, "end_byte": 266308, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 657.7999877929688, "end_time": 680.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 658.1149877929688, "cut_end_time": 680.2701127929688}, {"text": "The immaculate cow ran to her master, and lying down at his feet she looked up into his face with beseeching eyes. \"Have you abandoned me, my dear master ? \" she asked, while the tears trickled down her nose. ", "start_byte": 266310, "end_byte": 266519, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 680.8400268554688, "end_time": 694.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 681.3250268554688, "cut_end_time": 694.2700893554688}]}

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Why, you ought rather to rejoice that you will one day be able to get rid of your very troublesome body which you have trained and perfected with such great effort.\" ", "start_byte": 274168, "end_byte": 274415, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 98.4800033569336, "end_time": 113.95999908447266, "cut_start_time": 98.86500335693358, "cut_end_time": 113.07000335693358}, {"text": "The poor afflicted king was, however, inconsol- able, and went off to ask counsel and help of other ", "start_byte": 274417, "end_byte": 274517, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 113.95999908447266, "end_time": 119.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 114.67499908447265, "cut_end_time": 119.94006158447264}, {"text": "214 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 274519, "end_byte": 274545, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 119.83999633789062, "end_time": 120.08000183105469, "cut_start_time": 119.81499633789062, "cut_end_time": 120.14012133789062}, {"text": "hermits. But they only laughed at him, and, worse than that, they mocked at his handsome appearance, telling him that he, the handsome Trisanku, was, after all, no better than a handful of dust. Filled with haughty anger he turned away with mocking words, thinking that he was now well rid of them all. But his parting mockery had angered them, and they punished him by changing him into a Chandala, a person of the lowest caste. His glorious body became bent and twisted ; his eyes were now of the colour of copper, and his teeth green with decay ; his royal robes disappeared, and he found himself clothed in a single garment, the skin of a bear. 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I will pay a visit to King Visvamitra, who has won such fame by his mastery over his body.\" ", "start_byte": 275198, "end_byte": 275479, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 160.8000030517578, "end_time": 179.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 161.4350030517578, "cut_end_time": 178.1900030517578}, {"text": "He lost no time in doing so, and when the hermit monarch learnt who stood before him, he was full of sympathy and indignation. \" The hermits who worked this ill upon you,\" he said, \" are the sons of Vasishtha, and really the enormities of that family and their ill-natured cow are past all bearing. I will proclaim a sacrifice, and by the power of my fasting and penance will obtain from the gods the right to revenge myself upon this wretched crew.\" ", "start_byte": 275481, "end_byte": 275932, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 179.0399932861328, "end_time": 208.36000061035156, "cut_start_time": 179.5849932861328, "cut_end_time": 207.5801182861328}, {"text": "This was done, and Visvamitra hurled his curse at the sons of Vasishtha with such dire effect that they were transported at once to the kingdom of ", "start_byte": 275934, "end_byte": 276081, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 208.36000061035156, "end_time": 217.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 209.01500061035156, "cut_end_time": 217.14000061035156}, {"text": "SAB ALA, THE SACRED COW 215 ", "start_byte": 276083, "end_byte": 276111, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 217.0800018310547, "end_time": 217.52000427246094, "cut_start_time": 217.05500183105468, "cut_end_time": 217.45006433105468}, {"text": "Yama, who rules the Dead. But when he made his sacrifice the gods took no notice, and would not deliver Trisanku from the body which he loathed. Thereupon Visvamitra resolved to do so himself, and in a loud voice commanded his friend to mount up to heaven with the body for which he had so great an affection. ", "start_byte": 276113, "end_byte": 276423, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 217.52000427246094, "end_time": 237.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 217.68500427246093, "cut_end_time": 236.49000427246094}, {"text": "At once Trisanku began ta rise through the air, but when his head reached the sky the king of the gods hurled him down again, and he fell headlong. As he hung in mid-air, Visvamitra cried out, \" Stop ! \" and he stopped, unable to rise or fall, and naturally filled full of the most complete terror. His royal friend was now so much puffed up with his own power that he began to mock at the gods, but his anger did not bring punishment upon him because he had won such respect by his hard life in the forest ; and it was amicably arranged that the least troublesome plan would be to leave Trisanku among the stars, half-way between heaven and earth, where he soon came to be regarded as a constellation. 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", "start_byte": 277638, "end_byte": 278262, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 314.20001220703125, "end_time": 352.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 314.62501220703126, "cut_end_time": 352.1700747070313}, {"text": "Here he lived more severely than ever, exposing his body to the most violent storms and tempests, fasting and praying, and learning more and more of the secrets of the earth and the heavens. So learned and powerful he became that the gods grew jealous and afraid of him, and appealed to Brahma to stop his progress to such stupendous power and know- ledge as promised in time to rival or excel their own a state of things which could not be endured for a moment, to say nothing of for ever. Then Brahma appeared in a vision to Visvamitra.", "start_byte": 278264, "end_byte": 278802, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 352.7200012207031, "end_time": 386.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 353.18500122070316, "cut_end_time": 385.96006372070315}, {"text": " said he, \" and I will give you the title of Prince among Rishis.\" The persistent king clasped his hands devoutly and said with all due reverence, \"The title I desire is that of Saint ", "start_byte": 278828, "end_byte": 279012, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 388.239990234375, "end_time": 399.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 388.214990234375, "cut_end_time": 399.940052734375}, {"text": "SABALA, THE SACRED COW 217 ", "start_byte": 279014, "end_byte": 279041, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 399.8399963378906, "end_time": 400.0, "cut_start_time": 399.81499633789065, "cut_end_time": 400.10005883789063}, {"text": "among Brahmans.\" \" That name cannot be yours,\" said the god, \" until you have acquired serenity and the peace of mind which covets the goods of no man. ", "start_byte": 279043, "end_byte": 279195, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 400.0, "end_time": 409.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 399.985, "cut_end_time": 408.90006250000005}, {"text": "\" Have you cast out anger from your bosom ? Do you bear a grudge against any one ? Do you covet anything ? \" These words caused Visvamitra to hang his head in shame, and with good reason, for well he knew that his determined pursuit of power was merely followed in order that he might revenge himself upon Vasishtha, become his equal in all things, and finally gain possession of the Pearl among Ruminant Creatures. But, being a man of indomitable will, he determined to go on with his austerities and win all that could be won by their means, even if this meant that he would cheat his baser self of the prize which he had been so deter- mined to obtain : which shows that he was a man of character and really worthy of the rich reward which he finally obtained. ", "start_byte": 279197, "end_byte": 279961, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 409.4800109863281, "end_time": 455.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 409.84501098632813, "cut_end_time": 454.4400734863282}, {"text": "Once again he began his self-discipline. With his arms held above his head, and standing on one foot, with no food except bitter roots, surrounded by five fierce furnaces in summer, and in winter exposed to torrents of rain, he stood patiently hoping to expel from his bosom the burning fire of hatred, jealousy, malice, and covetousness. The gods watched him uneasily, fearing for the power that such determination would surely win. 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But he grew very angry, and with burning words of hatred and scorn bade the lovely goddess begone. Then the wicked passion of anger caused him to grow suddenly weak, and he remembered with sorrow that even yet he was far from the serenity which Vasishtha showed. With a mournful heart he went away to a still more lonely place, where he sat down and for an interminable time remained as motionless as a rock. ", "start_byte": 280516, "end_byte": 281079, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 488.3599853515625, "end_time": 523.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 488.3549853515625, "cut_end_time": 523.1900478515626}, {"text": "Once more the gods were disturbed and called a council. \" If this indefatigable man,\" they said, \" is not given what he seeks, he will in time come among us as our master.\" ", "start_byte": 281081, "end_byte": 281254, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 523.9199829101562, "end_time": 535.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 524.3849829101563, "cut_end_time": 534.9200454101563}, {"text": "Then it was agreed that Brahma should once more visit the king, and suddenly he appeared before him in a blaze of light. \" Your desire is granted,\" said the father of the gods; \" henceforth you shall be known as a Saint among Brahmans.\" ", "start_byte": 281256, "end_byte": 281493, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 535.47998046875, "end_time": 550.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 535.98498046875, "cut_end_time": 549.4301054687501}]}

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The king's interest was at once aroused, and, giving orders for the reverent reception of the party, he passed out to the sacrificial ceremony. But as he took his part in the rite he found his mind dwelling upon the probable purpose of the embassy from Canna, though, strange to say, no thought of Sakun- tala seemed to enter into his mind. He appeared, indeed, not so much to have forgotten her as to be entirely oblivious of her existence either in the past or the present. \" What message can the sage have sent to me ? \" he asked himself. \" Has the devotion of his pupils been impeded by evil spirits ? Has disaster descended upon the tender herds which graze in the hallowed forests ? \" But still no question arose in his mind as to the fortunes of Sakuntala. It was as if the memory of his marriage in the sacred grove had been erased from his mind by the waving of an enchanter's wand. ", "start_byte": 296972, "end_byte": 298057, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 36.52000045776367, "end_time": 109.80000305175781, "cut_start_time": 36.49500045776367, "cut_end_time": 108.80006295776369}, {"text": "As soon as the ceremony was ended Dushyanta seated himself on his throne in the audience chamber, and the little company was ushered in, Sakuntala being supported by an elderly woman named Gau- tami, to whom she whispered, as she advanced towards the throne of the king, \" I feel my right eye throb what does this signify?\"", "start_byte": 298059, "end_byte": 298382, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 109.80000305175781, "end_time": 134.0, "cut_start_time": 110.7750030517578, "cut_end_time": 132.6900030517578}, {"text": " said the matron hastily, as she drew Sakuntala nearer to the king's ", "start_byte": 298421, "end_byte": 298490, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 136.63999938964844, "end_time": 141.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 136.95499938964844, "cut_end_time": 141.14006188964842}, {"text": "234 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 298492, "end_byte": 298518, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 141.0399932861328, "end_time": 141.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 141.0149932861328, "cut_end_time": 141.30005578613282}, {"text": "footstool and stood there with her in respectful silence. ", "start_byte": 298520, "end_byte": 298578, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 141.1999969482422, "end_time": 146.0, "cut_start_time": 141.26499694824219, "cut_end_time": 145.04005944824218}, {"text": "\" Ah,\" said Dushyanta, looking at Sakuntala with appreciation of her beauty but without any light of recognition in his eyes. \" Who is this beauti- ful damsel who appears among the hermits like a fresh green bud among faded and yellow leaves ? \" ", "start_byte": 298580, "end_byte": 298826, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 146.0, "end_time": 164.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 146.45499999999998, "cut_end_time": 162.6100625}, {"text": "\" May Your Majesty prosper/' said the priest of the royal palace. \" These visitors have a message to deliver from their spiritual guide. Let the King deign to hear it.\" ", "start_byte": 298828, "end_byte": 298997, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 164.16000366210938, "end_time": 175.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 164.41500366210937, "cut_end_time": 174.60000366210937}, {"text": "\" I am all attention,\" said Dushyanta, and Sakun- tala's guide delivered his master's message. ", "start_byte": 298999, "end_byte": 299094, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 175.67999267578125, "end_time": 182.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 176.35499267578123, "cut_end_time": 181.36005517578124}, {"text": "\" The contract of marriage,\" he said, \" made between thee and my daughter Sakuntala, I confirm with all willingness and tender regard, for the gods have in this case united a bride and bridegroom with qualities equally transcendant. Receive her, there- fore, in thy palace with all due honour as thy queen.\" ", "start_byte": 299096, "end_byte": 299404, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 182.1999969482422, "end_time": 204.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 182.7949969482422, "cut_end_time": 204.24012194824218}, {"text": "The king heard the message and smiled pleasantly, but seemed like a man in a dream. The women gazed at him in wonder, and Gautami ventured to remind him of the sacred grove and his visit to the place when engaged in the hunt. \" How strange an adven- ture ! \" he murmured gently and pleasantly, as if the matter concerned some one else, and then added, \" Am I indeed this lady's husband ? \" ", "start_byte": 299406, "end_byte": 299796, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 204.72000122070312, "end_time": 238.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 205.2650012207031, "cut_end_time": 237.3600012207031}, {"text": "Gautami now tried the effect of unveiling Sakun- tala, but the king, though obviously impressed by her beauty, still made no sign of recognition. 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How then can I admit her to my palace as my queen ? \" ", "start_byte": 300104, "end_byte": 300281, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 260.79998779296875, "end_time": 276.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 261.04498779296875, "cut_end_time": 275.5800502929688}, {"text": "Then Sakuntala, moving forward with a piteous gesture which went to the heart of all who saw her, took up her own case. \" If thou sayest this, my husband,\" she said, \" merely from want of recollec- tion, I will restore thy memory by producing thy own ring with thy name engraved upon it.\" ", "start_byte": 300283, "end_byte": 300572, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 276.79998779296875, "end_time": 301.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 276.9549877929688, "cut_end_time": 300.95011279296875}, {"text": "Then she looked down upon her finger and behold the ring was not there ! ", "start_byte": 300574, "end_byte": 300647, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 301.6000061035156, "end_time": 308.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 301.83500610351564, "cut_end_time": 307.87000610351566}, {"text": "\" It must have dropped, my child,\" said Gautami, \" when you lifted the water to pour on your head at the pool by the wayside on our journey hither.\" ", "start_byte": 300649, "end_byte": 300798, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 308.79998779296875, "end_time": 319.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 309.6449877929688, "cut_end_time": 318.38005029296875}, {"text": "Dushyanta's polite surprise changed to gentle scorn. \" Women are skilful,\" he said, \" at finding ready excuses.\" ", "start_byte": 300800, "end_byte": 300913, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 319.8399963378906, "end_time": 329.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 320.07499633789064, "cut_end_time": 328.88005883789066}, {"text": "Poor Sakuntala was now almost overcome. \" I will mention yet one more circumstance,\" she said. \" One day in our grove you took water in your hand from the vase of lotus leaves.\" ", "start_byte": 300915, "end_byte": 301093, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 329.9599914550781, "end_time": 346.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 330.24499145507815, "cut_end_time": 345.75011645507817}, {"text": "\" What then ? \" asked Dushyanta. ", "start_byte": 301095, "end_byte": 301128, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 346.6000061035156, "end_time": 349.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 347.24500610351566, "cut_end_time": 349.18000610351567}, {"text": "\" At that instant a little fawn which I had reared as my own child approached you, and you said gently, * Drink thou first, gentle fawn.' He would not drink from the hand of a stranger, but received water eagerly from mine, and you said, c Thus every creature loves its own/ \" ", "start_byte": 301130, "end_byte": 301407, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 349.67999267578125, "end_time": 371.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 350.16499267578126, "cut_end_time": 371.14011767578126}, {"text": "236 THE INDIAN STORY BOOK ", "start_byte": 301409, "end_byte": 301435, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 371.0400085449219, "end_time": 371.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 371.0150085449219, "cut_end_time": 371.42000854492187}, {"text": "\" By such honeyed falsehoods are snared the hearts and souls of weaklings,\" said the king with contempt. Gautami ventured to remonstrate with him, but to no purpose, and Sakuntala, wounded to the soul, turned away in sorrow which was not appeased by the attempts of her friends to console her. The king remained firm in his refusal to admit that he was the husband of Sakuntala, but the royal priest, taking pity upon her distress, said that he would be glad to provide her, for a time, with a home in his own house where she might wait in the rather vain hope that the memory of the king would some day be restored to him. The king agreed to this, for he had no desire to appear unnecessarily unkind, and Sakuntala was led away, weeping bitterly, and calling upon the earth goddess to receive her and give her a place within her restful bosom in other words, she wished with all her heart and soul that death would overtake her. ", "start_byte": 301437, "end_byte": 302367, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 371.79998779296875, "end_time": 445.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 371.9949877929688, "cut_end_time": 444.31005029296875}, {"text": "As she left the audience chamber Dushyanta stood in wonder and amazement. The beauty and distress of Sakuntala appealed strongly to him, but he was too honest to confess to a remembrance which he did not really feel. The little band of strangers had not been gone for a few moments when the royal priest re-entered the hall of audience in a state of great excitement. \" Hear, King,\" he said, \" and wonder at my tale ! t When Canna's messengers had departed, Sakuntala, bewailing her ill-fortune, stretched out her arms and wept ; when \" ", "start_byte": 302369, "end_byte": 302906, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 445.5199890136719, "end_time": 488.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 446.1349890136719, "cut_end_time": 487.9200515136719}, {"text": "\" What then ? \" asked the king with great eagerness. ", "start_byte": 302908, "end_byte": 302961, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 488.1199951171875, "end_time": 491.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 488.63499511718754, "cut_end_time": 491.28012011718755}, {"text": "SAKUNTALA AND DUSHYANTA 237 ", "start_byte": 302963, "end_byte": 302991, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 491.20001220703125, "end_time": 491.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 491.1750122070313, "cut_end_time": 491.50001220703126}, {"text": "\" A being of celestial radiance,\" said the priest, \" descended from heaven, caught Sakuntala hastily in her bosom, and disappeared with her.\" ", "start_byte": 302993, "end_byte": 303135, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 491.8399963378906, "end_time": 502.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 492.12499633789065, "cut_end_time": 501.1901213378907}, {"text": "\" It is, then, all a matter of sorcery, as I sus- pected,\" said Dushyanta. \" The affair is over. It is needless to reason further about it. Let no more be said.\" Then he took his way to his inner apart- ment, but as he went he said to himself:", "start_byte": 303137, "end_byte": 303380, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 502.0400085449219, "end_time": 521.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 502.8150085449219, "cut_end_time": 521.0900710449218}, {"text": " ", "start_byte": 303555, "end_byte": 303556, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 537.4400024414062, "end_time": 537.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 537.4150024414063, "cut_end_time": 537.5400649414063}, {"text": "IV ", "start_byte": 303558, "end_byte": 303561, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 537.8400268554688, "end_time": 540.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 537.8850268554688, "cut_end_time": 538.3700893554687}, {"text": "Down the city street came three of the king's officers leading a man with his hands bound. \" Take that,\" said one of them to the prisoner, striking him a blow of great severity, \" and tell us where you got this ring on which the name of the king is engraved.\" ", "start_byte": 303563, "end_byte": 303823, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 540.2000122070312, "end_time": 557.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 540.6250122070313, "cut_end_time": 556.9700747070312}, {"text": " cried the trembling wretch;", "start_byte": 303836, "end_byte": 303864, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 558.8800048828125, "end_time": 560.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 559.2550048828125, "cut_end_time": 560.6600673828125}, {"text": " ", "start_byte": 303950, "end_byte": 303951, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 567.7999877929688, "end_time": 567.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 567.7749877929688, "cut_end_time": 567.9000502929688}, {"text": "\" I suppose,\" said one of the officers in great scorn, \" that the king gave you the ring as a reward for some distinguished service ? \" ", "start_byte": 303953, "end_byte": 304089, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 567.7999877929688, "end_time": 577.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 568.7549877929688, "cut_end_time": 576.7201127929687}, {"text": "\" Hear me,\" cried the man; \" I am a poor fisher- man, supporting his family by catching fish.\" ", "start_byte": 304091, "end_byte": 304186, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 577.4000244140625, "end_time": 584.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 577.7550244140625, "cut_end_time": 584.1200244140625}, {"text": "\" I should expect a fisherman to catch fish,\" said the officer, with a scornful laugh. 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", "start_byte": 304480, "end_byte": 304527, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 605.0399780273438, "end_time": 608.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 605.3749780273438, "cut_end_time": 607.6700405273438}, {"text": "\" One day, then/' pursued the fisherman, \" hav- ing caught a large fish, I cut it open and saw this bright ring in its stomach ; but when I came to this city to offer it for sale I was apprehended by your honourable worships. Only in this way am I guilty of taking this ring. Will you now continue beating and bruising me to death ? \" ", "start_byte": 304529, "end_byte": 304864, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 608.1199951171875, "end_time": 632.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 608.4549951171875, "cut_end_time": 632.0900576171875}, {"text": "The officer smelt the ring and made a wry face. \" It is certain,\" he said to his companions, \" that this ring has been in the body of a fish. The case deserves consideration, and I will tell the story in the king's household.\" ", "start_byte": 304866, "end_byte": 305093, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 632.7999877929688, "end_time": 650.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 633.2949877929688, "cut_end_time": 649.6400502929688}, {"text": "\" Go at once,\" said his two companions, \" while we hold this cut-purse safely.\" ", "start_byte": 305095, "end_byte": 305175, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 650.47998046875, "end_time": 656.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 650.85498046875, "cut_end_time": 655.40004296875}, {"text": "In a very short time the officer was seen approach- ing, and the other two tried to frighten their wretched prisoner by telling him what dreadful torments were undoubtedly in store for him. ", "start_byte": 305177, "end_byte": 305367, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 656.47998046875, "end_time": 668.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 657.10498046875, "cut_end_time": 668.22010546875}, {"text": "\" Let the prisoner \" cried the officer, as he ", "start_byte": 305369, "end_byte": 305415, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 668.8800048828125, "end_time": 671.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 669.1550048828125, "cut_end_time": 671.3100048828126}, {"text": "drew near. ", "start_byte": 305417, "end_byte": 305428, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 671.239990234375, "end_time": 671.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 671.224990234375, "cut_end_time": 671.760052734375}, {"text": "\" Oh, I am a dead man,\" said the trembling fisherman. ", "start_byte": 305430, "end_byte": 305484, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 671.7999877929688, "end_time": 675.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 671.9249877929688, "cut_end_time": 675.6600502929688}, {"text": " continued the officer. \" Set him free at once. The king says he knows he is innocent, and that his story is true.\" ", "start_byte": 305502, "end_byte": 305618, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 676.9600219726562, "end_time": 685.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 677.2750219726563, "cut_end_time": 684.6800844726563}, {"text": "\" Lucky for him,\" said the other two, as they unbound the cords which held the fisherman captive. \" He was just now travelling at a quick rate to the ", "start_byte": 305620, "end_byte": 305770, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 685.6400146484375, "end_time": 694.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 686.1050146484375, "cut_end_time": 694.8500771484375}, {"text": "SAKUNTALA AND DUSHYANTA 239 ", "start_byte": 305772, "end_byte": 305800, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 694.760009765625, "end_time": 694.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 694.735009765625, "cut_end_time": 694.860072265625}, {"text": "kingdom of Yama,\" he said, while the liberated man bowed humbly before the first officer, saying, \" My lord, I owe my life to your kindness.\" ", "start_byte": 305802, "end_byte": 305944, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 694.760009765625, "end_time": 704.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 694.795009765625, "cut_end_time": 703.610009765625}]}

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No help for it, but try again.\"", "start_byte": 592200, "end_byte": 592481, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 97.87999725341797, "end_time": 116.04000091552734, "cut_start_time": 98.06499725341796, "cut_end_time": 115.67012225341796, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"lightning bugs,", "start_byte": 593507, "end_byte": 593523, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 179.0800018310547, "end_time": 180.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 179.05500183105468, "cut_end_time": 180.19006433105469, "narrative_prediction": {"brilliant": {"id": "1", "type": "adjective", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"The gulch must be to the right. I've gone up-river all the while. Confound the crooked luck! It may throw me behind them going back; and how am I to find my way over the big plain! If I get strayed there -- Ha! 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If I live there shall be, though it cost me all my life to bring it about.\"", "start_byte": 598802, "end_byte": 598977, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 533.9199829101562, "end_time": 546.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 533.9649829101563, "cut_end_time": 546.3301079101562, "narrative_prediction": {"continues": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"'Tisn't at all likely they'd find the way up here. They appeared to be afoot. I saw no horses. They might have them for all that. But they can't tell which way I took through the timber, and anyhow couldn't track me till after daylight. Before then Borlasse will certainly be along. Just possible he may come across Woodley and his lot. They'll be sure to make for the Mission, and take the road up t'other side. A good chance of our fellows encountering them, unless that begging fool, Bosley, has let all out. Maybe they killed him on the spot? I didn't hear the end of it, and hope they have.\"", "start_byte": 599139, "end_byte": 599736, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 557.1199951171875, "end_time": 594.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 557.3349951171875, "cut_end_time": 594.4600576171875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"The very place!", "start_byte": 601138, "end_byte": 601154, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 682.5599975585938, "end_time": 684.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 682.7349975585938, "cut_end_time": 684.0500600585938, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"There I'll be safe every way; can see without being seen. It commands a view of the pass, and, if the moon keep clear, I'll be able to tell who comes up, whether friends or foes.\"", "start_byte": 601210, "end_byte": 601390, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 687.47998046875, "end_time": 700.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 687.58498046875, "cut_end_time": 700.24004296875, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "His behaviour shows fear; so, too, his face. Here and there the moonbeams shining through breaks in the foliage, reveal upon his features bewilderment, as well as terror. By their light he is guiding his course, though he does not seem sure of it. 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Before him stretches an expanse of plain altogether treeless, but clothed with tall grass, whose culms stirred by the night breeze, and silvered by the moonbeams, sway to and fro, like the soft tremulous wavelets of a tropic sea; myriads of fire-flies prinkling among the spikes, and emitting a gleam, as phosphorescent medusae, make the resemblance complete.", "start_byte": 592758, "end_byte": 593281, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 131.9199981689453, "end_time": 166.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 132.19499816894532, "cut_end_time": 165.7801231689453}, {"text": "The retreating horseman has no such comparison in his thoughts, nor any time to contemplate Nature. The troubled expression in his eyes, tells he is in no mood for it. 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His muttered words specify the point.", "start_byte": 593775, "end_byte": 593966, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 197.36000061035156, "end_time": 210.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 197.68500061035155, "cut_end_time": 209.62000061035155}, {"text": "Once more setting his horse in motion, he makes for the point thus identified. Not now in zig-zags, or slowly -- as when working his way through the timber -- but in a straight tail-on-end gallop, fast as the animal can go.", "start_byte": 594243, "end_byte": 594466, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 229.60000610351562, "end_time": 243.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 230.0550061035156, "cut_end_time": 243.23000610351562}, {"text": "And now under the bright moonbeams it may be time to take a closer survey of the hastening horseman. In garb he is Indian, from the mocassins on his feet to the fillet of stained feathers surmounting his head. But the colour of his skin contradicts the idea of his being an aboriginal. 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If in terror he has been retreating through the trees, not less does he glide over the open ground. Though going in a gallop, every now and then, as before, he keeps slewing round in the saddle and gazing back with apprehensiveness, in fear he may see forms issuing from the timber's edge, and coming on after.", "start_byte": 594987, "end_byte": 595754, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 276.6400146484375, "end_time": 326.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 277.09501464843754, "cut_end_time": 325.7600146484375}, {"text": "None appear, however; and, at length, arriving by the bluffs base, he draws up under its shadow, darker now, for clouds are beginning to dapple the sky, making the moon's light intermittent. 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There he emerges into moonlight; for Luna has again looked out.", "start_byte": 596113, "end_byte": 596726, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 348.55999755859375, "end_time": 389.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 348.85499755859377, "cut_end_time": 389.07006005859375}, {"text": "Seated in his saddle he takes a survey of the bottom-land below. Afar off, he can distinguish the dark belt of timber, fringing the river on both sides, with here and there a reach of water between, glistening in the moon's soft light like molten silver. His eyes rest not on this, but stray over the open meadow, land in quest of something there.", "start_byte": 596728, "end_byte": 597075, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 389.2799987792969, "end_time": 411.0, "cut_start_time": 389.5049987792969, "cut_end_time": 410.7600612792969}, {"text": "There is nothing to fix his glance, and he now feels safe, for the first time since starting on that prolonged retreat.", "start_byte": 597077, "end_byte": 597196, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 411.0, "end_time": 418.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 411.51500000000004, "cut_end_time": 418.40000000000003}, {"text": "Drawing a free breath he says, soliloquising: -- ", "start_byte": 597198, "end_byte": 597247, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 418.55999755859375, "end_time": 422.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 418.8449975585938, "cut_end_time": 421.95006005859375}, {"text": "\"No good my going farther now. Besides I don't know the trail, not a foot farther. No help for it but stay here till Borlasse and the boys come up. They can't be much longer, unless they've had a fight to detain them; which I don't think at all likely, after what the half-blood told us. In any case some of them will be this way. Great God! To think of Sime Woodley being here! And after me, sure, for the killing of Clancy! Heywood, too, and Harkness along with them! How is that, I wonder? Can they have met my old jailer on the way, and brought him back to help in tracing me? What the devil does it all mean? It looks as if the very Fates were conspiring for my destruction.", "start_byte": 597249, "end_byte": 597928, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 422.3599853515625, "end_time": 469.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 422.69498535156254, "cut_end_time": 469.07004785156255}, {"text": "\"And who the fellow that laid hold of my horse? So like Clancy! I could swear 'twas he, if I wasn't sure of having settled him. If ever gun-bullet gave a man his quietus, mine did him. The breath was out of his body before I left him.", "start_byte": 597930, "end_byte": 598164, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 469.67999267578125, "end_time": 487.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 469.86499267578125, "cut_end_time": 486.9800551757813}, {"text": "\"Sime Woodley's after me, sure! Damn the ugly brute of a backwoodsman! He seems to have been created for the special purpose of pursuing me?", "start_byte": 598166, "end_byte": 598306, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 487.67999267578125, "end_time": 498.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 487.8349926757813, "cut_end_time": 497.6601176757813}, {"text": "As he utters the harsh exclamation there is blackness on his brow, and chagrin in his glance; a look, such as Satan may have cast back at Paradise on being expelled from it.", "start_byte": 598582, "end_byte": 598755, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 519.5999755859375, "end_time": 531.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 520.1449755859376, "cut_end_time": 530.7900380859376}, {"text": "With assumed resignation, he continues: -- ", "start_byte": 598757, "end_byte": 598800, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 531.1199951171875, "end_time": 533.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 531.4849951171875, "cut_end_time": 533.5600576171876}, {"text": "Another pause spent reflecting what he ought to do next. He has still some fear of being followed by Sime Woodley. Endeavouring to dismiss it, he mutters: -- ", "start_byte": 598979, "end_byte": 599137, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 546.9600219726562, "end_time": 557.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 547.2650219726563, "cut_end_time": 556.9500219726563}, {"text": "With this barbarous reflection he discontinues his soliloquy, bethinking himself, how he may best pass the time till his comrades come on. At first he designs alighting, and lying down: for he has been many hours in the saddle, and feels fatigued. But just as he is about to dismount, it occurs to him the place is not a proper one. Around the summit of the pass, the plain is without a stick of timber, not even a bush to give shade or concealment, and of this last he now begins to recognise the need. For, all at once, he recalls a conversation with Borlasse, in which mention was made of Sime Woodley; the robber telling of his having been in Texas before, and out upon the San Saba -- the very place where now seen! Therefore, the backwoodsman will be acquainted with the locality, and may strike for the trail he has himself taken. He remembers Sime's reputation as a tracker; he no longer feels safe. In the confusion of his senses, his fancy exaggerates his fears, and he almost dreads to look back across the bottom-land.", "start_byte": 599738, "end_byte": 600768, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 594.9199829101562, "end_time": 658.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 595.5049829101563, "cut_end_time": 657.8800454101563}, {"text": "Thus apprehensive, he turns his eyes towards the plain, in search of a better place for his temporary bivouac, or at all events a safer one. He sees it. To the right, and some two or three hundred yards off is a motte of timber, standing solitary on the otherwise treeless expanse. It is the grove of black-jacks, where Hawkins and Tucker halted that same afternoon.", "start_byte": 600770, "end_byte": 601136, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 658.1599731445312, "end_time": 682.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 658.5049731445313, "cut_end_time": 682.0400356445313}, {"text": " says Richard Darke to himself, after scrutinising it.", "start_byte": 601155, "end_byte": 601209, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 684.1599731445312, "end_time": 687.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 684.4549731445313, "cut_end_time": 687.1600356445313}, {"text": "Saying this, he makes for the motte.", "start_byte": 601392, "end_byte": 601428, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 700.5999755859375, "end_time": 702.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 700.9349755859375, "cut_end_time": 702.6100380859375}, {"text": "Reaching it, he dismounts, and, drawing the rein over his horse's head, leads the animal in among the trees.", "start_byte": 601430, "end_byte": 601538, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 702.719970703125, "end_time": 709.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 703.0149707031251, "cut_end_time": 709.350095703125}, {"text": "At a short distance from the grove's edge is a glade. In this he makes stop, and secures the horse, by looping the bridle around a branch.", "start_byte": 601540, "end_byte": 601678, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 709.4400024414062, "end_time": 717.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 709.7050024414062, "cut_end_time": 717.3000024414063}, {"text": "He has a tin canteen hanging over the horn of his saddle, which he lifts off. It is a large one, -- capable of holding a half-gallon. It is three parts full, not of water, but of whisky. The fourth part he has drunk during the day, and earlier hours of the night, to give him courage for the part he had to play. He now drinks to drown his chagrin at having played it so badly. Cursing his crooked luck, as he calls it, he takes a swig of the whisky, and then steps back to the place where he entered among the black-jacks. There taking stand, he awaits the coming of his confederates.", "start_byte": 601680, "end_byte": 602265, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 717.3599853515625, "end_time": 753.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 717.6949853515625, "cut_end_time": 753.6201103515625}, {"text": "He keeps his eyes upon the summit of the pass. They cannot come up without his seeing them, much less go on over the plain.", "start_byte": 602267, "end_byte": 602390, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 753.760009765625, "end_time": 761.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 754.045009765625, "cut_end_time": 760.830009765625}, {"text": "They must arrive soon, else he will not be able to see them. For he has brought the canteen along, and, raising it repeatedly to his lips, his sight is becoming obscured, the equilibrium of his body endangered.", "start_byte": 602392, "end_byte": 602602, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 761.239990234375, "end_time": 774.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 761.524990234375, "cut_end_time": 774.2001152343751}, {"text": "As the vessel grows lighter, so does his head; while his limbs refuse to support the weight of his body, which oscillates from side to side.", "start_byte": 602604, "end_byte": 602744, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 774.6400146484375, "end_time": 783.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 774.9650146484375, "cut_end_time": 783.5100771484375}]}

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I can tell by the way he tugs upon the string.\"", "start_byte": 604668, "end_byte": 604741, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 111.16000366210938, "end_time": 115.68000030517578, "cut_start_time": 111.49500366210937, "cut_end_time": 115.33006616210938, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Or what, masser?\"", "start_byte": 605088, "end_byte": 605106, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 138.52000427246094, "end_time": 140.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 139.17500427246094, "cut_end_time": 140.18000427246093, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Me!\"", "start_byte": 605108, "end_byte": 605113, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 140.63999938964844, "end_time": 141.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 140.61499938964843, "cut_end_time": 141.16012438964844, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Lor forbid! If I ever see that, there's another goes down long side you; either the slave-catcher or the slave.\"", "start_byte": 605115, "end_byte": 605228, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 141.72000122070312, "end_time": 148.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 141.88500122070312, "cut_end_time": 148.50000122070313, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Thanks, my brave fellow! I know you mean it. But now to our work; and let us be silent. He may not have gone far, and's still skulking in this tract of timber. If so, he stands a chance to hear us. Speak only in a whisper.\"", "start_byte": 605230, "end_byte": 605454, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 148.83999633789062, "end_time": 164.0, "cut_start_time": 149.11499633789063, "cut_end_time": 163.76005883789063, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You see it?", "start_byte": 606798, "end_byte": 606810, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 244.32000732421875, "end_time": 245.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 244.62500732421876, "cut_end_time": 245.25006982421874, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"That's the assassin's trail. He's gone out here, and straight across the bottom. He's made for the bluff yonder. From this he's been putting his animal to speed; gone in a gallop, as the stretch between the tracks show. He may go that way, or any other, 'twill make no difference in the end. He fancies himself clever, but for all his cleverness he'll not escape me now.\"", "start_byte": 606858, "end_byte": 607230, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 247.83999633789062, "end_time": 270.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 248.1049963378906, "cut_end_time": 269.80012133789063, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I hope not, Masser Charle; an' don't think he will; don't see how he can.\"", "start_byte": 607232, "end_byte": 607307, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 270.1600036621094, "end_time": 275.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 270.5350036621094, "cut_end_time": 275.2800036621094, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"He can't.\"", "start_byte": 607309, "end_byte": 607320, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 275.67999267578125, "end_time": 276.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 275.93499267578125, "cut_end_time": 276.6701176757813, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Jupe, my boy, in your time you have suffered much yourself, and should know something of what it is to feel vengeful. But not a vengeance like mine. That you can't understand, and perhaps may think me cruel.\"", "start_byte": 607438, "end_byte": 607647, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 283.5199890136719, "end_time": 296.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 283.6549890136719, "cut_end_time": 295.8301140136719, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"You, Masser Charle!\"", "start_byte": 607649, "end_byte": 607670, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 296.32000732421875, "end_time": 297.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 296.6050073242188, "cut_end_time": 297.7200073242188, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I don't remember ever having done a harsh thing in my life, or hurt to anyone not deserving it.\"", "start_byte": 607672, "end_byte": 607769, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 297.9599914550781, "end_time": 303.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 298.29499145507816, "cut_end_time": 303.35011645507814, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I am sure you never did, masser.\"", "start_byte": 607771, "end_byte": 607805, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 303.6000061035156, "end_time": 305.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 303.88500610351565, "cut_end_time": 305.46000610351564, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"My dealing with this man may seem an exception. For sure as I live, I'll kill him, or he shall kill me.\"", "start_byte": 607807, "end_byte": 607912, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 305.9599914550781, "end_time": 312.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 306.35499145507816, "cut_end_time": 312.13011645507817, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"There'd be no cruelty in that. He deserve die, if ever man did.\"", "start_byte": 607914, "end_byte": 607979, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 312.6000061035156, "end_time": 317.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 312.81500610351566, "cut_end_time": 316.95000610351565, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"He shall. I've sworn it -- you know when and where. My poor mother sent to an untimely grave! Her spirit seems now speaking to me -- urging me to keep my oath. Let us on!\"", "start_byte": 607981, "end_byte": 608153, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 317.3999938964844, "end_time": 330.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 317.6149938964844, "cut_end_time": 329.8401188964844, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I fear, Jupe, we've been going too fast, and it may be too far. If we encounter these desperadoes, I needn't tell you we'll be in trouble. What ought we to do, think you?\"", "start_byte": 611149, "end_byte": 611321, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 512.1199951171875, "end_time": 523.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 512.3649951171875, "cut_end_time": 523.4401201171876, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Well Masser Charle, I don't jest know. I'se a stranger on these Texas prairies. If 'twar in a Massissip swamp, I might be better able to advise. Hyar I'se all in a quandairy.\"", "start_byte": 611323, "end_byte": 611499, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 523.8400268554688, "end_time": 536.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 524.1650268554688, "cut_end_time": 535.8800893554687, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"If we go back we may meet them in the teeth. Besides, I shan't -- can't now. I must keep on, till I've set eyes on Dick Darke.\"", "start_byte": 611501, "end_byte": 611629, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 536.4000244140625, "end_time": 545.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 536.7850244140625, "cut_end_time": 544.8500869140626, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well, Masser Charle, s'pose we lie hid durin' the day, an' track him after night? The ole dog sure take up the scent for good twenty-four hours to come. There's a bunch of trees out yonner, that'll give us a hidin' place; an' if the thieves go past this way, we sure see 'em. They no see us there.\"", "start_byte": 611631, "end_byte": 611930, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 545.3200073242188, "end_time": 564.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 545.5450073242188, "cut_end_time": 564.1200073242188, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"No, Jupe; we must go on, now. I'll take the risk, if you're not afraid to follow me.\"", "start_byte": 612131, "end_byte": 612217, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 577.0800170898438, "end_time": 582.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 577.2350170898437, "cut_end_time": 582.4000795898438, "narrative_prediction": {"continues": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "They are trailing in darkness, else he would not need assistance from the dog. For it is only a short while since his separation from the party that went on to the Mission. Soon as getting into their saddles, Clancy and his faithful follower struck into the timber, at the point where Darke was seen to enter, and they are now fairly on his tracks. In the obscurity they cannot see them; but the behaviour of the hound tells they are there.", "start_byte": 604127, "end_byte": 604567, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 80.23999786376953, "end_time": 104.76000213623047, "cut_start_time": 80.55499786376953, "cut_end_time": 104.52012286376953}, {"text": " says Clancy, calling the animal by a name long ago bestowed upon it.", "start_byte": 604597, "end_byte": 604666, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 106.83999633789062, "end_time": 111.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 106.94499633789061, "cut_end_time": 110.81012133789062}, {"text": "\"All right, Masser Charle. Give him plenty head. Let him well out. Guess we can keep up with him. An' the sooner we overtake the nigger whipper, the better it be for us, an' the worser for him. Pity you let him go. If you'd 'lowed Mass Woodley to shoot down his hoss -- \"", "start_byte": 604743, "end_byte": 605014, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 115.68000030517578, "end_time": 133.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 116.01500030517577, "cut_end_time": 133.64000030517576}, {"text": "\"Never mind about that. You'll see himself shot down ere long, or -- \"", "start_byte": 605016, "end_byte": 605086, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 133.63999938964844, "end_time": 138.52000427246094, "cut_start_time": 133.80499938964843, "cut_end_time": 138.47012438964842}, {"text": "Thus instructed, Jupe makes a gesture to signify compliance; Clancy turning his attention to the hound.", "start_byte": 605456, "end_byte": 605559, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 164.0, "end_time": 170.24000549316406, "cut_start_time": 164.465, "cut_end_time": 169.97006249999998}, {"text": "By this, Brasfort is all eagerness, as can be told by the quick vibration of his tail, and spasmodic action of the body. A sound also proceeds from his lips, an attempt at baying; which, but for the confining muzzle would make the forest echoes ring around. Stopped by this his note can be heard only a short distance off, not far enough for them to have any fear. If they but get so near the man they are in chase of, they will surely overtake him.", "start_byte": 605561, "end_byte": 606010, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 170.24000549316406, "end_time": 196.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 170.38500549316404, "cut_end_time": 195.91006799316406}, {"text": "In confidence the trackers keep on; but obstructed by the close standing trunks, with thick underwood between, they make but slow progress. They are more than an hour in getting across the timbered tract; a distance that should not have taken quarter the time.", "start_byte": 606012, "end_byte": 606272, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 196.32000732421875, "end_time": 211.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 196.56500732421875, "cut_end_time": 211.29000732421875}, {"text": "At length, arriving on its edge, they make stop; Clancy drawing back the dog. Looking across the plain he sees that, which tells him the instinct of the animal will be no longer needed -- at least for a time.", "start_byte": 606274, "end_byte": 606482, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 211.63999938964844, "end_time": 224.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 211.94499938964844, "cut_end_time": 224.53012438964842}, {"text": "The moon, shining upon the meadow grass, shows a list differently shaded; where the tall culms have been bent down and crushed by the hoof of some heavy quadruped, that has made its way amidst them. And recently too, as Clancy, skilled in tracking, can tell; knowing, also, it is the track of Dick Darke's horse.", "start_byte": 606484, "end_byte": 606796, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 224.8800048828125, "end_time": 244.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 225.1850048828125, "cut_end_time": 243.9900673828125}, {"text": " he says, pointing to the lighter shaded line.", "start_byte": 606811, "end_byte": 606857, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 245.32000732421875, "end_time": 247.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 245.56500732421875, "cut_end_time": 247.72000732421876}, {"text": "For some time Clancy is silent, apparently absorbed in serious reflection. At length, he says to his follower: -- ", "start_byte": 607322, "end_byte": 607436, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 276.8800048828125, "end_time": 283.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 277.40500488281253, "cut_end_time": 283.27000488281254}, {"text": "They spur out into the moonlight, and off over the open plain, the hound no longer in the lead. His nose is not needed now. The slot of Darke's galloping horse is so conspicuous they can clearly see it, though going fast as did he.", "start_byte": 608155, "end_byte": 608386, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 330.1600036621094, "end_time": 344.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 330.5950036621094, "cut_end_time": 344.3200661621094}, {"text": "Half an hour at this rapid pace, and they are again under shadow. It is that of the bluff, so dark they can no longer make out the hoof-marks of the retreating horseman.", "start_byte": 608388, "end_byte": 608557, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 344.6000061035156, "end_time": 354.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 344.9150061035156, "cut_end_time": 354.31000610351566}, {"text": "For a time they are stayed, while once more leashing the hound, and setting it upon the scent.", "start_byte": 608559, "end_byte": 608653, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 354.55999755859375, "end_time": 359.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 354.9049975585938, "cut_end_time": 359.32012255859377}, {"text": "Brasfort lifts it with renewed spirit; and, keeping in advance, conducts them to an opening in the wall of rock. It is the entrance to a gorge going upward. They can perceive a trodden path, upon which are the hoof-prints of many horses, apparently an hundred of them.", "start_byte": 608655, "end_byte": 608923, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 359.6000061035156, "end_time": 375.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 359.83500610351564, "cut_end_time": 375.49000610351567}, {"text": "Clancy dismounts to examine them. He takes note, that they are of horses unshod; though there are some with the iron on. Most of them are fresh, among others of older date. Those recently made have the convexity of the hoof turned towards the river. Whoever rode these horses came down the gorge, and kept on for the crossing. He has no doubt, but that they are the same, whose tracks were observed in the slough, and at the ford -- now known to have been made by the freebooters. As these have come down the glen, in all likelihood they will go up it in return.", "start_byte": 608925, "end_byte": 609487, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 375.8399963378906, "end_time": 409.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 375.9749963378907, "cut_end_time": 409.3701213378906}, {"text": "The thought should deter him from proceeding farther in that direction.", "start_byte": 609489, "end_byte": 609560, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 409.4800109863281, "end_time": 413.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 409.76501098632815, "cut_end_time": 412.85001098632813}, {"text": "But it does not. He is urged on by his oath -- by a determination to keep it at all cost. He fancies Darke cannot be far ahead, and trusts to overtaking, and settling the affair, before his confederates come up.", "start_byte": 609562, "end_byte": 609773, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 413.1199951171875, "end_time": 427.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 413.25499511718755, "cut_end_time": 426.97005761718754}, {"text": "Reflecting thus, he enters the ravine, and commences ascending its slope, Jupiter and Brasfort following.", "start_byte": 609775, "end_byte": 609880, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 427.2799987792969, "end_time": 433.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 427.5049987792969, "cut_end_time": 433.6301237792969}, {"text": "On reaching the upland plain, they have a different light around, from that below on the bottom-land. The moon is clouded over, but her silvery sheen is replaced by a gloaming of grey. There are streaks of bluish colour, rose tinted, along the horizon's edge. It is the dawn, for day is just breaking.", "start_byte": 609882, "end_byte": 610183, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 433.9200134277344, "end_time": 452.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 434.2050134277344, "cut_end_time": 452.4800134277344}, {"text": "At first Clancy is gratified by a sight, so oft gladdening hearts. Daylight will assist him in his search.", "start_byte": 610185, "end_byte": 610291, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 452.79998779296875, "end_time": 459.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 453.05498779296875, "cut_end_time": 459.2600502929688}, {"text": "Soon, he thinks otherwise. Sweeping his eyes over the upland plain, he sees it is sterile and treeless. A thin skirting of timber runs along the bluff edge; but elsewhere all is open, except a solitary grove at no great distance off.", "start_byte": 610293, "end_byte": 610526, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 459.55999755859375, "end_time": 474.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 459.80499755859375, "cut_end_time": 474.6201225585938}, {"text": "The rendezvous of the robbers would not be there, but more likely on the other side of the arid expanse. Noting a trail which leads outwards, he suspects the pursued man to have taken it. But to follow in full daylight may not only defeat all chance of overtaking him, but expose them to the danger of capture by the freebooters coming in behind.", "start_byte": 610528, "end_byte": 610874, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 474.8800048828125, "end_time": 494.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 475.26500488281255, "cut_end_time": 494.0800673828125}, {"text": "Clancy casts his eye across the plain, then back towards the bottom-land. He begins to repent his imprudence in having ventured up the pass. But now to descend might be more dangerous than to stay. There is danger either way, and in every direction. So thinking, he says:", "start_byte": 610876, "end_byte": 611147, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 494.6400146484375, "end_time": 512.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 494.79501464843753, "cut_end_time": 512.0600146484376}, {"text": "\"But if they go past, it will be all over. I could have little hope of finding him alone. Along with them he would -- \"", "start_byte": 611932, "end_byte": 612051, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 564.47998046875, "end_time": 572.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 564.84498046875, "cut_end_time": 571.71004296875}, {"text": "Clancy speaks as if in soliloquy.", "start_byte": 612053, "end_byte": 612086, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 572.239990234375, "end_time": 574.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 572.444990234375, "cut_end_time": 574.520115234375}, {"text": "Abruptly changing tone, he continues: -- ", "start_byte": 612088, "end_byte": 612129, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 574.6400146484375, "end_time": 577.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 574.8750146484375, "cut_end_time": 576.8400771484376}]}

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Just now the red gentry chance to be tied by a treaty, and are not likely to harm us. We've more to fear from fellows with white skins. Yes, the wild horses are heading our way; scouring along as if all the Indians in Texas were after them. What does that signify? Something, I take it.\"", "start_byte": 613662, "end_byte": 614172, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 65.91999816894531, "end_time": 100.0, "cut_start_time": 66.18499816894531, "cut_end_time": 99.59006066894531, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"sign.", "start_byte": 614279, "end_byte": 614285, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 107.0, "end_time": 107.68000030517578, "cut_start_time": 106.975, "cut_end_time": 107.51006249999999, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"greenhorn.\"", "start_byte": 614467, "end_byte": 614479, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 117.5199966430664, "end_time": 118.95999908447266, "cut_start_time": 117.5149966430664, "cut_end_time": 118.5300591430664, "narrative_prediction": {"pronounce": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"norther.", "start_byte": 614829, "end_byte": 614838, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 139.0, "end_time": 139.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 138.975, "cut_end_time": 139.42, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I shouldn't wonder, Jupe, if we've reached our journey's end. Look at Brasfort! See how he strains! There's man or beast among those black-jacks -- both I take it.\"", "start_byte": 617308, "end_byte": 617473, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 290.3999938964844, "end_time": 302.0, "cut_start_time": 290.6649938964844, "cut_end_time": 301.5400563964844, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Looks like, masser.\"", "start_byte": 617475, "end_byte": 617496, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 302.0, "end_time": 303.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 302.185, "cut_end_time": 303.22, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Yes; I think we'll there find what we're searching for. Strange, too, his making no show. I can't see sign of a movement.\"", "start_byte": 617498, "end_byte": 617621, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 303.5199890136719, "end_time": 312.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 303.9449890136719, "cut_end_time": 312.3701140136719, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"No more I.\"", "start_byte": 617623, "end_byte": 617635, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 312.8800048828125, "end_time": 314.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 313.03500488281253, "cut_end_time": 314.03006738281255, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Asleep, perhaps? It won't do for us to go any nearer, till sure. He's had the advantage of me too often before. I can't afford giving it again. Ha! what's that?\"", "start_byte": 617637, "end_byte": 617799, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 314.4800109863281, "end_time": 326.0, "cut_start_time": 314.7350109863281, "cut_end_time": 325.83001098632815, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"yes,", "start_byte": 619585, "end_byte": 619590, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 440.0, "end_time": 440.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 440.065, "cut_end_time": 440.6400625, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"no.", "start_byte": 619610, "end_byte": 619614, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 442.4800109863281, "end_time": 443.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 442.45501098632815, "cut_end_time": 442.95001098632815, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": "All at once he is checked up, his master drawing him back with sudden abruptness.", "start_byte": 613222, "end_byte": 613303, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 36.560001373291016, "end_time": 41.52000045776367, "cut_start_time": 36.98500137329102, "cut_end_time": 41.450063873291015}, {"text": "The dog appears surprised at first, so does Jupiter. The latter, looking round, discovers the cause: something which moves upon the plain, already observed by Clancy. Not clearly seen, for it is still dark.", "start_byte": 613305, "end_byte": 613511, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 41.52000045776367, "end_time": 55.119998931884766, "cut_start_time": 41.83500045776368, "cut_end_time": 54.73000045776367}, {"text": " he asks, eagerly scanning it, with hands over his eyes.", "start_byte": 613532, "end_byte": 613588, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 56.63999938964844, "end_time": 60.68000030517578, "cut_start_time": 56.93499938964844, "cut_end_time": 60.20012438964844}, {"text": "Jupiter cannot say. 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Besides the dust stirred up by their hooves, is another cloud rising in the sky beyond. The black belt just looming along the horizon proclaims the approach of a", "start_byte": 614570, "end_byte": 614828, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 125.08000183105469, "end_time": 139.0, "cut_start_time": 125.32500183105468, "cut_end_time": 139.10000183105467}, {"text": " The scared horses are heading southward, in the hope to escape it.", "start_byte": 614839, "end_byte": 614906, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 139.63999938964844, "end_time": 143.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 139.94499938964844, "cut_end_time": 143.09012438964842}, {"text": "They come in full career towards the spot where the two have pulled up -- along a line parallel to the trend of the cliff, at some distance from its edge. Neighing, snorting, with tossed manes, and streaming tails, they tear past, and are soon wide away on the other side.", "start_byte": 614908, "end_byte": 615180, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 143.44000244140625, "end_time": 160.75999450683594, "cut_start_time": 143.70500244140624, "cut_end_time": 160.26000244140624}, {"text": "Clancy keeping horse and hound in check, waits till they are out of sight. Then sets Brasfort back upon the scent, from which he so unceremoniously jerked him.", "start_byte": 615182, "end_byte": 615341, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 160.75999450683594, "end_time": 169.39999389648438, "cut_start_time": 160.93499450683592, "cut_end_time": 168.90005700683594}, {"text": "Though without dent of hoof on the dry parched grass, the hound easily retakes it, straining on as before.", "start_byte": 615343, "end_byte": 615449, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 169.39999389648438, "end_time": 175.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 169.65499389648437, "cut_end_time": 175.55011889648438}, {"text": "But he is soon at fault, losing it. They have come upon the tracks of the mustangs, these having spoiled the scent -- killed it.", "start_byte": 615451, "end_byte": 615579, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 175.72000122070312, "end_time": 184.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 176.02500122070313, "cut_end_time": 183.62000122070313}, {"text": "Clancy, halting, sits dissatisfied in the saddle; Jupiter sharing his dissatisfaction.", "start_byte": 615581, "end_byte": 615667, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 184.1199951171875, "end_time": 191.0, "cut_start_time": 184.26499511718748, "cut_end_time": 190.7700576171875}, {"text": "What are they to do now? The mulatto suggests crossing the ground trodden by the mustangs, and trying on the other side.", "start_byte": 615669, "end_byte": 615789, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 191.0, "end_time": 197.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 191.255, "cut_end_time": 197.2100625}, {"text": "To this Clancy consents. It is the only course that seems rational.", "start_byte": 615791, "end_byte": 615858, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 197.44000244140625, "end_time": 201.9199981689453, "cut_start_time": 197.73500244140624, "cut_end_time": 201.70000244140624}, {"text": "Again moving forward, they pass over the beaten turf; and, letting Brasfort alone, look to him. The hound strikes ahead, quartering.", "start_byte": 615860, "end_byte": 615992, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 201.9199981689453, "end_time": 210.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 202.10499816894531, "cut_end_time": 210.7801231689453}, {"text": "Not long till the vibration of his tail tells he is once more on the scent.", "start_byte": 615994, "end_byte": 616069, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 210.9600067138672, "end_time": 215.75999450683594, "cut_start_time": 211.28500671386718, "cut_end_time": 215.38000671386717}, {"text": "Now stiffer than ever, and leading in a straight line. He goes direct for the copse of timber, which is now only a very short distance off.", "start_byte": 616071, "end_byte": 616210, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 215.75999450683594, "end_time": 224.0, "cut_start_time": 216.05499450683592, "cut_end_time": 223.41005700683593}, {"text": "Again Clancy draws the dog in, at the same time reining up his horse.", "start_byte": 616212, "end_byte": 616281, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 224.0, "end_time": 228.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 224.17499999999998, "cut_end_time": 228.43}, {"text": "Jupe has done the same with his mule; and both bend their eyes upon the copse -- the grove of black-jack oaks -- scanning it with glances of inquiry. If Clancy but knew what is within, how in a glade near its centre, is the man they are seeking, he would no longer tarry for Brasfort's trailing, but letting go the leash altogether, and leaping from his horse, rush in among the trees, and bring to a speedy reckoning him, to whom he owes so much misery.", "start_byte": 616283, "end_byte": 616737, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 228.63999938964844, "end_time": 255.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 228.81499938964842, "cut_end_time": 254.83006188964842}, {"text": "Richard Darke dreams not of the danger so near him. He is in a deep sleep -- the dreamless, helpless slumber of intoxication.", "start_byte": 616739, "end_byte": 616864, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 255.27999877929688, "end_time": 263.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 255.46499877929688, "cut_end_time": 263.20006127929685}, {"text": "But a like near danger threatens Clancy himself, of which he is unconscious. With face towards the copse, and eyes eagerly scrutinising it, he thinks not of looking behind.", "start_byte": 616866, "end_byte": 617038, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 263.55999755859375, "end_time": 274.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 263.8349975585938, "cut_end_time": 274.6500600585938}, {"text": "By the way his hound still behaves, there must be something within the grove. What can it be? He does not ask the question. He suspects -- is, indeed, almost certain -- his enemy is that something. Muttering to the mulatto, who has come close alongside, he says: -- ", "start_byte": 617040, "end_byte": 617306, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 274.79998779296875, "end_time": 290.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 275.17498779296875, "cut_end_time": 290.2600502929688}, {"text": "The dog has suddenly slewed round, and sniffs in the opposite direction. Clancy and Jupe, turning at the same time, see that which draws their thoughts from Richard Darke, driving him altogether out of their minds.", "start_byte": 617801, "end_byte": 618015, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 326.0, "end_time": 338.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 326.40500000000003, "cut_end_time": 337.9300625}, {"text": "Their faces are turned towards the east, where the Aurora reddens the sky, and against its bright background several horsemen are seen en silhouette, their number each instant increasing. Some are already visible from crown to hoof; others show only to the shoulders; while the heads of others can just be distinguished surmounting the crest of the cliff. In the spectacle there is no mystery, nor anything that needs explanation. Too well does Charles Clancy comprehend. A troop of mounted men approaching up the pass, to all appearance Indians, returning spoil-laden from a raid on some frontier settlement. But in reality white men, outlawed desperadoes, the band of Jim Borlasse, long notorious throughout South-Western Texas.", "start_byte": 618017, "end_byte": 618747, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 338.1600036621094, "end_time": 384.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 338.3450036621094, "cut_end_time": 384.4900036621094}, {"text": "One by one, they ascend en echelon, as fiends through a stage-trap in some theatric scene, showing faces quite as satanic. Each, on arriving at the summit, rides into line alongside their leader, already up and halted. And on they come, till nineteen can be counted upon the plain.", "start_byte": 618749, "end_byte": 619030, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 384.9599914550781, "end_time": 404.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 385.19499145507814, "cut_end_time": 404.00011645507817}, {"text": "Clancy does not care to count them. There could be nothing gained by that. He sees there are enough to make resistance idle. To attempt it were madness.", "start_byte": 619032, "end_byte": 619184, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 404.4800109863281, "end_time": 413.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 404.6750109863282, "cut_end_time": 412.79007348632814}, {"text": "And must he submit? There seems no alternative.", "start_byte": 619186, "end_byte": 619233, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 413.0400085449219, "end_time": 417.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 413.1950085449219, "cut_end_time": 416.8600710449219}, {"text": "There is for all that; one he is aware of -- flight. His horse is strong and swift. For both these qualities originally chosen, and later designed to be used for a special purpose -- pursuit. Is the noble animal now to be tried in a way never intended -- retreat?", "start_byte": 619235, "end_byte": 619498, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 417.20001220703125, "end_time": 434.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 417.3350122070313, "cut_end_time": 434.8000747070313}, {"text": "Although that dark frowning phalanx, at the summit of the pass, would seem to answer", "start_byte": 619500, "end_byte": 619584, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 434.9200134277344, "end_time": 440.0, "cut_start_time": 435.4650134277344, "cut_end_time": 440.0100134277344}, {"text": " Clancy determines", "start_byte": 619591, "end_byte": 619609, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 440.8800048828125, "end_time": 442.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 441.0650048828125, "cut_end_time": 442.5800673828125}, {"text": " Of himself he could still escape -- and easily. In a stretch over that smooth plain, not a horse in their troop would stand the slightest chance to come up with him, and he could soon leave all out of sight. But then, he must needs also leave behind the faithful retainer, from whose lips has just issued a declaration of readiness to follow him to the death.", "start_byte": 619615, "end_byte": 619975, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 443.1199951171875, "end_time": 464.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 443.33499511718753, "cut_end_time": 463.7400576171875}, {"text": "He cannot, will not; and if he thinks of flight, it is instinctively, and but for an instant; the thought abandoned as he turns towards the mulatto, and gives a glance at the mule. On his horse he could yet ride away from the robbers, but the slow-footed hybrid bars all hope for Jupiter. The absconding slave were certain to be caught, now; and slave or free, the colour of his skin would ensure him cruel treatment from the lawless crew.", "start_byte": 619977, "end_byte": 620416, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 464.2799987792969, "end_time": 491.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 464.4649987792969, "cut_end_time": 490.8400612792969}, {"text": "But what better himself taken? How can he protect poor Jupe, his own freedom -- his life -- equally imperilled? For he has no doubt but that Borlasse will remember, and recognise, him. It is barely twelve months since he stood beside that whipping-post in the town of Nacogdoches, and saw the ruffian receive chastisement for the stealing of his horse -- the same he is now sitting upon. No fear of the horse-thief having forgotten that episode of his life.", "start_byte": 620418, "end_byte": 620875, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 491.1199951171875, "end_time": 518.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 491.3749951171875, "cut_end_time": 518.2801201171875}, {"text": "He can have no doubt but that Borlasse will retaliate; that this will be his first thought, soon as seeing him. It needs not for the robber chief to know what has occurred by the big oak; that Bosley is a prisoner, Quantrell a fugitive, their prisoners released, and on their way back to the Mission. It is not likely he does know, as yet. But too likely he will soon learn. For Darke will be turning up ere long, and everything will be made clear. Then to the old anger of Borlasse for the affair of the scourging, will be added new rage, while that of Darke himself will be desperate.", "start_byte": 620877, "end_byte": 621463, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 518.6400146484375, "end_time": 553.52001953125, "cut_start_time": 518.7950146484375, "cut_end_time": 553.1900771484375}, {"text": "In truth, the prospect is appalling; and Charles Clancy, almost as much as ever in his life, feels that life in peril.", "start_byte": 621465, "end_byte": 621583, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 553.52001953125, "end_time": 562.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 553.85501953125, "cut_end_time": 562.16008203125}]}

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For coyotes have come skulking around the copse, and their cry agitates the animal. It is this that has awakened the sleeper.", "start_byte": 678579, "end_byte": 678797, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 27.280000686645508, "end_time": 39.31999969482422, "cut_start_time": 27.61500068664551, "cut_end_time": 39.04000068664551}, {"text": "He starts to his feet in fear, though not of the wolves. Their proximity has nought to do with the shudder which passes through his frame. It comes from an apprehension he has overslept himself, and that, meanwhile, his confederates have passed the place.", "start_byte": 678799, "end_byte": 679054, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 39.31999969482422, "end_time": 54.279998779296875, "cut_start_time": 39.71499969482422, "cut_end_time": 53.60006219482422}, {"text": "It is broad daylight, with a bright sun in the sky; though this he cannot see through the thick foliage intervening. But his watch will tell him the time. He takes it out and glances at the dial. The hands appear not to move!", "start_byte": 679056, "end_byte": 679281, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 54.279998779296875, "end_time": 66.4000015258789, "cut_start_time": 54.35499877929688, "cut_end_time": 66.32012377929688}, {"text": "He holds it to his ear, but hears no ticking. Now, he remembers having neglected to wind it up the night before. It has run down!", "start_byte": 679283, "end_byte": 679412, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 66.4000015258789, "end_time": 74.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 66.7150015258789, "cut_end_time": 74.1000640258789}, {"text": "Hastily returning it to his pocket, he makes for open ground, where he may get a view of the sun. By its height above the horizon, as far as he can judge it should be about nine of the morning. This point, as he supposes, settled, does not remove his apprehension, on the contrary but increases it. The returning marauders would not likely be delayed so late? In all probability they have passed.", "start_byte": 679414, "end_byte": 679810, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 74.44000244140625, "end_time": 96.0, "cut_start_time": 74.74500244140624, "cut_end_time": 95.90000244140624}, {"text": "How is he to be assured? A thought strikes him: he will step out upon the plain, and see if he can discern their tracks. He does so, keeping on to the summit of the pass. There he finds evidence to confirm his fears. The loose turf around the head of the gorge is torn and trampled by the hoofs of many horses, all going off over the plain. 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Instead of having risen higher, it is now nearer the horizon!", "start_byte": 680259, "end_byte": 680504, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 120.95999908447266, "end_time": 134.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 121.23499908447265, "cut_end_time": 134.22012408447264}, {"text": " he exclaims, as the truth breaks upon him.", "start_byte": 680518, "end_byte": 680561, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 135.9600067138672, "end_time": 138.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 136.25500671386717, "cut_end_time": 138.43006921386717}, {"text": "Shading his eye with spread palm, he gazes at the golden orb, in look bewildered. Not long, till assured, the sun is sinking, and night nigh.", "start_byte": 680618, "end_byte": 680759, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 142.39999389648438, "end_time": 151.75999450683594, "cut_start_time": 142.59499389648437, "cut_end_time": 151.52005639648436}, {"text": "The deduction drawn is full of sinister sequence. More than one starts up in his mind to dismay him. He is little acquainted with the trail to Coyote Creek, and may be unable to find it. Moreover, the robbers are certain of being pursued, and Sime Woodley will be one of the pursuers; Bosley forced to conduct them, far as he can. The outraged settlers may at any moment appear coming up the pass!", "start_byte": 680761, "end_byte": 681158, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 151.75999450683594, "end_time": 174.24000549316406, "cut_start_time": 152.16499450683594, "cut_end_time": 174.21011950683592}, {"text": "He glances apprehensively towards it, then across the plain.", "start_byte": 681160, "end_byte": 681220, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 174.24000549316406, "end_time": 178.0, "cut_start_time": 174.62500549316405, "cut_end_time": 177.88000549316405}, {"text": "His face is now towards the sun, whose lower limb just touches the horizon, the red round orb appearing across the smooth surface, as over that of a tranquil sea.", "start_byte": 681222, "end_byte": 681384, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 178.0, "end_time": 188.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 178.265, "cut_end_time": 187.73}, {"text": "He regards it, to direct his course. 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These grow fainter and fainter, till scarce any difference can be noted around the horizon's ring.", "start_byte": 681648, "end_byte": 681933, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 204.0, "end_time": 220.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 204.325, "cut_end_time": 220.10006249999998}, {"text": "He now rides in doubt, guessing the direction. Scanning the stars he searches for the Polar constellation. 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As yet he has encountered no living creature, nor object of any kind. He is in hopes to get sight of the solitary tree; for beyond it the trail to Coyote Creek is easily taken.", "start_byte": 682392, "end_byte": 682751, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 246.72000122070312, "end_time": 266.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 247.15500122070313, "cut_end_time": 266.5200637207031}, {"text": "While scanning the moonlit expanse he descries a group of figures; apparently quadrupeds, though of what species he cannot tell. They appear too large for wolves, and yet are not like wild horses, deer, or buffaloes.", "start_byte": 682753, "end_byte": 682969, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 266.8800048828125, "end_time": 280.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 267.1850048828125, "cut_end_time": 280.4300673828125}, {"text": "On drawing nearer, he discovers them to be but coyotes; the film, refracting the moon's light, having deceived him as to their size.", "start_byte": 682971, "end_byte": 683103, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 280.7200012207031, "end_time": 288.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 281.06500122070315, "cut_end_time": 288.7200012207031}, {"text": "What can they be doing out there? Perhaps collected around some animal they have hunted down, and killed -- possibly a prong-horn antelope? It is not with any purpose he approaches them. He only does so because they are in the line of his route. But before reaching the spot where they are assembled, he sees something to excite his curiosity, at the same time, baffling all conjecture what it can be. On his coming closer, the jackals scatter apart, exposing it to view; then, loping off, leave it behind them. Whatever it be, it is evidently the lure that has brought the predatory beasts together. 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Then, shouting the words,", "start_byte": 684240, "end_byte": 684426, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 355.67999267578125, "end_time": 366.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 355.9049926757813, "cut_end_time": 366.06005517578126}, {"text": " followed by a wild shriek, he wrenches the horse around, and mechanically spurs into desperate speed.", "start_byte": 684447, "end_byte": 684549, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 368.3599853515625, "end_time": 374.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 368.62498535156254, "cut_end_time": 374.72011035156254}, {"text": "In his headlong flight he hears a cry, which comes as from out the earth -- his own name pronounced, and after it, the word", "start_byte": 684551, "end_byte": 684674, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 374.9200134277344, "end_time": 383.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 375.1450134277344, "cut_end_time": 382.7800759277344}]}

train/10855/10890/deathshot_78_reid_64kb.json

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Has he escaped from the custody of the outlawed crew?\"", "start_byte": 688207, "end_byte": 688492, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 237.8000030517578, "end_time": 253.60000610351562, "cut_start_time": 237.98500305175781, "cut_end_time": 253.34006555175782, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": "Alone with but the companionship of hostile creatures -- wolves that threaten to gnaw the skin from his skull, and vultures ready to tear his eyes out of their sockets.", "start_byte": 684938, "end_byte": 685106, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 33.7599983215332, "end_time": 44.52000045776367, "cut_start_time": 33.8949983215332, "cut_end_time": 44.1501233215332}, {"text": "Why has he not gone mad?", "start_byte": 685108, "end_byte": 685132, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 44.52000045776367, "end_time": 46.560001373291016, "cut_start_time": 44.875000457763676, "cut_end_time": 46.37006295776367}, {"text": "There are moments when it comes too near this, when his reason is well-nigh unseated. But manfully he struggles against it; thoughtfully, with reliance on Him, whose name he has repeated and prayerfully invoked. And God, in His mercy, sends something to sustain him -- a remembrance. In his most despairing hour he recalls one circumstance seeming favourable, and which in the confusion of thought, consequent on such a succession of scenes, had escaped him. He now remembers the other man found along with Darke under the live-oak. Bosley will be able to guide a pursuing party, and with Woodley controlling, will be forced to do it. He can lead them direct to the rendezvous of the robbers; where Clancy can have no fear but that they will settle things satisfactorily. 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They must not know he is this; and to deceive them he shakes his head, rolls his eyes, and shouts at the highest pitch of his voice. But only at intervals, when they appear too threateningly near. He knows the necessity of economising his cries and gestures. By too frequent repetition they might cease to avail him.", "start_byte": 686359, "end_byte": 686827, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 121.04000091552734, "end_time": 151.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 121.32500091552734, "cut_end_time": 150.67006341552735}, {"text": "Throughout the day he has the double enemy to deal with. 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train/10855/10890/deathshot_79_reid_64kb.json

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But how have you got here?\"", "start_byte": 696815, "end_byte": 696876, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 457.2799987792969, "end_time": 461.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 457.5449987792969, "cut_end_time": 461.30006127929687, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"They took the dog with them. I saw one lead him away. They've let him loose, and he has scented back on the trail? That's it. Oh! if Jupiter were but with him! No fear of their letting him off -- no.\"", "start_byte": 696947, "end_byte": 697148, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 465.5199890136719, "end_time": 478.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 465.8049890136719, "cut_end_time": 478.2400515136719, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Dear old dog! you're but come to see me die. Well; it's something to have you here -- like a friend beside the death-bed. And you'll stay with me long as life holds out, and protect me from those skulking creatures? I know you will. Ah! You won't need to stand sentry long. I feel growing fainter. When all's over you can go. I shall never see her more; but some one may find, and take you there. She'll care for, and reward you for this fidelity.\"", "start_byte": 697324, "end_byte": 697773, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 489.1199951171875, "end_time": 518.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 489.33499511718753, "cut_end_time": 518.4501201171876, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": "All this Clancy intuitively perceives, on the instant of his turning to retreat. And partly to make this more sure, though also stirred by indignation he cannot restrain, he eends forth that shout, causing the scared wretch to flee faster and farther.", "start_byte": 690933, "end_byte": 691184, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 55.279998779296875, "end_time": 72.19999694824219, "cut_start_time": 55.67499877929688, "cut_end_time": 71.79006127929688}, {"text": "Now that he is gone, Clancy is again left to his reflections, but little less gloomy than before. From only one does he derive satisfaction. The robber chief must have lied. Helen Armstrong has not been in the arms of Richard Darke. -- He may hope she has reached her home in safety.", "start_byte": 691186, "end_byte": 691469, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 72.19999694824219, "end_time": 90.5199966430664, "cut_start_time": 72.59499694824218, "cut_end_time": 90.30005944824218}, {"text": "All else is as ever, and soon likely to be worse. For he feels as one who has only had a respite, believing it will be but short. Darke will soon recover from his scare. For he will now go to the rendezvous, and there, getting an explanation of what has caused it, come back to glut his delayed vengeance, more terrible from long accumulation.", "start_byte": 691471, "end_byte": 691814, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 90.5199966430664, "end_time": 112.23999786376953, "cut_start_time": 90.7949966430664, "cut_end_time": 111.7600591430664}, {"text": "Will the wolves wait for him?", "start_byte": 691816, "end_byte": 691845, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 112.23999786376953, "end_time": 114.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 112.53499786376952, "cut_end_time": 113.92006036376952}, {"text": "So exclaims the wretched man, as he sees them once more making approach.", "start_byte": 691876, "end_byte": 691948, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 116.95999908447266, "end_time": 121.68000030517578, "cut_start_time": 117.14499908447264, "cut_end_time": 121.52012408447266}, {"text": "And now they draw nigh with increased audacity, their ravenous instincts but strengthened by the check. The enemy late dreaded has not molested them, but gone off, leaving their prey unprotected. They are again free to assail, and this time will surely devour it.", "start_byte": 691950, "end_byte": 692213, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 121.68000030517578, "end_time": 138.75999450683594, "cut_start_time": 122.00500030517577, "cut_end_time": 138.35000030517577}, {"text": "Once more their melancholy whine breaks the stillness of the night, as they come loping up one after another. Soon all are re-assembled round the strange thing, which through their fears has long defied them. More familiar, they fear it less now.", "start_byte": 692215, "end_byte": 692461, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 138.75999450683594, "end_time": 154.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 139.08499450683593, "cut_end_time": 153.77011950683593}, {"text": "Renewing their hostile demonstration, they circle about it, gliding from side to side in chassez-croissez, as through the mazes of a cotillon. With forms magnified under the moonlight, they look like werewolves dancing around a", "start_byte": 692463, "end_byte": 692690, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 154.16000366210938, "end_time": 168.36000061035156, "cut_start_time": 154.52500366210936, "cut_end_time": 168.44006616210936}, {"text": " -- their long-drawn lugubrious wails making appropriate music to the measure!", "start_byte": 692706, "end_byte": 692784, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 169.27999877929688, "end_time": 173.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 169.41499877929687, "cut_end_time": 173.33012377929685}, {"text": "Horror for him who hears, hearing it without hope. Of this not a ray left now, its last lingering spark extinguished, and before him but the darkness of death in all its dread certainty -- a death horrible, appalling!", "start_byte": 692786, "end_byte": 693003, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 173.72000122070312, "end_time": 190.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 173.8950012207031, "cut_end_time": 189.64006372070313}, {"text": "Putting forth all his moral strength, exerting it to the utmost, he tries to resign himself to the inevitable.", "start_byte": 693005, "end_byte": 693115, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 190.16000366210938, "end_time": 198.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 190.63500366210937, "cut_end_time": 197.87000366210935}, {"text": "In vain. Life is too sweet to be so surrendered. He cannot calmly resign it, and again instinctively makes an effort to fright off his hideous assailants. His eyes rolling, scintillating in their sockets -- his lips moving -- his cries sent from between them -- are all to no purpose now. The coyotes come nearer and nearer. They are within three feet of his face. He can see their wolfish eyes, the white serrature of their teeth, the red panting tongues; can feel their fetid breath blown against his brow. Their jaws are agape. Each instant he expects them to close around his skull!", "start_byte": 693117, "end_byte": 693703, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 198.1999969482422, "end_time": 239.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 198.3549969482422, "cut_end_time": 238.93012194824217}, {"text": "Why did he shout, sending Darke away? He regrets having done it. Better his head to have been crushed or cleft by a tomahawk, killing him at once, than torn while still alive, gnawed, mumbled over, by those frightful fangs threatening so near! The thought stifles reflection. It is of itself excruciating torture. He cannot bear it much longer. No man could, however strong, however firm his faith in the Almighty. Even yet he has not lost this. The teachings of early life, the precepts inculcated by a pious mother, stand him in stead now. And though sure he must die, and wants death to come quickly, he nevertheless tries to meet it resignedly, mentally exclaiming: -- ", "start_byte": 693705, "end_byte": 694378, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 239.32000732421875, "end_time": 289.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 239.66500732421875, "cut_end_time": 288.88000732421875}, {"text": "\"Mother! Father! I come. Soon shall I join you. Helen, my love! Oh, how I have wronged you in thus throwing my life away! God forgive -- \"", "start_byte": 694380, "end_byte": 694518, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 289.2799987792969, "end_time": 301.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 289.3749987792969, "cut_end_time": 301.4200612792969}, {"text": "His regrets are interrupted, as if by God Himself. He has been heard by the All-Merciful, the Omnipotent; for seemingly no other hand could now succour him. While the prayerful thoughts are still passing through his mind, the wolves suddenly cease their attack, and he sees them retiring with closed jaws and fallen tails! Not hastily, but slow and skulkingly; ceding the ground inch by inch, as though reluctant to leave it.", "start_byte": 694520, "end_byte": 694945, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 301.5199890136719, "end_time": 332.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 301.9049890136719, "cut_end_time": 331.9000515136719}, {"text": "What can it mean?", "start_byte": 694947, "end_byte": 694964, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 332.2799987792969, "end_time": 334.0, "cut_start_time": 332.3949987792969, "cut_end_time": 333.5400612792969}, {"text": "Casting his eyes outward, he sees nothing to explain the behaviour of the brutes, nor account for their changed demeanour.", "start_byte": 694966, "end_byte": 695088, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 334.0, "end_time": 341.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 334.38500000000005, "cut_end_time": 340.89000000000004}, {"text": "He listens, all ears, expecting to hear the hoof-stroke of a horse -- the same he late saw reined up in front of him, with Richard Darke upon his back. The ruffian is returning sooner than anticipated.", "start_byte": 695090, "end_byte": 695291, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 341.1199951171875, "end_time": 354.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 341.4049951171875, "cut_end_time": 353.77005761718755}, {"text": "There is no such sound. Instead, one softer, which, but for the hollow cretaceous rock underlying the plain and acting as a conductor, would not be conveyed to his ears. It is a pattering as of some animal's paws, going in rapid gait. He cannot imagine what sort of creature it may be; in truth he has no time to think, before hearing the sound close behind his head, the animal approaching from that direction. Soon after he feels a hot breath strike against his brow, with something still warmer touching his cheek. It is the tongue of a dog!", "start_byte": 695293, "end_byte": 695837, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 354.1199951171875, "end_time": 388.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 354.4349951171875, "cut_end_time": 388.3000576171875}, {"text": "Brasfort it is, cowering before his face, filling his ears with a soft whimpering, sweet as any speech ever heard. For he has seen the jackals retreat, and knows they will not return. His strong stag-hound is more than a match for the whole pack of cowardly creatures. As easily as it has scattered, can it destroy them.", "start_byte": 695852, "end_byte": 696172, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 390.20001220703125, "end_time": 411.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 390.49501220703127, "cut_end_time": 410.68001220703127}, {"text": "Clancy's first feeling is one of mingled pleasure and surprise. For he fancies himself succoured, released from his earth-bound prison, so near to have been his grave.", "start_byte": 696174, "end_byte": 696341, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 411.3599853515625, "end_time": 421.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 411.6549853515625, "cut_end_time": 421.08004785156254}, {"text": "The glad emotion is alas! short-lived; departing as he perceives it to be only a fancy, and his perilous situation, but little changed or improved. For what can the dog do for him? True he may keep off the coyotes, but that will not save his life. Death must come all the same. A little later, and in less horrid shape, but it must come. Hunger, thirst, one or both will bring it, surely if slowly.", "start_byte": 696343, "end_byte": 696741, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 421.2799987792969, "end_time": 451.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 421.5649987792969, "cut_end_time": 451.1000612792969}, {"text": " he says apostrophising the hound;", "start_byte": 696780, "end_byte": 696814, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 454.67999267578125, "end_time": 457.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 454.78499267578127, "cut_end_time": 457.0900551757813}, {"text": "The question is succeeded by a train of conjecture, as follows: -- ", "start_byte": 696878, "end_byte": 696945, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 461.55999755859375, "end_time": 465.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 461.85499755859377, "cut_end_time": 465.32006005859375}, {"text": "During all this time Brasfort has continued his caresses, fondling his master's head, affectionately as a mother her child.", "start_byte": 697150, "end_byte": 697273, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 478.55999755859375, "end_time": 486.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 478.97499755859377, "cut_end_time": 485.6601225585938}, {"text": "Again Clancy speaks, apostrophising the animal.", "start_byte": 697275, "end_byte": 697322, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 486.0400085449219, "end_time": 489.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 486.1750085449219, "cut_end_time": 488.8700085449219}, {"text": "The soliloquy is brought to a close, by the hound suddenly changing attitude. All at once it has ceased its fond demonstrations, and stands as if about to make an attack upon its master's head! Very different the intent. Yielding to a simple canine instinct, from the strain of terrier in its blood, it commences scratching up the earth around his neck!", "start_byte": 697775, "end_byte": 698128, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 518.9600219726562, "end_time": 540.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 519.2550219726563, "cut_end_time": 539.9000219726563}, {"text": "For Clancy a fresh surprise, as before mingled with pleasure. For the hound's instinctive action shows him a chance of getting relieved, by means he had never himself thought of.", "start_byte": 698130, "end_byte": 698308, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 540.1599731445312, "end_time": 550.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 540.4149731445312, "cut_end_time": 550.5300356445313}, {"text": "He continues talking to the animal, encouraging it by speeches it can comprehend. On it scrapes, tearing up the clods, and casting them in showers behind.", "start_byte": 698310, "end_byte": 698464, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 550.9199829101562, "end_time": 560.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 551.3349829101563, "cut_end_time": 559.9801079101562}, {"text": "Despite the firmness with which the earth is packed, the hound soon makes a hollow around its master's neck, exposing his shoulder -- the right one -- above the surface. A little more mould removed, and his arm will be free. With that his whole body can be extricated by himself.", "start_byte": 698466, "end_byte": 698745, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 560.3200073242188, "end_time": 576.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 560.6450073242188, "cut_end_time": 576.3400073242187}, {"text": "Stirred by the pleasant anticipation, he continues speaking encouragement to the dog. But Brasfort needs it not, working away in silence and with determined earnestness, as if knowing that time was an element of success.", "start_byte": 698747, "end_byte": 698967, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 576.5999755859375, "end_time": 590.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 576.8349755859375, "cut_end_time": 590.0300380859376}]}

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But Lor' o' mercy, masser! what dis mean? I'se see nothin' but you head! Wharever is you body? What have dem rascally ruffins been an' done to ye?\"", "start_byte": 703058, "end_byte": 703320, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 264.7200012207031, "end_time": 286.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 265.02500122070313, "cut_end_time": 285.9900637207031, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"As you see -- buried me alive.\"", "start_byte": 703322, "end_byte": 703354, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 286.44000244140625, "end_time": 289.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 286.61500244140626, "cut_end_time": 288.99000244140626, "narrative_prediction": {"asks": {"id": "2", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Better that than bury you dead. You sure, masser,", "start_byte": 703356, "end_byte": 703406, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 289.55999755859375, "end_time": 293.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 289.80499755859375, "cut_end_time": 293.65012255859375, "narrative_prediction": {"asks": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"You sure you ain't wounded, nor otherways hurt?\"", "start_byte": 703515, "end_byte": 703564, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 300.3999938964844, "end_time": 303.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 300.5849938964844, "cut_end_time": 303.5901188964844, "narrative_prediction": {"asks": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Not that I know of. I only feel a little bruised and faint-like; but I think I've received no serious injury. I'm now suffering from thirst, more than aught else.\"", "start_byte": 703566, "end_byte": 703730, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 303.9200134277344, "end_time": 314.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 304.2250134277344, "cut_end_time": 313.8600759277344, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"That won't be for long. Lucky I'se foun' you ole canteen on the saddle, an' filled it 'fore I left the creek. I'se got somethin' besides 'll take the faintness 'way from you; a drop o' corn-juice, I had from that Spanish Indyin they call the half-blood. Not much blood in him now. Here 'tis, Masser Charle.\"", "start_byte": 703732, "end_byte": 704040, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 314.1600036621094, "end_time": 336.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 314.3250036621094, "cut_end_time": 335.7400036621094, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Up to de chin I declar'!", "start_byte": 704518, "end_byte": 704543, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 364.0, "end_time": 366.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 364.15500000000003, "cut_end_time": 366.5500625, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Sure enough, all but buried 'live. An' Brasfort been a tryin' to dig ye out! Geehorum! Aint that cunnin' o' the ole dog? He have prove himself a faithful critter.\"", "start_byte": 704611, "end_byte": 704775, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 371.67999267578125, "end_time": 385.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 371.85499267578126, "cut_end_time": 384.84011767578124, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Like yourself, Jupe. But say! How have you escaped from the robbers? Brought my horse and gun too! Tell me all!\"", "start_byte": 704777, "end_byte": 704890, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 385.44000244140625, "end_time": 394.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 385.7250024414063, "cut_end_time": 393.8400024414063, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Not so fass, Masser Charle. It's something o' a longish story, an' a bit strangeish too. You'll be better out o' that fix afore hearin' it. Though your ears aint stopped, yez not in a position to lissen patient or comfortable. First let me finish what Brasfort's begun, and get out the balance o' your body.\"", "start_byte": 704892, "end_byte": 705201, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 394.3999938964844, "end_time": 414.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 394.7449938964844, "cut_end_time": 414.3400563964844, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Only a little blood, Masser Charle,", "start_byte": 707493, "end_byte": 707529, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 552.0, "end_time": 554.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 552.225, "cut_end_time": 553.8300625, "narrative_prediction": {"is": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Whose?\"", "start_byte": 707547, "end_byte": 707555, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 555.52001953125, "end_time": 556.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 555.63501953125, "cut_end_time": 556.23001953125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You'll hear afore I get to the end. Nuf now to say it's the blood of a bad man.\"", "start_byte": 707557, "end_byte": 707638, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 556.47998046875, "end_time": 562.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 556.74498046875, "cut_end_time": 561.9100429687501, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": "The direction whence comes the sound, is of itself significant; that in which Darke went off. It is he returning -- can be no other.", "start_byte": 699728, "end_byte": 699860, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 44.279998779296875, "end_time": 54.0, "cut_start_time": 44.724998779296875, "cut_end_time": 53.590061279296876}, {"text": "Yes; surely his end has come -- the last hour of his life. And so near being saved! Ten minutes more, and Brasfort would have disinterred him.", "start_byte": 699862, "end_byte": 700004, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 54.0, "end_time": 64.31999969482422, "cut_start_time": 54.265, "cut_end_time": 63.97}, {"text": "Turning his eyes downward, he can see the cavity enlarged, and getting larger. For the dog continues to drag out the earth, as if not hearing, or disregarding the hoof-stroke. Already its paws are within a few inches of his elbow.", "start_byte": 700006, "end_byte": 700236, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 64.31999969482422, "end_time": 78.31999969482422, "cut_start_time": 64.58499969482422, "cut_end_time": 78.1300621948242}, {"text": "Is it possible for him to wrench out his arm! With it free he might do something to defend himself. And the great stag-hound will help him.", "start_byte": 700238, "end_byte": 700377, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 78.31999969482422, "end_time": 86.36000061035156, "cut_start_time": 78.55499969482422, "cut_end_time": 85.93012469482422}, {"text": "With hope half resuscitated, he makes an effort to extricate the arm, heaving his shoulder upward. In vain. -- It is held as in a vice, or the clasp of a giant. There is no alternative -- he must submit to his fate. And such a fate! Once more he will see the sole enemy of his life, his mother's murderer, standing triumphant over him; will hear his taunting speeches -- almost a repetition of the scene under the cypress! And to think that in all his encounters with this man, he has been unsuccessful; too late -- ever too late! The thought is of itself a torture.", "start_byte": 700379, "end_byte": 700945, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 86.36000061035156, "end_time": 126.87999725341797, "cut_start_time": 86.55500061035156, "cut_end_time": 126.30000061035156}, {"text": "Strange the slowness with which Darke draws nigh! Can he still be in dread of the unearthly? No, or he would not be there. It may be that sure of his victim, he but delays the last blow, scheming some new horror before he strike it?", "start_byte": 700947, "end_byte": 701179, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 126.87999725341797, "end_time": 142.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 127.07499725341796, "cut_end_time": 142.31005975341796}, {"text": "The tramp of the horse tells him to be going at a walk; unsteady too, as if his rider were not certain about the way, but seeking it. Can this be so? Has he not yet seen the head and hound? The moon must be on his back, since it is behind Clancy's own. It may be that Brasfort -- a new figure in the oft changing tableau -- stays his advance. Possibly the unexplained presence of the animal has given him a surprise, and hence he approaches with caution?", "start_byte": 701181, "end_byte": 701635, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 142.63999938964844, "end_time": 171.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 142.92499938964843, "cut_end_time": 170.91006188964843}, {"text": "All at once, the hoof-stroke ceases to be heard, and stillness reigns around. No sound save that made by the claws of the dog, that continues its task with unabated assiduity -- not yet having taken any notice of the footsteps it can scarce fail to hear.", "start_byte": 701637, "end_byte": 701891, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 171.1999969482422, "end_time": 186.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 171.58499694824218, "cut_end_time": 186.6200594482422}, {"text": "Its master cannot help thinking this strange. Brasfort is not wont to be thus unwatchful. And of all men Richard Darke should be the last to approach him unawares. What may it mean?", "start_byte": 701893, "end_byte": 702074, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 186.83999633789062, "end_time": 198.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 187.18499633789062, "cut_end_time": 198.5900588378906}, {"text": "While thus interrogating himself, Clancy again hears the", "start_byte": 702076, "end_byte": 702132, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 198.83999633789062, "end_time": 202.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 199.2949963378906, "cut_end_time": 202.72012133789062}, {"text": " the horse no longer in a walk, but with pace quickened to a trot. And still Brasfort keeps on scraping! Only when a shadow darkens over, does he desist; the horseman being now close behind Clancy's head, with his image reflected in front. But instead of rushing at him with savage growl, as he certainly would were it Richard Darke Brasfort but raises his snout, and wags his tail, giving utterance to a note of friendly salutation!", "start_byte": 702147, "end_byte": 702580, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 203.72000122070312, "end_time": 230.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 204.02500122070313, "cut_end_time": 229.6100012207031}, {"text": "Clancy's astonishment is extreme, changing to joy, when the horseman after making the circuit of his head, comes to a halt before his face. In the broad bright moonlight he beholds, not his direst foe, but his faithful servitor. There upon his own horse, with his own gun in hand, sits one who causes him mechanically to exclaim -- ", "start_byte": 702582, "end_byte": 702914, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 230.1999969482422, "end_time": 254.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 230.39499694824218, "cut_end_time": 253.9101219482422}, {"text": " adding,", "start_byte": 702926, "end_byte": 702934, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 255.24000549316406, "end_time": 256.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 255.48500549316407, "cut_end_time": 256.02000549316404}, {"text": " says Jupiter, soon as somewhat recovered from his astonishment at what he sees;", "start_byte": 702977, "end_byte": 703057, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 259.9200134277344, "end_time": 264.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 260.1650134277344, "cut_end_time": 264.3500759277344}, {"text": " he asks, slipping down from the saddle, and placing himself vis-a-vis with the face so strangely situated.", "start_byte": 703407, "end_byte": 703514, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 293.760009765625, "end_time": 300.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 293.995009765625, "cut_end_time": 300.180009765625}, {"text": "While speaking, he has produced a gourd, in which something gurgles. 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What Jupiter now sees gives him a clue to nearly all.", "start_byte": 705609, "end_byte": 705963, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 438.55999755859375, "end_time": 460.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 438.6449975585938, "cut_end_time": 460.07006005859375}, {"text": "His own narrative covers a greater variety of events, and needs more time for telling than can now be conveniently spared. Instead of details, therefore, he but recounts the leading incidents in brief epitome -- to be more particularly dwelt upon afterwards, as opportunity will allow. He relates, how, after leaving the lone cottonwood, he was taken on across the plain to a creek called Coyote, where the robbers have a camping place. This slightly touched upon, he tells of his own treatment; of his being carried into a tent at first, but little looked after, because thought secure, from their having him tightly tied. Through a slit in the skin cover he saw them kindle a fire and commence cooking. 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He is even more reticent about an incident, soon after succeeding, but referred to it at an early part of his explanation.", "start_byte": 706815, "end_byte": 707378, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 510.2799987792969, "end_time": 544.52001953125, "cut_start_time": 510.5449987792969, "cut_end_time": 544.1301237792969}, {"text": "On the blade of his knife, before beginning to dig, Clancy observing some blotches of crimson, asks what it is.", "start_byte": 707380, "end_byte": 707491, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 544.52001953125, "end_time": 552.0, "cut_start_time": 544.77501953125, "cut_end_time": 551.48001953125}, {"text": " is the answer.", "start_byte": 707530, "end_byte": 707545, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 554.0800170898438, "end_time": 555.52001953125, "cut_start_time": 554.1850170898438, "cut_end_time": 554.9900795898437}, {"text": "Clancy does not press him further, knowing he will be told all in due time. Still, is he impatient, wondering whether it be the blood of Jim Borlasse, or Richard Darke; for he supposes it either one or the other. He hopes it may be the former, and fears its being the latter. Even yet, in his hour of uncertainty, late helpless, and still with only a half hope of being able to keep his oath, he would not for all the world Dick Darke's blood should be shed by other hand than his own!", "start_byte": 707640, "end_byte": 708125, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 562.47998046875, "end_time": 591.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 562.70498046875, "cut_end_time": 591.21010546875}, {"text": "He is mentally relieved, long before Jupiter reaches the end of his narration. The blood upon the blade, now clean scoured off, was not that of Richard Darke.", "start_byte": 708127, "end_byte": 708285, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 591.4400024414062, "end_time": 601.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 591.7350024414063, "cut_end_time": 601.0500024414063}, {"text": "For the mulatto tells him of that tragical scene within the tent, speaking of it without the slightest remorse. The incidents succeeding he leaves for a future occasion; how he stole out the horse, and with Brasfort's help, was enabled to return upon the trail as far as the cottonwood; thence on, the hound hurriedly leading, at length leaving him behind.", "start_byte": 708287, "end_byte": 708643, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 601.239990234375, "end_time": 622.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 601.474990234375, "cut_end_time": 621.970115234375}]}

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Yes, Jupe; I'm off again, on that scoundrel's track. This shall be my last trial. If it turn out as hitherto, you may never see me more -- you, nor any one else. Failing, I shan't care to face human kind, much less her I love. Ah! I'll more dread meeting my mother -- her death unavenged. Bah! There's no fear, one way or the other. So don't you have any uneasiness about the result; but do as I've directed. Make back to the river, and wait there at the crossing. Brasfort goes with me; and when you see us again, I'll have a spare horse to carry you on to our journey's end; that whose shoes made those scratches -- just now, I take it, between the legs of Dick Darke.\"", "start_byte": 712461, "end_byte": 713183, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 224.24000549316406, "end_time": 272.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 224.40500549316405, "cut_end_time": 272.38000549316405, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Dear masser,", "start_byte": 713185, "end_byte": 713198, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 272.2799987792969, "end_time": 273.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 272.2549987792969, "cut_end_time": 272.9501237792969, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Why need ye go worryin' after that man now? You'll have plenty opportunities any day. He aint likely to leave Texas, long's that young lady stays in it. Besides, them cut-throats at the creek, sure come after me. They'll be this way soon's they find me gone, an' set their eyes on that streak o' red colour I left ahind me in the tent. Take my advice, Masser Charle, an' let's both slip out o' thar way, by pushin' straight for the settlement.\"", "start_byte": 713237, "end_byte": 713682, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 275.760009765625, "end_time": 306.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 276.075009765625, "cut_end_time": 305.440009765625, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"No settlement, till I've settled with him! He can't have got far away yet. Good, Brasfort! you'll do your best to help me find him?\"", "start_byte": 713684, "end_byte": 713817, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 306.1199951171875, "end_time": 314.0, "cut_start_time": 306.38499511718754, "cut_end_time": 313.6900576171875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Set me on the scent; I'll show you.\"", "start_byte": 713912, "end_byte": 713949, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 318.9200134277344, "end_time": 322.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 319.0250134277344, "cut_end_time": 321.8300759277344, "narrative_prediction": {"seeming": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "And these, too, may reach a successful termination; some thing whispers him they will.", "start_byte": 709241, "end_byte": 709327, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 35.7599983215332, "end_time": 41.08000183105469, "cut_start_time": 36.084998321533206, "cut_end_time": 40.83012332153321}, {"text": "But though grateful to God for the timely succour just received, and on Him still reliant, he does not ask God for guidance in what he intends now. 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No wonder at the way he went.", "start_byte": 710371, "end_byte": 710652, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 102.0, "end_time": 118.4000015258789, "cut_start_time": 102.35499999999999, "cut_end_time": 118.2000625}, {"text": "It is not an hour since he fled from the spot, and in all likelihood he is still straying. If so, he cannot be a great way off; but, far or near, Brasfort can find him.", "start_byte": 710654, "end_byte": 710822, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 118.4000015258789, "end_time": 128.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 118.8450015258789, "cut_end_time": 128.8000640258789}, {"text": "It is but a question of whether he can be overtaken before reaching the rendezvous. For the only danger of which Clancy has dread, or allows himself to dwell upon, is from the other robbers. Even of these he feels not much fear. But for the mulatto and his mule, he would never have allowed them to lay hand on him. 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Though weeks have elapsed since in the cypress swamp it made savage demonstrations against Darke, when taking up his trail through the San Saba bottom it behaved as if actuated by the old malice, remembering the smell of the man! And now conducted beyond the place trodden by Borlasse and the others, soon as outside the confusion of scents, and catching his fresher one, it sends forth a cry strangely intoned, altogether unlike its ordinary bay while trailing a stag. It is the deep sonorous note of the sleuth-hound on slot of human game; such as oft, in the times of Spanish American colonisation, struck terror to the heart of the hunted aboriginal.", "start_byte": 713951, "end_byte": 714668, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 322.0400085449219, "end_time": 365.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 322.5050085449219, "cut_end_time": 365.6400710449219}, {"text": "As already said, Brasfort has a strain of the bloodhound in him; enough to make danger for Richard Darke. 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A head without any body, not lying as after careless decapitation, but as though still upon shoulders, the eyes glancing and rolling, the lips moving, speaking -- the whole thing alive! The head, too, of one he supposes himself to have assassinated, and for which he is a felon and fugitive. No wonder he doubts the evidence of his senses, and at first deems it fancy -- an illusion from dream or drink. But a suspicion also sweeps through his soul, which, more painfully impressing, causes him to add still another interrogatory:", "start_byte": 715522, "end_byte": 716153, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 24.440000534057617, "end_time": 63.279998779296875, "cut_start_time": 24.815000534057617, "cut_end_time": 62.71000053405762}, {"text": "He shakes his head and rubs his eyes, to assure himself he is awake, sober, and sane. He is all three; though he might well wish himself drunk or dreaming -- for, so scared is he, there is in reality a danger of his senses forsaking him. He tries to account for the queer thing, but cannot. Who could, circumstanced as he? From that day when he stooped over Clancy, holding Helen Armstrong's photograph before his face, and saw his eyes film over in sightless gaze, the sure forerunner of death, he has ever believed him dead. No rumour has reached him to the contrary -- no newspaper paragraph, from which he might draw his deductions, as Borlasse has done. True, he observed some resemblance to Clancy in the man who surprised him under the live-oak; but, recalling that scene under the cypress, how could he have a thought of its being he? He could not, cannot, does not yet.", "start_byte": 716168, "end_byte": 717046, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 64.80000305175781, "end_time": 119.36000061035156, "cut_start_time": 65.36500305175781, "cut_end_time": 118.9300655517578}, {"text": "But what about the head? How is he to account for that? And the cries sent after him -- still ringing in his ears -- his own name, with the added accusation he himself believes true, the brand,", "start_byte": 717048, "end_byte": 717241, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 119.36000061035156, "end_time": 132.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 119.58500061035156, "cut_end_time": 132.31000061035155}, {"text": " he again asks himself, riding on recklessly, without giving guidance to his horse. His trembling hand can scarce retain hold of the rein; and the animal, uncontrolled, is left to take its course -- only, it must not stop or stay. Every time it shows sign of lagging, he kicks mechanically against its ribs, urging it on, on, anywhere away from that dread damnable apparition.", "start_byte": 717273, "end_byte": 717649, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 136.55999755859375, "end_time": 160.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 136.92499755859373, "cut_end_time": 160.24006005859374}, {"text": "It is some time before he recovers sufficient coolness to reflect -- then only with vague comprehensiveness; nothing clear save the fact that he has completely lost himself, and his way. To go on were mere guesswork. True, the moon tells him the west, the direction of Coyote creek. But westward he will not go, dreading to again encounter that ghostly thing; for he thinks it was there he saw it.", "start_byte": 717651, "end_byte": 718048, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 160.55999755859375, "end_time": 184.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 160.94499755859374, "cut_end_time": 184.70012255859373}, {"text": "Better pull up, and await the surer guidance of the sun, with its light, less mystical.", "start_byte": 718050, "end_byte": 718137, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 184.9600067138672, "end_time": 190.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 185.2050067138672, "cut_end_time": 189.79006921386718}, {"text": "So deciding, he slips out of the saddle; and letting his horse out on the trail-rope, lays himself down. Regardless of the animal's needs, he leaves all its caparison on, even to the bitt between its teeth. What cares he for its comforts, or for aught else, thinking of that horrible head?", "start_byte": 718139, "end_byte": 718428, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 190.16000366210938, "end_time": 207.8000030517578, "cut_start_time": 190.49500366210938, "cut_end_time": 207.56006616210936}, {"text": "He makes no endeavour to snatch a wink of sleep, of which he has had enough; but lies cogitating on the series of strange incidents and sights which have late occurred to him, but chiefly the last, so painfully perplexing. He can think of nothing to account for a phenomenon so abnormal, so outside all laws of nature.", "start_byte": 718430, "end_byte": 718748, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 207.8000030517578, "end_time": 227.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 208.2550030517578, "cut_end_time": 226.7000655517578}, {"text": "While vainly endeavouring to solve the dread enigma, a sound strikes upon his ear, abruptly bringing his conjectures to a close. 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Less than an hour has elapsed since his starting on the trail, which he has followed fast; the fresh scent enabling Brasfort to take it up in a run. From the way it zigzagged, and circled about, Clancy could tell the tracked steed had been going without guidance, as also guess the reason. The rider, fleeing in affright, has given no heed to direction. All this the pursuer knows to be in his favour; showing that the pursued man has not gone to Coyote creek, but will still be on the steppe, possibly astray, and perhaps not far off.", "start_byte": 719829, "end_byte": 720486, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 290.6000061035156, "end_time": 328.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 291.15500610351563, "cut_end_time": 328.39006860351566}, {"text": "Though himself making quick time, he is not carelessly pursuing; on the contrary taking every precaution to ensure success. 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Dick Darke! if you have a prayer to say, say it soon; for sure as you stand behind that rock, I intend taking your life.\"", "start_byte": 727325, "end_byte": 727633, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 226.36000061035156, "end_time": 251.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 226.57500061035157, "cut_end_time": 250.58000061035156, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Just where he hit me! After all, not strange -- no coincidence; I aimed at him there.\"", "start_byte": 731123, "end_byte": 731210, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 470.5199890136719, "end_time": 477.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 470.6349890136719, "cut_end_time": 477.3800515136719, "narrative_prediction": {"stands": {"id": "2", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}, "gazing": {"id": "2", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}, "silently": {"id": "2", "type": "adverb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"Painful to think I have taken a man's life -- even his! I wish it could have been otherwise. It could not -- I was compelled to it. 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Clancy is still alive; or if dead he, Darke, is looking upon his wraith!", "start_byte": 727150, "end_byte": 727262, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 211.0800018310547, "end_time": 222.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 211.30500183105468, "cut_end_time": 222.52006433105467}, {"text": "To his unfinished speech he receives instant rejoinder: -- ", "start_byte": 727264, "end_byte": 727323, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 222.8800048828125, "end_time": 226.36000061035156, "cut_start_time": 223.24500488281248, "cut_end_time": 226.1500673828125}, {"text": "The threat is spoken in a calm, determined tone, as if surely to be kept. All the more terrible to Richard Darke, who cannot yet realise the fact of Clancy's being alive. But that stern summons must have come from mortal lips, and the form before him is no spirit, but living flesh and blood.", "start_byte": 727635, "end_byte": 727927, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 251.1199951171875, "end_time": 269.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 251.6549951171875, "cut_end_time": 269.2501201171875}, {"text": "Terror-stricken, appalled, shaking as with an ague, the gun almost drops from his grasp. But with a last desperate resolve, and effort mechanical, scarce knowing what he does, he raises the piece to his shoulder, and fires.", "start_byte": 727929, "end_byte": 728152, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 269.7200012207031, "end_time": 286.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 269.96500122070313, "cut_end_time": 285.85006372070313}, {"text": "Clancy sees the flash, the jet, the white smoke puffing skyward; then hears the crack. He has no fear, knowing himself at a safe distance. For at this has he halted.", "start_byte": 728154, "end_byte": 728319, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 286.32000732421875, "end_time": 297.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 286.50500732421875, "cut_end_time": 297.18000732421876}, {"text": "He does not attempt to return the fire, nor rashly rush on. Darke carries a double-barrelled gun, and has still a bullet left. Besides, he has the advantage of position, the protecting rampart, the moon behind his back, and in the eyes of his assailant, everything in favour of the assailed.", "start_byte": 728321, "end_byte": 728612, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 297.3999938964844, "end_time": 315.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 297.8249938964844, "cut_end_time": 314.7800563964844}, {"text": "Though chafing in angry impatience, with the thirst of vengeance unappeased, Clancy restrains himself, measuring the ground with his eyes, and planning how he may dislodge his skulking antagonist. Must he lay siege to him, and stay there till -- ", "start_byte": 728614, "end_byte": 728860, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 315.1199951171875, "end_time": 330.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 315.44499511718755, "cut_end_time": 330.5001201171875}, {"text": "A low yelp interrupts his cogitations. Looking down he sees Brasfort by his side. In the long trial of speed between the two horses, the hound had dropped behind. The halt has enabled it to get up, just in time to be of service to its master, who has suddenly conceived a plan for employing it.", "start_byte": 728862, "end_byte": 729156, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 330.7200012207031, "end_time": 348.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 331.14500122070314, "cut_end_time": 348.28006372070314}, {"text": "Leaping from his saddle, he lays holds of the muzzle strap, quickly unbuckling it. 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The crack comes; and, simultaneous with it, Richard Darke is seen to drop out of his saddle, and fall face foremost on the plain -- his horse, with a wild neigh, bolting away from him.", "start_byte": 730229, "end_byte": 730498, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 416.0, "end_time": 432.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 416.185, "cut_end_time": 432.4300625}, {"text": "The fallen man makes no attempt to rise, nor movement of any kind, save a convulsive tremor through his frame; the last throe of parting life, which precedes the settled stillness of death. For surely is he dead.", "start_byte": 730500, "end_byte": 730712, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 432.7200012207031, "end_time": 446.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 433.0950012207031, "cut_end_time": 446.51000122070315}, {"text": "Clancy, dismounting, advances towards the spot; hastily, to hinder the dog from tearing him, which the enraged animal seems determined to do. Chiding it off, he bends over the prostrate body, which he perceives has ceased to breathe. A sort of curiosity, some impulse irresistible, prompts him to look for the place where his bullet struck. In the heart, as he can see by the red stream still flowing forth!", "start_byte": 730714, "end_byte": 731121, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 446.9599914550781, "end_time": 470.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 447.12499145507815, "cut_end_time": 470.21005395507814}, {"text": "For a time he stands gazing down at the dead man's face. Silently, without taunt or recrimination. On his own there is no sign of savage triumph, no fiendish exultation. Far from his thoughts to insult, or outrage the dead. Justice has had requital, and vengeance been appeased. It is neither his rival in love, nor his mortal enemy, who now lies at his feet; but a breathless body, a lump of senseless clay, all the passions late inspiring it, good and bad, gone to be balanced elsewhere.", "start_byte": 731212, "end_byte": 731701, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 477.67999267578125, "end_time": 511.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 478.18499267578125, "cut_end_time": 511.34011767578124}, {"text": "As he stands regarding Darke's features, in their death pallor showing livid by the moon's mystic light, a cast of sadness comes over his own, and he says in subdued soliloquy: -- ", "start_byte": 731703, "end_byte": 731883, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 511.6400146484375, "end_time": 522.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 512.0350146484375, "cut_end_time": 522.0300146484375}, {"text": "Then raising himself to an erect attitude, with eyes upturned to heaven -- as when in the cemetery over his mother's grave, he made that solemn vow -- remembering it, he now adds in like solemnal tone -- ", "start_byte": 732092, "end_byte": 732296, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 539.52001953125, "end_time": 552.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 539.9450195312501, "cut_end_time": 552.2000820312501}]}

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Here's the tracks of the shod horses leading up-stream, this side. Let's follow them!\"", "start_byte": 737442, "end_byte": 737544, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 329.20001220703125, "end_time": 336.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 329.2350122070313, "cut_end_time": 336.4800747070313, "narrative_prediction": {"cried": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "Then raising himself to an erect attitude, with eyes upturned to heaven -- as when in the cemetery over his mother's grave, he made that solemn vow -- remembering it, he now adds in like solemnal tone -- ", "start_byte": 732092, "end_byte": 732296, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 0.0, "end_time": 14.720000267028809, "cut_start_time": 0.585, "cut_end_time": 14.5400625}, {"text": "CHAPTER EIGHTY FOUR.", "start_byte": 732346, "end_byte": 732366, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 17.200000762939453, "end_time": 19.280000686645508, "cut_start_time": 17.175000762939455, "cut_end_time": 18.950063262939455}, {"text": "THE SCOUT'S REPORT.", "start_byte": 732368, "end_byte": 732387, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 19.280000686645508, "end_time": 21.1200008392334, "cut_start_time": 19.51500068664551, "cut_end_time": 20.78006318664551}, {"text": "While these tragic incidents are occurring on Coyote Creek and the plain between, others almost as exciting but of less sanguinary character, take place in the valley of the San Saba.", "start_byte": 732389, "end_byte": 732572, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 21.1200008392334, "end_time": 32.279998779296875, "cut_start_time": 21.6050008392334, "cut_end_time": 31.9700008392334}, {"text": "As the morning sun lights up the ancient Mission-house, its walls still reverberate wailing cries, mingled with notes of preparation for the pursuit. Then follows a forenoon of painful suspense, no word yet from the scouters sent out.", "start_byte": 732574, "end_byte": 732808, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 32.279998779296875, "end_time": 47.84000015258789, "cut_start_time": 32.724998779296875, "cut_end_time": 47.42012377929687}, {"text": "Colonel Armstrong, and the principal men of the settlement, have ascended to the azotea to obtain a better view; and there remain gazing down the valley in feverish impatience. Just as the sun reaches meridian their wistful glances are rewarded; but by a sight which little relieves their anxiety; on the contrary, increasing it.", "start_byte": 732810, "end_byte": 733139, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 47.84000015258789, "end_time": 68.87999725341797, "cut_start_time": 48.265000152587895, "cut_end_time": 68.23000015258789}, {"text": "A horseman emerging from the timber, which skirts the river's bank, comes on towards the Mission-building. He is alone, and riding at top speed -- both circumstances having sinister significance. Has the scouting party been cut off, and he only escaped to tell the tale? Is it Dupre, Hawkins, or who? He is yet too far off to be identified.", "start_byte": 733141, "end_byte": 733481, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 68.87999725341797, "end_time": 92.12000274658203, "cut_start_time": 69.18499725341796, "cut_end_time": 91.75012225341797}, {"text": "As he draws nearer, Colonel Armstrong through a telescope makes him out to be Cris Tucker.", "start_byte": 733483, "end_byte": 733573, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 92.12000274658203, "end_time": 97.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 92.51500274658203, "cut_end_time": 97.32006524658203}, {"text": "Why should the young hunter be coming back alone?", "start_byte": 733575, "end_byte": 733624, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 97.72000122070312, "end_time": 100.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 98.11500122070312, "cut_end_time": 100.47006372070312}, {"text": "After a mutual interchange of questions and conjectures, they leave off talking, and silently stand, breathlessly, awaiting his arrival.", "start_byte": 733626, "end_byte": 733762, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 100.72000122070312, "end_time": 108.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 101.00500122070312, "cut_end_time": 107.80006372070312}, {"text": "Soon as he is within hailing distance, several unable to restrain themselves, call out, inquiring the news.", "start_byte": 733764, "end_byte": 733871, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 108.16000366210938, "end_time": 115.12000274658203, "cut_start_time": 108.56500366210938, "cut_end_time": 114.72006616210938}, {"text": " shouts back Oris.", "start_byte": 733923, "end_byte": 733941, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 119.12000274658203, "end_time": 120.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 119.41500274658202, "cut_end_time": 120.53006524658203}, {"text": "His response lifts a load from their hearts, and in calmer mood they await further information. In a short time the scout presents himself before Colonel Armstrong, around whom the others cluster, all alike eager to hear the report. For they are still under anxiety about the character of the despoilers, having as yet no reason to think them other than Indians. Nor does Tucker's account contradict this idea; though one thing he has to tell begets a suspicion to the contrary.", "start_byte": 733943, "end_byte": 734421, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 120.72000122070312, "end_time": 147.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 121.09500122070312, "cut_end_time": 147.3000012207031}, {"text": "Rapidly and briefly as possible the young hunter gives details of what has happened to Dupre's party, up to the time of his separating from it; first making their minds easy by assuring them it was then safe.", "start_byte": 734423, "end_byte": 734631, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 147.83999633789062, "end_time": 160.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 148.0449963378906, "cut_end_time": 159.5701213378906}, {"text": "They were delayed a long time in getting upon the trail of the robbers, from these having taken a bye-path leading along the base of the bluff. At length having found the route of their retreat, they followed it over the lower ford, and there saw sign to convince them that the Indians -- still supposing them such -- had gone on across the bottom, and in all probability up the bluff beyond -- thus identifying them with the band which the hunters had seen and tracked down. Indeed no one doubted this, nor could. But, while the scouters were examining the return tracks, they came upon others less intelligible -- in short, perplexing. There were the hoof-marks of four horses and a mule -- all shod; first seen upon a side trace leading from the main ford road. Striking into and following it for a few hundred yards, they came upon a place where men had encamped and stayed for some time -- perhaps slept. The grass bent down showed where their bodies had been astretch. And these men must have been white. 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Of all things in the world this in such a place!", "start_byte": 736056, "end_byte": 736445, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 242.1199951171875, "end_time": 266.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 242.4749951171875, "cut_end_time": 266.3300576171875}, {"text": "Still, not so strange either, seeing it was the counterfeit of an Indian chevelure -- the hair long and black, taken from the tail of a horse.", "start_byte": 736447, "end_byte": 736589, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 266.67999267578125, "end_time": 276.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 266.8349926757813, "cut_end_time": 275.7200551757813}, {"text": "For all, it had never belonged to, or covered, a red man's skull -- since it was that worn by Bosley, and torn from his head when Woodley and Heywood were stripping him for examination.", "start_byte": 736591, "end_byte": 736776, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 276.1199951171875, "end_time": 287.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 276.52499511718753, "cut_end_time": 287.16005761718753}, {"text": "The scouters, of course, could not know of this; and, while inspecting the queer waif, wondering what it could mean, two others were taken up: one a sprig of cypress, the other an orange blossom; both showing as if but lately plucked, and alike out of place there.", "start_byte": 736778, "end_byte": 737042, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 287.5199890136719, "end_time": 303.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 287.9249890136719, "cut_end_time": 303.3700515136719}, {"text": "Dupre, with some slight botanic knowledge, knew that no orange-tree grew near, nor yet any cypress. But he remembered having observed both in the Mission-garden, into which the girls had been last seen going. Without being able to guess why they should have brought sprig or flower along, he was sure they had themselves been under the live-oak. Where were they now?", "start_byte": 737044, "end_byte": 737410, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 303.8399963378906, "end_time": 326.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 303.9749963378907, "cut_end_time": 326.51005883789065}, {"text": "In answer, Hawkins had cried:", "start_byte": 737412, "end_byte": 737441, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 326.9599914550781, "end_time": 329.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 327.31499145507814, "cut_end_time": 328.83011645507816}, {"text": "So they had done, after despatching Tucker with the report.", "start_byte": 737546, "end_byte": 737605, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 336.7200012207031, "end_time": 340.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 337.04500122070317, "cut_end_time": 340.07000122070315}, {"text": "It is so far satisfactory, better than any one expected; and inspires Colonel Armstrong with a feeling akin to hope. Something seems to whisper him his lost children will be recovered.", "start_byte": 737607, "end_byte": 737791, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 340.3599853515625, "end_time": 351.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 340.82498535156253, "cut_end_time": 351.1801103515625}, {"text": "Long ere the sun has set over the valley of the San Saba his heart is filled, and thrilled, with joy indescribable. For his daughters are by his side, their arms around his neck, tenderly, lovingly entwining it, as on that day when told they must forsake their stately Mississippian home for a hovel in Texas. All have reached the Mission; for the scouting party having overtaken that of Woodley, came in along with it.", "start_byte": 737793, "end_byte": 738212, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 351.9200134277344, "end_time": 377.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 352.3450134277344, "cut_end_time": 377.1600759277344}, {"text": "No, not all, two are still missing -- Clancy and Jupiter. About the latter Woodley has made no one the wiser; though he tells Clancy's strange experience, which, while astounding his auditory, fills them with keen apprehension for the young man's fate.", "start_byte": 738214, "end_byte": 738466, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 377.760009765625, "end_time": 394.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 377.935009765625, "cut_end_time": 393.930009765625}, {"text": "Keenest is that in the breast of Helen Armstrong. Herself saved, she is now all the more solicitous about the safety of her lover. Her looks bespeak more than anxiety -- anguish.", "start_byte": 738468, "end_byte": 738646, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 394.239990234375, "end_time": 406.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 394.464990234375, "cut_end_time": 405.89005273437505}, {"text": "But there is that being done to hinder her from despairing. The pursuers are rapidly getting ready to start out, and with zeal unabated. 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Lucky a nigger's testymony don't count for much in a Texan court; an' thar's still a chance to make it count for nothin' by our knocking him on the head.\"", "start_byte": 742660, "end_byte": 743099, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 167.75999450683594, "end_time": 197.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 168.11499450683593, "cut_end_time": 196.79005700683592, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"How?\"", "start_byte": 743149, "end_byte": 743155, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 200.55999755859375, "end_time": 201.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 200.55499755859375, "cut_end_time": 201.09006005859374, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I see you don't understan' me,", "start_byte": 743157, "end_byte": 743188, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 201.1999969482422, "end_time": 203.39999389648438, "cut_start_time": 201.70499694824218, "cut_end_time": 203.4000594482422, "narrative_prediction": {"pursues": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"It's easy enough; but we must mount at once, an' make after him. He won't so readily find his way acrosst the cut-rock plain. An' I tell yez, boys, it's our only chance.\"", "start_byte": 743223, "end_byte": 743394, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 205.9600067138672, "end_time": 219.60000610351562, "cut_start_time": 206.3650067138672, "cut_end_time": 218.71006921386717, "narrative_prediction": {"pursues": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"No fear of them yet,", "start_byte": 743508, "end_byte": 743529, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 226.39999389648438, "end_time": 228.0, "cut_start_time": 226.68499389648437, "cut_end_time": 227.83005639648437, "narrative_prediction": {"argues": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"but there will be if the nigger meets them. We needn't go on to the San Saba. If we don't overtake him 'fore reachin' the cottonwood, we'll hev' to let him slide. Then we can hurry back hyar, an' go down the creek to the Colorado.\"", "start_byte": 743549, "end_byte": 743781, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 229.16000366210938, "end_time": 243.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 229.40500366210938, "cut_end_time": 243.36006616210938, "narrative_prediction": {"argues": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Bill Bosley! altho' I don't make estimate o' yur life as more account than that o' a cat, it may be, I spose, precious to yurself. An' ye kin only save it by takin' us strait to whar ye say Jim Borlasse an' his beauties air. Show sign o' preevarication, or go a yurd's length out o' the right track, an' -- wal, I won't shoot ye, as I'm threetenin'. That 'ud be a death too good for sech as you. But I promise ye'll get yer neck streetched on the nearest tree; an' if no tree turn up, I'll tie ye to the tail o' my horse, an' hang ye that way. So, take yur choice. If ye want to chaw any more corn, don't 'tempt playin' possum.\"", "start_byte": 745008, "end_byte": 745637, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 314.79998779296875, "end_time": 361.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 314.8849877929688, "cut_end_time": 360.86005029296877, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I hain't no thought of it,", "start_byte": 745639, "end_byte": 745666, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 361.2799987792969, "end_time": 363.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 361.7749987792969, "cut_end_time": 363.0301237792969, "narrative_prediction": {"protests": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"indeed I hain't, Sime. I'm only puzzled 'bout the trail from here. Tho' I've been accrost this plain several times, I never took much notice, bein' with the others, I only know there's a tree stands by itself. If we can reach that, the road's easier beyont. I think it's out yonnerways.\"", "start_byte": 745685, "end_byte": 745973, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 364.55999755859375, "end_time": 382.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 364.74499755859375, "cut_end_time": 382.64006005859375, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Wal, we'll try that way,", "start_byte": 746011, "end_byte": 746036, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 385.44000244140625, "end_time": 387.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 385.55500244140626, "cut_end_time": 387.39006494140625, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Ef yer story don't prove strait, there'll come a crik in yur neck, soon's it's diskivered to be crooked. So waste no more words, but strike for the timmer ye speak o'.\"", "start_byte": 746057, "end_byte": 746226, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 389.0400085449219, "end_time": 399.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 389.2650085449219, "cut_end_time": 399.6900710449219, "narrative_prediction": {"adding": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Yonner it air, sure enuf!", "start_byte": 746451, "end_byte": 746477, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 414.760009765625, "end_time": 416.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 414.95500976562505, "cut_end_time": 416.30007226562503, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "A gang of these great birds has roosted in the pecan grove, close to where the prairie pirates are encamped. At daylight's approach, they fly up to the tops of the trees; the males, as is their wont in the spring months of the year, mutually sounding their sonorous challenge.", "start_byte": 740635, "end_byte": 740911, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 42.15999984741211, "end_time": 57.91999816894531, "cut_start_time": 42.42499984741211, "cut_end_time": 57.65006234741211}, {"text": "It awakes the robbers from the slumber succeeding their drunken debauch; their chief first of any.", "start_byte": 740913, "end_byte": 741011, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 57.91999816894531, "end_time": 64.0, "cut_start_time": 58.41499816894532, "cut_end_time": 63.620060668945314}, {"text": "Coming forth from his tent, he calls upon the others to get up -- ordering several horses to be saddled. He designs despatching a party to the upper plain, in search of Quantrell and Bosley, not yet come to camp.", "start_byte": 741013, "end_byte": 741225, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 64.0, "end_time": 76.12000274658203, "cut_start_time": 64.405, "cut_end_time": 75.84006249999999}, {"text": "He wants another word with the mulatto; and steps towards the tent, where he supposes the man to be.", "start_byte": 741227, "end_byte": 741327, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 76.12000274658203, "end_time": 81.80000305175781, "cut_start_time": 76.47500274658202, "cut_end_time": 81.40006524658203}, {"text": "At its entrance he sees blood -- inside a dead body!", "start_byte": 741329, "end_byte": 741381, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 81.80000305175781, "end_time": 87.5199966430664, "cut_start_time": 82.17500305175781, "cut_end_time": 86.99000305175781}, {"text": "His cry, less of sorrow than anger, brings his followers around. One after another peering into the tent, they see what is there. There is no question about how the thing occurred. It is clear to all. Their prisoner has killed his guard; as they say, assassinated him. Has the assassin escaped?", "start_byte": 741383, "end_byte": 741677, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 87.5199966430664, "end_time": 106.87999725341797, "cut_start_time": 87.8149966430664, "cut_end_time": 106.5900591430664}, {"text": "They scatter in search of him, by twos and threes, rushing from tent to tent. Some proceed to the corral, there to see that the bars are down, and the horses out.", "start_byte": 741679, "end_byte": 741841, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 106.87999725341797, "end_time": 116.31999969482422, "cut_start_time": 107.33499725341797, "cut_end_time": 116.08005975341797}, {"text": "These are discovered in a strip of meadow near by, one only missing. It is that the chief had seized from their white prisoner, and appropriated. The yellow one has replevined it!", "start_byte": 741843, "end_byte": 742022, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 116.31999969482422, "end_time": 127.19999694824219, "cut_start_time": 116.8649996948242, "cut_end_time": 126.77006219482422}, {"text": "The ghastly spectacle in the tent gives them no horror. They are too hardened for that. But it makes them feel, notwithstanding; first anger, soon succeeded by apprehension. The dullest brute in the band has some perception of danger as its consequence. Hitherto their security has depended on keeping up their incognito by disguises, and the secrecy of their camping place. Here is a prisoner escaped, who knows all; can tell about their travesties; guide a pursuing party to the spot! They must remain no longer there.", "start_byte": 742024, "end_byte": 742544, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 127.19999694824219, "end_time": 160.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 127.66499694824218, "cut_end_time": 160.05005944824217}, {"text": "Borlasse recognising the necessity for a change of programme, summons his following around him.", "start_byte": 742546, "end_byte": 742641, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 160.55999755859375, "end_time": 166.0, "cut_start_time": 160.63499755859374, "cut_end_time": 165.60006005859375}, {"text": " he says,", "start_byte": 742650, "end_byte": 742659, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 166.8000030517578, "end_time": 167.75999450683594, "cut_start_time": 166.9550030517578, "cut_end_time": 167.6600030517578}, {"text": "All look surprised, their glances interrogating", "start_byte": 743101, "end_byte": 743148, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 197.1199951171875, "end_time": 200.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 197.3749951171875, "cut_end_time": 200.0800576171875}, {"text": " pursues Borlasse in explanation.", "start_byte": 743189, "end_byte": 743222, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 203.39999389648438, "end_time": 205.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 203.61499389648438, "cut_end_time": 205.62011889648437}, {"text": "There are dissenting voices. Some urge the danger of going back that way. They may meet the outraged settlers.", "start_byte": 743396, "end_byte": 743506, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 219.60000610351562, "end_time": 226.39999389648438, "cut_start_time": 220.1450061035156, "cut_end_time": 226.03000610351563}, {"text": " argues the chief,", "start_byte": 743530, "end_byte": 743548, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 228.0, "end_time": 229.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 228.105, "cut_end_time": 229.1000625}, {"text": "The course counselled, seeming best, is decided on.", "start_byte": 743783, "end_byte": 743834, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 243.9600067138672, "end_time": 247.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 244.24500671386718, "cut_end_time": 247.32000671386717}, {"text": "Hastily saddling their horses, and stowing the plunder in a place where it will be safe till their return, they mount, and start off for the upper plain.", "start_byte": 743836, "end_byte": 743989, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 247.63999938964844, "end_time": 256.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 247.93499938964842, "cut_end_time": 255.64012438964843}, {"text": "Silence again reigns around the deserted camp; no human voice there -- no sound, save the calling of the wild turkeys, that cannot awake that ghastly sleeper.", "start_byte": 743991, "end_byte": 744149, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 256.0400085449219, "end_time": 265.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 256.4150085449219, "cut_end_time": 265.2000085449219}, {"text": "At the same hour, almost the very moment, when Borlasse and his freebooters, ascending from Coyote Creek, set foot on the table plain, a party of mounted men, coming up from the San Saba bottom, strikes it on the opposite edge. It is scarce necessary to say that these are the pursuing settlers. Dupre at their head. Hardly have they struck out into the sterile waste, before getting bewildered, with neither trace nor track to give them a clue to the direction. But they have with them a surer guide than the foot-prints of men, or the hoof-marks of horses -- their prisoner Bill Bosley.", "start_byte": 744151, "end_byte": 744739, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 265.67999267578125, "end_time": 298.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 266.10499267578126, "cut_end_time": 298.57005517578125}, {"text": "To save his life, the wretch told all about his late associates and is now conducting the pursuers to Coyote Creek.", "start_byte": 744741, "end_byte": 744856, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 298.9599914550781, "end_time": 305.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 299.4049914550782, "cut_end_time": 305.26005395507815}, {"text": "Withal, he is not sure of the way; and halts hesitatingly.", "start_byte": 744858, "end_byte": 744916, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 305.67999267578125, "end_time": 309.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 305.8249926757813, "cut_end_time": 309.1201176757813}, {"text": "Woodley mistaking his uncertainty for reluctance, puts a pistol to his head, saying: -- ", "start_byte": 744918, "end_byte": 745006, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 309.4800109863281, "end_time": 314.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 309.63501098632815, "cut_end_time": 314.56001098632817}, {"text": " protests Bosley,", "start_byte": 745667, "end_byte": 745684, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 363.20001220703125, "end_time": 364.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 363.3350122070313, "cut_end_time": 364.39001220703125}, {"text": "He points in particular direction.", "start_byte": 745975, "end_byte": 746009, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 382.8399963378906, "end_time": 385.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 383.06499633789065, "cut_end_time": 384.83012133789066}, {"text": " says Sime, adding:", "start_byte": 746037, "end_byte": 746056, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 387.44000244140625, "end_time": 389.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 387.5150024414063, "cut_end_time": 388.9700649414063}, {"text": "The alacrity with which Bosley obeys tells he is sincere.", "start_byte": 746228, "end_byte": 746285, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 399.9200134277344, "end_time": 403.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 400.3550134277344, "cut_end_time": 403.6000134277344}, {"text": "Proof of his sincerity is soon after obtained in the tree itself being observed. Far off they descry it outlined against the clear sky, solitary as a ship at sea.", "start_byte": 746287, "end_byte": 746449, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 403.79998779296875, "end_time": 414.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 404.10498779296876, "cut_end_time": 414.2901127929688}, {"text": " says Woodley first sighting it.", "start_byte": 746478, "end_byte": 746510, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 416.4800109863281, "end_time": 418.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 416.6650109863281, "cut_end_time": 418.1900734863282}]}

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It may give him satisfaction to know how the thing has ended.\"", "start_byte": 749565, "end_byte": 749707, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 165.0399932861328, "end_time": 172.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 165.4549932861328, "cut_end_time": 172.4101182861328, "narrative_prediction": {"mutters": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"An' it war the last, as I can see,", "start_byte": 751359, "end_byte": 751394, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 271.6000061035156, "end_time": 274.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 272.0450061035157, "cut_end_time": 273.97000610351563, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Ah! you've gi'n him what he thought he'd guv you -- his death shot!\"", "start_byte": 751461, "end_byte": 751530, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 277.9200134277344, "end_time": 283.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 278.0950134277344, "cut_end_time": 282.3100134277344, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Yes, Jupe. He's got it at last; and strange enough in the very place where he hit me. You see where my bullet has struck him?\"", "start_byte": 751532, "end_byte": 751659, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 283.3599853515625, "end_time": 291.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 283.7849853515625, "cut_end_time": 290.77011035156255, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You're right, Masser Charle; it's in de adzack spot. Well, that is curious. Seems like your gun war guided by de hand of that avengin' angel you spoke o'.\"", "start_byte": 751750, "end_byte": 751906, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 296.2799987792969, "end_time": 307.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 296.5149987792969, "cut_end_time": 307.3400612792969, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Come, Jupe!", "start_byte": 752414, "end_byte": 752426, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 339.67999267578125, "end_time": 340.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 339.98499267578126, "cut_end_time": 340.6201176757813, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"we must mount, and be off.\"", "start_byte": 752471, "end_byte": 752499, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 343.0799865722656, "end_time": 345.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 343.31498657226564, "cut_end_time": 344.57011157226566, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"What's that out yonner?", "start_byte": 753921, "end_byte": 753945, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 430.67999267578125, "end_time": 432.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 430.98499267578126, "cut_end_time": 432.1000551757813, "narrative_prediction": {"exclaims": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "After a few moments, he turns his back on the corpse, calling Brasfort away from it. The dog yet shows hostility; and, if permitted, would mutilate the lifeless remains. Its fierce canine instinct has no generous impulse, and is only restrained by scolding and threats.", "start_byte": 747487, "end_byte": 747756, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 41.0, "end_time": 56.720001220703125, "cut_start_time": 41.285000000000004, "cut_end_time": 56.430062500000005}, {"text": "The sun is beginning to show above the horizon, and Clancy perceives Darke's horse tearing about over the plain. He is reminded of his promise made to Jupiter.", "start_byte": 747758, "end_byte": 747917, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 56.720001220703125, "end_time": 66.08000183105469, "cut_start_time": 57.22500122070313, "cut_end_time": 65.85006372070313}, {"text": "The animal does not go clear off, but keeps circling round, as if it desired to come back again; the presence of the other horse attracting, and giving it confidence. Clancy calls to it, gesticulating in a friendly manner, and uttering exclamations of encouragement. By little and little, it draws nearer, till at length its muzzle is in contact with that of his own steed; and, seizing the bridle, he secures it.", "start_byte": 747919, "end_byte": 748332, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 66.08000183105469, "end_time": 91.0, "cut_start_time": 66.41500183105468, "cut_end_time": 90.59000183105468}, {"text": "Casting a last look at the corpse, he turns to the horses, intending to take departure from the spot. So little time has been spent in the pursuit, and the short conflict succeeding, it occurs to him he may overtake Jupiter, before the latter has reached the San Saba.", "start_byte": 748334, "end_byte": 748602, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 91.0, "end_time": 106.08000183105469, "cut_start_time": 91.235, "cut_end_time": 105.79006249999999}, {"text": "Scanning around to get bearings, his eye is attracted to an object, now familiar -- the lone cottonwood. It is not much over two miles off. On Darke's trail he must have ridden at least leagues. Its crooked course, however, explains the tree's proximity. The circles and zig-zags have brought both pursued and pursuer nigh back to the starting point.", "start_byte": 748604, "end_byte": 748954, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 106.08000183105469, "end_time": 128.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 106.33500183105468, "cut_end_time": 127.61000183105469}, {"text": "Since the cottonwood is there, he cannot be so far from the other place, he has such reason to remember; and, again running his eye around, he looks for it.", "start_byte": 748956, "end_byte": 749112, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 128.1999969482422, "end_time": 137.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 128.61499694824218, "cut_end_time": 136.9900594482422}, {"text": "He sees it not, as there is nothing now to be seen, except some scattered mould undistinguishable at a distance. Instead, the rising sun lights up the figure of a man, afoot, and more than a mile off. Not standing still, but in motion; as he can see, moving towards himself. It is Jupiter!", "start_byte": 749114, "end_byte": 749403, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 137.1999969482422, "end_time": 155.9199981689453, "cut_start_time": 137.5449969482422, "cut_end_time": 155.70005944824217}, {"text": "Thus concluding, he is about to mount and meet him, when stayed by a strange reflection.", "start_byte": 749405, "end_byte": 749493, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 155.9199981689453, "end_time": 160.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 156.2949981689453, "cut_end_time": 160.6401231689453}, {"text": " he mutters to himself.", "start_byte": 749541, "end_byte": 749564, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 163.36000061035156, "end_time": 165.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 163.60500061035157, "cut_end_time": 164.73000061035157}, {"text": "Meanwhile the mulatto -- for it is he -- comes on; at first slowly, and with evident caution in his approach.", "start_byte": 749709, "end_byte": 749818, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 172.72000122070312, "end_time": 179.9199981689453, "cut_start_time": 173.10500122070312, "cut_end_time": 179.6400012207031}, {"text": "Soon he is seen to quicken his step, changing it to a run; at length arriving at the rock, breathless as one who reaches the end of a race. The sight which meets him there gives him but slight surprise. He has been prepared for it.", "start_byte": 749820, "end_byte": 750051, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 179.9199981689453, "end_time": 193.24000549316406, "cut_start_time": 180.3449981689453, "cut_end_time": 192.9801231689453}, {"text": "In answer to Clancy's inquiry, he briefly explains his presence upon the spot. Disobedient to the instructions given him, instead of proceeding towards the San Saba bottom, he had remained upon the steppe. Not stationary, but following his master as fast as he could, and keeping him in view so long as the distance allowed. Two things were in his favour -- the clear moonlight and Darke's trail doubling back upon itself. For all, he had at length lost sight of the tracking horseman, but not till he had caught a glimpse of him tracked, fleeing before. It was the straight tail-on-end chase that took both beyond reach of his vision. Noting the direction, he still went hastening after, soon to hear a sound which told him the chase had come to a termination, and strife commenced. This was the report of a gun, its full, round boom proclaiming it a smooth-bore fowling-piece. Remembering that his old master always carried this -- his new one never -- it must be the former who fired the shot. And, as for a long while no other answered it, he was in despair, believing the latter killed. Then reached his ear the angry bay of the bloodhound, with mens' voices intermingled; ending all the dear, sharp crack of a rifle; which, from the stillness that succeeded continuing, he knew to be the last shot.", "start_byte": 750053, "end_byte": 751357, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 193.24000549316406, "end_time": 271.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 193.59500549316405, "cut_end_time": 270.6800679931641}, {"text": " he says, winding up his account, and turning towards the corpse.", "start_byte": 751395, "end_byte": 751460, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 274.1199951171875, "end_time": 277.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 274.51499511718754, "cut_end_time": 277.4601201171875}, {"text": "The mulatto, stooping down over Darke's body, examines the wound, still dripping blood.", "start_byte": 751661, "end_byte": 751748, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 291.0400085449219, "end_time": 296.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 291.29500854492187, "cut_end_time": 295.8000085449219}, {"text": "Having thus delivered himself, the fugitive slave becomes silent and thoughtful, for a time, bending over the body of his once cruel master, now no more caring for his cruelty, or in fear of being chastised by him.", "start_byte": 751908, "end_byte": 752122, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 307.79998779296875, "end_time": 320.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 308.2549877929688, "cut_end_time": 320.5400502929688}, {"text": "With what strange reflections must that spectacle inspire him! The outstretched arms lying helpless along the earth -- the claw-like fingers now stiff and nerveless -- he may be thinking how they once clutched a cowhide, vigorously laying it on his own back, leaving those terrible scars.", "start_byte": 752124, "end_byte": 752412, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 320.79998779296875, "end_time": 339.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 321.05498779296875, "cut_end_time": 339.17005029296877}, {"text": " says Clancy, rousing him from his reverie;", "start_byte": 752427, "end_byte": 752470, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 340.6400146484375, "end_time": 343.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 340.7450146484375, "cut_end_time": 342.8200146484375}, {"text": "Soon they are in their saddles, ready to start; but stay yet a little longer. For something has to be considered. It is necessary for them to make sure about their route. They must take precautions against getting strayed, as also another and still greater danger. Jupiter's escape from the robbers' den, with the deed that facilitated it, will by this have been discovered. It is more than probable he will be pursued; indeed almost certain. And the pursuers will come that way; at any moment they may appear.", "start_byte": 752501, "end_byte": 753011, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 345.0400085449219, "end_time": 375.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 345.4450085449219, "cut_end_time": 375.2700710449219}, {"text": "This is the dark side of the picture presented to Clancy's imagination, as he turns his eyes towards the west. Facing in the opposite direction his fancy summons up one brighter. For there lies the San Saba Mission-house, within whose walls he will find Helen Armstrong. He has now no doubt that she has reached home in safety; knows, too, that her father still lives. For the mulatto has learnt as much from the outlaws. While en route to Coyote Creek, and during his sojourn there, he overheard them speak about the massacre of the slaves, as also the immunity extended to their masters, with the reason for it. It is glad tidings to Clancy, His betrothed, restored to her father's arms, will not the less affectionately open her own to receive him. The long night of their sorrowing has passed; the morn of their joy comes; its daylight is already dawning. He will have a welcome, sweet as ever met man.", "start_byte": 753013, "end_byte": 753919, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 375.4800109863281, "end_time": 430.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 375.80501098632817, "cut_end_time": 429.77001098632815}, {"text": " exclaims Jupiter, pointing west.", "start_byte": 753946, "end_byte": 753979, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 432.1199951171875, "end_time": 434.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 432.2849951171875, "cut_end_time": 434.29012011718754}, {"text": "Clancy's rapture is interrupted -- his bright dream dissipated -- suddenly, as when a cloud drifts over the disc of the sun.", "start_byte": 753981, "end_byte": 754105, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 434.6400146484375, "end_time": 442.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 434.85501464843753, "cut_end_time": 442.09001464843755}, {"text": "And it is the sun which causes the change, or rather the reflection of its rays from something seen afar off, over the plain. Several points sparkle, appearing and disappearing through a semi-opaque mass, whose dun colour shows it to be dust.", "start_byte": 754107, "end_byte": 754349, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 442.3999938964844, "end_time": 459.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 442.6749938964844, "cut_end_time": 458.7900563964844}, {"text": "Experienced in prairie-sign he can interpret this; and does easily, but with a heaviness at his heart. The things that sparkle are guns, pistols, knives, belt-buckles, bitts, and stirrups; while that through which they intermittingly shine is the stoor tossed up by the hooves of horses. It is a body of mounted men in march across the steppe.", "start_byte": 754351, "end_byte": 754694, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 459.2799987792969, "end_time": 483.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 459.4349987792969, "cut_end_time": 482.7800612792969}]}

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I've jest spied them passin' through the smoke. For God's sake, after! Sime may stand in need o' ye.\"", "start_byte": 763589, "end_byte": 763742, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 534.8800048828125, "end_time": 546.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 535.0150048828125, "cut_end_time": 546.1000048828125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You, Charley Clancy!", "start_byte": 765553, "end_byte": 765574, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 658.6799926757812, "end_time": 660.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 658.8849926757813, "cut_end_time": 660.3901176757813, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Thank the Lord for it! But who'd a thought o' meeting ye in the middle of the skrimmage! And in time to stan' by me hed that been needful. But whar hev ye come from? Dropt out o' the clouds? An' what o' Dick Darke? I'd most forgot that leetle matter. Have ye seed him?\"", "start_byte": 765639, "end_byte": 765909, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 664.7999877929688, "end_time": 685.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 665.0449877929688, "cut_end_time": 684.6300502929688, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I have.\"", "start_byte": 765911, "end_byte": 765920, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 685.1599731445312, "end_time": 686.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 685.3349731445313, "cut_end_time": 685.9700981445312, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Wal; what's happened? Hev ye did anythin' to him?\"", "start_byte": 765922, "end_byte": 765973, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 686.4400024414062, "end_time": 691.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 686.6350024414063, "cut_end_time": 690.8800649414063, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"The same as you have done to him,", "start_byte": 765975, "end_byte": 766009, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 691.3200073242188, "end_time": 693.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 691.7150073242187, "cut_end_time": 693.4000073242188, "narrative_prediction": {"answers": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Good for you! I know'd it 'ud end that way. I say'd so to that sweet critter, when I war leevin' her at the Mission.\"", "start_byte": 766062, "end_byte": 766180, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 696.760009765625, "end_time": 704.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 697.015009765625, "cut_end_time": 704.620009765625, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You left her there -- safe?\"", "start_byte": 766182, "end_byte": 766211, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 704.9199829101562, "end_time": 707.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 705.1449829101563, "cut_end_time": 706.8700454101563, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Wal, I left her in her father's arums, whar I reckon she'll be safe enough. But whar's Jupe?\"", "start_byte": 766213, "end_byte": 766307, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 707.3599853515625, "end_time": 713.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 707.5349853515626, "cut_end_time": 713.7300478515625, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"He's here -- somewhere behind.\"", "start_byte": 766309, "end_byte": 766341, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 713.9199829101562, "end_time": 716.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 714.2549829101563, "cut_end_time": 716.1001079101562, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"All right! That accounts for the hul party. Now let's back, and see what's chanced to the rest o' this ruffin crew. So, Jim Borlasse, good bye!\"", "start_byte": 766343, "end_byte": 766488, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 716.4400024414062, "end_time": 727.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 716.7350024414063, "cut_end_time": 726.7200024414062, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": "For greater security both dismount; the mulatto holding the horses, while his master sets himself to observe the movements of the approaching troop. Is it approaching?", "start_byte": 755329, "end_byte": 755496, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 36.31999969482422, "end_time": 45.68000030517578, "cut_start_time": 36.67499969482422, "cut_end_time": 45.35012469482422}, {"text": "Yes; but not direct for the rock. Its head is towards the tree, and the robbers are evidently making to reach this. As already said, the topography of the place is peculiar; the lone cottonwood standing on the crest of a couteau de prairie, whose sides slope east and west. It resembles the roof of a house, but with gentler declination. Similarly situated on the summit of the ridge, is the boulder, but with nearly a league's length between it and the tree.", "start_byte": 755498, "end_byte": 755957, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 45.68000030517578, "end_time": 74.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 46.01500030517578, "cut_end_time": 73.74006280517578}, {"text": "Soon as assured that the horsemen are heading for the latter, Clancy breathes freer breath. But without being satisfied he is safe. He knows they will not stay there; and where next? He reflects what might have been his fate were he still in the prairie stocks. Borlasse will be sure to pay that place a visit. Not finding the victim of his cruelty, he will seek elsewhere. Will it occur to him to come on to the rock?", "start_byte": 755959, "end_byte": 756377, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 74.16000366210938, "end_time": 100.0, "cut_start_time": 74.40500366210937, "cut_end_time": 99.47000366210938}, {"text": "Clancy so interrogates, with more coolness, and less fear, than may be imagined. His horse is beside him, and Jupiter has another. The mulatto is no longer encumbered by a mule. Darke's steed is known to be a swift one, and not likely to be outrun by any of the robber troop. If chased, some of them might overtake it, but not all, or not at the same time. There will be less danger from their following in detail, and thus Clancy less fears them. For he knows that his yellow-skinned comrade is strong as courageous; a match for any three ordinary men. And both are now well armed -- Darke's double-barrel, as his horse, having reverted to Jupiter. Besides, as good luck has it, there are pistols found in the holsters, to say nothing of that long-bladed, and late blood-stained, knife. In a chase they will have a fair chance to escape; and, if it come to a fight, can make a good one.", "start_byte": 756379, "end_byte": 757266, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 100.0, "end_time": 154.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 100.18499999999999, "cut_end_time": 153.68}, {"text": "While he is thus speculating upon the probabilities of the outlaws coming on to the rock, and what may be the upshot afterwards, Clancy's ear is again saluted by a cry from his companion. But this time in tone very different: for it is jubilant, joyous.", "start_byte": 757268, "end_byte": 757521, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 154.0399932861328, "end_time": 170.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 154.4149932861328, "cut_end_time": 169.9601182861328}, {"text": "Turning, he sees Jupiter standing with face to the east, and pointing in that direction. To what? Another cloud of dust, that prinkles with sparkling points; another mounted troop moving across the plain! And also making for the tree, which, equi-distant between the two, seems to be the beacon of both.", "start_byte": 757523, "end_byte": 757826, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 170.32000732421875, "end_time": 189.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 170.57500732421875, "cut_end_time": 188.65000732421873}, {"text": "Quick as he reached the conclusion about the first band being that of Borlasse, does he decide as to that of the second. It is surely the pursuing colonists, and as sure with Sime Woodley at their head.", "start_byte": 757828, "end_byte": 758030, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 189.1199951171875, "end_time": 200.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 189.5049951171875, "cut_end_time": 200.31005761718748}, {"text": "Both cohorts are advancing at a like rate of speed, neither riding rapidly. They have been so, but now, climbing the acclivity, they have quieted their horses to a walk. The pace though slow, continued, will in time bring them together. A collision seems inevitable. His glance gladdens as he measures the strength of the two parties. The former not only in greater number, but with God on their side; while the latter will be doing battle under the banner of the Devil.", "start_byte": 758032, "end_byte": 758502, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 200.63999938964844, "end_time": 228.47999572753906, "cut_start_time": 200.97499938964845, "cut_end_time": 228.05006188964842}, {"text": "About the issue of such encounter he has no anxiety. He is only apprehensive it may not come off. Something may arise to warn the outlaws, and give them a chance to shun it.", "start_byte": 758504, "end_byte": 758677, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 228.47999572753906, "end_time": 238.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 228.74499572753905, "cut_end_time": 238.43005822753906}, {"text": "As yet neither party has a thought of the other's proximity or approach. They cannot, with the ridge between. Still is there that, which should make them suspicious of something. Above each band are buzzards -- a large flock. They flout the air in sportive flight, their instinct admonishing them that the two parties are hostile, and likely to spill each other's blood.", "start_byte": 758679, "end_byte": 759049, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 238.67999267578125, "end_time": 260.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 238.93499267578125, "cut_end_time": 260.38005517578125}, {"text": "About the two sets of birds what will both sides be saying? For, high in heaven, both must long since have observed them. From their presence what conjectures will they draw?", "start_byte": 759051, "end_byte": 759225, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 260.8399963378906, "end_time": 271.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 261.06499633789065, "cut_end_time": 270.69005883789066}, {"text": "So Clancy questions, answering himself:", "start_byte": 759227, "end_byte": 759266, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 271.0799865722656, "end_time": 274.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 271.36498657226565, "cut_end_time": 273.69004907226565}, {"text": "Strange as it may appear, just thus, and at the same instant, are the two leaders interpreting the sign! And well for the result Clancy desires; since it causes neither to command halt or make delay. On the contrary impels them forward more impetuously. Perceiving this, he mechanically mutters:", "start_byte": 759397, "end_byte": 759692, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 281.9200134277344, "end_time": 300.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 282.2450134277344, "cut_end_time": 299.9000134277344}, {"text": "Thank the Lord! They must meet now! Curbing his impatience, as he best can, he continues to watch the mutually approaching parties. At the head of the colonists he now sees Sime Woodley, recognises him by his horse -- a brindled", "start_byte": 759694, "end_byte": 759922, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 300.0799865722656, "end_time": 313.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 300.34498657226567, "cut_end_time": 313.58011157226565}, {"text": " with stripes like a zebra. Would that he could communicate with his old comrade, and give him word, or sign of warning. He dares not do either. To stir an inch from behind the rock, would expose him to the view of the robbers, who might still turn and retreat.", "start_byte": 759935, "end_byte": 760196, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 314.3999938964844, "end_time": 329.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 314.5949938964844, "cut_end_time": 328.9801188964844}, {"text": "With heart beating audibly, blood, coursing quick through his veins, he watches and waits, timing the crisis. It must come soon. The two flocks of vultures have met in mid-air, and mingle their sweeping gyrations. They croak in mutual congratulation, anticipating a splendid repast.", "start_byte": 760198, "end_byte": 760480, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 329.32000732421875, "end_time": 348.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 329.6450073242188, "cut_end_time": 347.96006982421875}, {"text": "Clancy counts the moments. They cannot be many. The heads of the horsemen already align with the tufts of grass growing topmost on the ridge. Their brows are above it; their eyes. They have sighted each other!", "start_byte": 760482, "end_byte": 760691, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 348.20001220703125, "end_time": 360.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 348.37501220703126, "cut_end_time": 360.2100122070313}, {"text": "A halt on both sides; horses hurriedly reined in; no shouts; only a word of caution from the respective leaders of the troops, each calling back to his own. Then an interval of silence, disturbed by the shrill screams of the horses, challenging from troop to troop, seemingly hostile as their riders.", "start_byte": 760693, "end_byte": 760993, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 360.3999938964844, "end_time": 378.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 360.65499389648437, "cut_end_time": 378.7101188964844}, {"text": "In another instant both have broken halt, and are going in gallop over the plain; not towards each other, but one pursuing, the other pursued. The robbers are in retreat!", "start_byte": 760995, "end_byte": 761165, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 378.8800048828125, "end_time": 389.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 379.1250048828125, "cut_end_time": 389.0100048828125}, {"text": "Clancy had not waited for this; his cue came before, soon as they caught sight of one another. Then, vaulting into his saddle, and calling Jupiter to follow, he was off.", "start_byte": 761167, "end_byte": 761336, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 389.3999938964844, "end_time": 399.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 389.6449938964844, "cut_end_time": 399.1800563964844}, {"text": "Riding at top speed, cleaving the air, till it whistles past his ears, with eyes strained forward, he sees the changed attitude of the troops.", "start_byte": 761338, "end_byte": 761480, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 399.5199890136719, "end_time": 408.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 399.7049890136719, "cut_end_time": 408.6300515136719}, {"text": "He reflects not on it; all his thoughts becoming engrossed, all his energies bent, upon taking part in the pursuit, and still more in the fight he hopes will follow. He presses on in a diagonal line between pursued and pursuers. His splendid steed now shows its good qualities, and gladly he sees he is gaining upon both. With like gladness that they are nearing one another, the short-striding mustangs being no match for the long legged American horses. As yet not a shot has been fired. The distance is still too great for the range of rifles, and backwoodsmen do not idly waste ammunition. The only sounds heard are the trampling of the hooves, and the occasional neigh of a horse. The riders are all silent, in both troops alike -- one in the mute eagerness of flight, the other with the stern earnestness of pursuit.", "start_byte": 761482, "end_byte": 762304, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 408.79998779296875, "end_time": 456.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 409.05498779296875, "cut_end_time": 455.9000502929688}, {"text": "And now puffs of smoke arise over each, with jets of flame projected outward. Shots, at first dropping and single, then in thick rattling fusillade. Along with them cries of encouragement, mingled with shouts of defiance. Then a wild", "start_byte": 762306, "end_byte": 762539, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 456.3599853515625, "end_time": 471.0, "cut_start_time": 456.7149853515625, "cut_end_time": 471.1000478515625}, {"text": " the charging cheers the colonists close upon the outlaws.", "start_byte": 762549, "end_byte": 762607, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 471.8399963378906, "end_time": 475.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 472.17499633789066, "cut_end_time": 474.97012133789065}, {"text": "Clancy rides straight for the fray. In front he sees the plain shrouded in dense sulphureous mist, at intervals illumined by yellow flashes. Another spurt, and, passing through the thin outer strata of smoke, he is in the thick of the conflict -- among men on horseback grappling other mounted men, endeavouring to drag them out of the saddle -- some afoot, fighting in pairs, firing pistols, or with naked knives, hewing away at one another!", "start_byte": 762609, "end_byte": 763051, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 475.44000244140625, "end_time": 501.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 475.5950024414063, "cut_end_time": 501.14006494140625}, {"text": "He sees that the fight is nigh finished, and the robbers routed. Some are dismounted, on their knees crying", "start_byte": 763053, "end_byte": 763160, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 501.32000732421875, "end_time": 507.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 501.5950073242188, "cut_end_time": 507.5400698242188}, {"text": " and piteously appealing for mercy.", "start_byte": 763171, "end_byte": 763206, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 507.8800048828125, "end_time": 510.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 508.08500488281254, "cut_end_time": 509.8200048828125}, {"text": "Where is Sime Woodley? Has his old comrade been killed?", "start_byte": 763208, "end_byte": 763263, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 510.239990234375, "end_time": 514.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 510.604990234375, "cut_end_time": 513.740115234375}, {"text": "Half frantic with this fear, he rashes distractedly over the ground, calling out the backwoodsman's name. He is answered by another -- by Ned Heywood, who staggers to his side, bleeding, his face blackened with powder.", "start_byte": 763265, "end_byte": 763483, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 514.0800170898438, "end_time": 526.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 514.2950170898438, "cut_end_time": 526.5900795898438}, {"text": "\"Because Sime -- \"", "start_byte": 763553, "end_byte": 763571, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 532.3200073242188, "end_time": 533.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 532.4450073242188, "cut_end_time": 533.7300698242187}, {"text": "Clancy stays not to hear more, but again urges his horse to speed, with head in the direction indicated.", "start_byte": 763744, "end_byte": 763848, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 546.5599975585938, "end_time": 552.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 546.8049975585938, "cut_end_time": 552.3000600585938}, {"text": "Darting on, he is soon out into the clear atmosphere; there to see two horsemen going off over the plain, pursued and pursuer. In the former he recognises Borlasse, while the latter is Woodley. Both are upon strong, swift, horses; but better mounted than either, he soon gains upon them.", "start_byte": 763850, "end_byte": 764137, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 552.5599975585938, "end_time": 571.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 552.7549975585938, "cut_end_time": 570.9901225585937}, {"text": "The backwoodsman is nearing the brigand. Clancy sees this with satisfaction, though not without anxiety. He knows Jim Borlasse is an antagonist not to be despised. Driven to desperation, he will fight like a grizzly bear. Woodley will need all his strength, courage, and strategy.", "start_byte": 764139, "end_byte": 764419, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 571.280029296875, "end_time": 588.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 571.615029296875, "cut_end_time": 588.080091796875}, {"text": "Eager to assist his old comrade, he presses onward; but, before he can come up, they have closed, and are at it.", "start_byte": 764421, "end_byte": 764533, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 588.4000244140625, "end_time": 595.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 588.7650244140625, "cut_end_time": 594.8700244140625}, {"text": "Not in combat, paces apart, with rifles or pistols. Not a shot is being exchanged between them. Instead, they are close together, have clutched one another, and are fighting, hand to hand, with bowies!", "start_byte": 764535, "end_byte": 764736, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 595.1199951171875, "end_time": 608.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 595.3149951171876, "cut_end_time": 608.2000576171876}, {"text": "It commenced on horseback, but at the first grip both came to the ground, dragging each other down. Now the fight continues on foot, each with his bared blade hacking and hewing at the other.", "start_byte": 764738, "end_byte": 764929, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 608.47998046875, "end_time": 618.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 608.84498046875, "cut_end_time": 618.64010546875}, {"text": "A dread spectacle these two gigantic gladiators engaged in mortal strife! All the more in its silence. Neither utters shout, or speaks word. They are too intent upon killing. The only sound heard is their hoarse breathing as they pant to recover it -- each holding the other's arm to hinder the fatal stroke.", "start_byte": 764931, "end_byte": 765239, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 618.9600219726562, "end_time": 638.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 619.1150219726562, "cut_end_time": 638.5200844726563}, {"text": "Clancy's heart beats apprehensively for the issue; and with rifle cocked, he rides on to send a bullet through Borlasse.", "start_byte": 765241, "end_byte": 765361, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 638.9600219726562, "end_time": 645.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 639.1750219726563, "cut_end_time": 645.6500219726563}, {"text": "It is not needed. No gun is to give the coup de grace to the chief of the prairie pirates. For, the blade of a bowie-knife has passed between his ribs, laying him lifeless along the earth.", "start_byte": 765363, "end_byte": 765551, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 645.9199829101562, "end_time": 658.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 646.2949829101562, "cut_end_time": 657.8600454101563}, {"text": " says Sime, in joyful surprise at seeing his friend still safe.", "start_byte": 765575, "end_byte": 765638, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 660.760009765625, "end_time": 664.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 660.905009765625, "cut_end_time": 664.380009765625}, {"text": " answers Clancy, pointing to the body of Borlasse.", "start_byte": 766010, "end_byte": 766060, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 693.5999755859375, "end_time": 696.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 693.8049755859375, "cut_end_time": 696.4301005859376}, {"text": "With this odd leave taking, he turns away, wipes the blood from his bowie, returns it to its sheath, and once more climbing into his saddle, rides off to rejoin the victorious colonists.", "start_byte": 766490, "end_byte": 766676, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 727.1199951171875, "end_time": 738.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 727.5149951171875, "cut_end_time": 737.8400576171875}, {"text": "On the ground where the engagement took place, a sad spectacle is presented. The smoke has drifted away, disclosing the corpses of the slain -- horses as well as men. All the freebooters have fallen, and now lie astretch as they fell to stab or shot; some on their backs, others with face downward, or doubled sideways, but all dead, gashed, and gory -- not a wounded man among them! For the colonists, recalling that parallel spectacle in the Mission courtyard, have given loose rein to the lex talionis, and exacted a terrible retribution.", "start_byte": 766678, "end_byte": 767219, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 738.1199951171875, "end_time": 773.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 738.4849951171875, "cut_end_time": 773.4501201171876}, {"text": "Nor have they themselves got off unscathed. The desperadoes being refused quarter, fought it out to the bitter end; killing several of the settlers, and wounding many more; among the latter two known to us -- Heywood and Dupre. By good fortune, neither badly, and both to recover from their wounds; the young Creole also recovering his stolen treasure, found secreted at the camp on Coyote creek.", "start_byte": 767221, "end_byte": 767617, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 773.760009765625, "end_time": 798.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 774.075009765625, "cut_end_time": 798.170009765625}, {"text": "Our tale might here close; for it is scarce necessary to record what came afterwards. The reader will guess, and correctly, that Dupre became the husband of Jessie, and Helen the wife of Clancy; both marriages being celebrated at the same time, and both with full consent and approval of the only living parent -- Colonel Armstrong.", "start_byte": 767619, "end_byte": 767951, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 798.5999755859375, "end_time": 819.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 798.8449755859375, "cut_end_time": 819.5001005859375}, {"text": "And on the same day, though at a different hour, a third couple was made man and wife; Jupe getting spliced to his Jule, from whom he had been so long cruelly kept apart.", "start_byte": 767953, "end_byte": 768123, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 819.760009765625, "end_time": 830.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 820.165009765625, "cut_end_time": 830.4400097656251}, {"text": "It is some years since then, and changes have taken place in the colony. As yet none to be regretted, but the reverse. A Court-House town has sprung up on the site of the ancient Mission, the centre of a district of plantations -- the largest of them belonging to Luis Dupre; while one almost as extensive, and equally as flourishing, has Charles Clancy for owner.", "start_byte": 768125, "end_byte": 768489, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 830.7999877929688, "end_time": 852.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 831.1049877929688, "cut_end_time": 851.9800502929688}, {"text": "On the latter live Jupe and Jule; Jupe overseer, Jule at the head of the domestic department; while on the former reside two other personages presented in this tale, it is hoped with interest attached to them. They are Blue Bill, and his Phoebe; not living alone, but in the midst of a numerous progeny of piccaninnies.", "start_byte": 768491, "end_byte": 768810, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 852.3599853515625, "end_time": 871.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 852.6749853515626, "cut_end_time": 871.6500478515625}, {"text": "How the coon-hunter comes to be there requires explanation. A word will be sufficient. Ephraim Darke stricken down by the disgrace brought upon him, has gone to his grave; and at the breaking up of his slave establishment, Blue Bill, with all his belongings, was purchased by Dupre, and transported to his present home. This not by any accident, but designedly; as a reward for his truthfulness, with the courage he displayed in declaring it.", "start_byte": 768812, "end_byte": 769254, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 871.7999877929688, "end_time": 898.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 872.0549877929687, "cut_end_time": 897.7200502929687}, {"text": "Between the two plantations, lying contiguous, Colonel Armstrong comes and goes, scarce knowing which is his proper place of residence. In both he has a bedroom, and a table profusely spread, with the warmest of welcomes.", "start_byte": 769256, "end_byte": 769477, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 898.1199951171875, "end_time": 911.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 898.4049951171875, "cut_end_time": 910.7201201171875}]}

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Some thought restraining her, she holds it up in the moon's light, her eyes for a time resting on, and closely scanning it. Painful memories, winters of them, pass through her soul, shown upon her countenance, while she makes scrutiny of the features so indelibly graven upon her heart. She is looking her last upon them -- not with a wish to remember, but the hope to forget -- of being able to erase that image of him long-loved, wildly worshipped, from the tablets of her memory, at once and for ever.", "start_byte": 179361, "end_byte": 179964, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 152.63999938964844, "end_time": 192.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 153.11499938964843, "cut_end_time": 191.61012438964843}, {"text": "Who can tell what passed through her mind at that impending moment? Who could describe her heart's desolation? 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Throw us a rope.\"", "start_byte": 188543, "end_byte": 188592, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 338.0, "end_time": 341.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 338.19500000000005, "cut_end_time": 340.72006250000004, "narrative_prediction": {"saying": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Haul in!\"", "start_byte": 188657, "end_byte": 188667, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 344.4800109863281, "end_time": 345.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 344.55501098632817, "cut_end_time": 345.14007348632816, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": "Notwithstanding her late suicidal thoughts, the instinctive aversion to death is stronger than her weariness of life, and instinctively does she strive to avert it.", "start_byte": 184276, "end_byte": 184440, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 65.83999633789062, "end_time": 75.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 66.23499633789062, "cut_end_time": 75.11012133789062}, {"text": "No longer crying out; she cannot; her throat is filled with the water of the turbid stream. 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Not the less bitter, that the man and woman who made him jealous can never meet more. For, at that hour, he knows Charles Clancy to be lying dead in the dank swamp; while, ere dawn of the following day, Helen Armstrong will be starting upon a journey which must take her away from the place, far, and for ever.", "start_byte": 190107, "end_byte": 190658, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 46.15999984741211, "end_time": 81.4000015258789, "cut_start_time": 46.654999847412114, "cut_end_time": 80.30012484741212}, {"text": "The only consolation he draws from her departure is, that she, too, will be reflecting spitefully and bitterly as himself. Because of Clancy not having kept his appointment with her; deeming the failure due to the falsehood by himself fabricated -- the story of the Creole girl.", "start_byte": 190660, "end_byte": 190938, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 81.4000015258789, "end_time": 99.95999908447266, "cut_start_time": 81.9850015258789, "cut_end_time": 98.71000152587891}, {"text": "Withal, it affords him but scant solace. She will be alike gone from him, and he may never behold her again. Her beauty will never belong to his rival; but neither can it be his, even though chance might take him to Texas, or by design he should proceed thither. To what end should he? No more now can he build castles in the air, basing them on the power of creditor over debtor. That bubble has burst, leaving him only the reflection, how illusory it has been. Although, for his nefarious purpose, it has proved weak as a spider's web, it is not likely Colonel Armstrong will ever again submit himself to be so ensnared. Broken men become cautious, and shun taking credit a second time.", "start_byte": 190940, "end_byte": 191628, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 99.95999908447266, "end_time": 147.52000427246094, "cut_start_time": 100.23499908447265, "cut_end_time": 146.49012408447265}, {"text": "And yet Richard Darke does not comprehend this. Blinded by passion, he cannot see any impossibility, and already thoughts of future proceedings begin to flit vaguely through his mind. They are too distant to be dwelt upon now. For this night he has enough to occupy heart and brain -- keeping both on the rack and stretch, so tensely as to render prolonged sleep impossible. Only for a few seconds at a time does he know the sweet unconsciousness of slumber; then, suddenly starting awake, to be again the prey of galling reflections.", "start_byte": 191630, "end_byte": 192164, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 147.52000427246094, "end_time": 182.0, "cut_start_time": 148.26500427246094, "cut_end_time": 180.85000427246092}, {"text": "Turn to which side he will, rest his head on the pillow as he may, two sounds seem ever ringing in his ears -- one, a woman's voice, that speaks the denying word,", "start_byte": 192166, "end_byte": 192328, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 182.0, "end_time": 193.0, "cut_start_time": 182.255, "cut_end_time": 193.1}, {"text": " -- the other, a dog's bark, which seems persistently to say,", "start_byte": 192337, "end_byte": 192398, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 193.63999938964844, "end_time": 197.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 194.05499938964843, "cut_end_time": 197.29012438964844}, {"text": "If, in the first night after his nefarious deed, fears and jealous fancies chase one another through the assassin's soul, on the second it is different. Jealousy has no longer a share in his thoughts, fear having full possession of them. And no trifling fear of some far off danger, depending on chances and contingencies, but one real and near, seeming almost certain. The day's doings have gone all against him. The behaviour of Clancy's hound has not only directed suspicion towards him, but given evidence, almost conclusive, of his guilt; as though the barking of the dumb brute were words of truthful testimony, spoken in a witness-box!", "start_byte": 192445, "end_byte": 193087, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 200.63999938964844, "end_time": 241.47999572753906, "cut_start_time": 201.15499938964842, "cut_end_time": 240.91006188964843}, {"text": "The affair cannot, will not, be allowed to rest thus. The suspicions of the searchers will take a more definite shape, ending in accusation, if not in the actual deed of his arrest. 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It has been perplexing, troubling him, throughout all the afternoon, even when his blood was up, and nerves strung with excitement. Now, at night, in the dark, silent hours, as he dwells ponderingly upon it, it more than perplexes, more than troubles -- it awes, horrifies him.", "start_byte": 193747, "end_byte": 194084, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 286.9200134277344, "end_time": 311.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 287.4450134277344, "cut_end_time": 310.4500759277344}, {"text": "In vain he tries to compose himself, by shaping conjectures based on natural causes. Even these could not much benefit him; for, whether Clancy be dead or still living -- whether he has walked away from the ground, or been carried from it a corpse -- to him, Darke, the danger will be almost equal. Not quite. Better, of course, if Clancy be dead, for then there will be but circumstantial evidence against, and, surely, not sufficient to convict him?", "start_byte": 194086, "end_byte": 194537, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 311.760009765625, "end_time": 343.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 312.22500976562503, "cut_end_time": 342.050009765625}, {"text": "Little suspects he, that in the same hour, while he is thus distractedly cogitating, men are weighing evidence he knows not of; or that, in another hour, they will be on the march to make him their prisoner.", "start_byte": 194539, "end_byte": 194746, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 343.5199890136719, "end_time": 356.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 343.8349890136719, "cut_end_time": 356.8300515136719}, {"text": "For all his ignorance of it, he has a presentiment of danger, sprung from the consciousness of his crime. 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Peak plain, and doan be noways mealy-moufed 'bout it.\"", "start_byte": 204387, "end_byte": 204778, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 392.9599914550781, "end_time": 419.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 393.23499145507816, "cut_end_time": 418.24005395507817, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"My views is den, for de tellin' ob de troof. Ole Eph Darke may flog us till dar ain't a bit o' skin left upon our bare backs. I'll take my share ob de 'sponsibility, an a full half ob de noggin'. Yes, Bill, I'se willin' to do dat. But let de troof be tole -- de whole troof, an' nuffin but de troof.\"", "start_byte": 204780, "end_byte": 205081, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 419.3999938964844, "end_time": 439.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 419.8249938964844, "cut_end_time": 438.3000563964844, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Den it shall be did. Phoebe, you's a darlin'. Kiss me, ole gal. 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True, the former, rushing past in such headlong pace, seemed to prove that the affair had a tragical termination.", "start_byte": 199060, "end_byte": 199560, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 60.20000076293945, "end_time": 92.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 60.65500076293945, "cut_end_time": 91.69006326293945}, {"text": "But of this, he, Blue Bill, could only have conjecture; and, hoping the denouement might not be so bad as at first deemed, neither was he so alarmed as to let it interfere with his night's slumbers.", "start_byte": 199562, "end_byte": 199760, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 92.16000366210938, "end_time": 105.5199966430664, "cut_start_time": 92.64500366210937, "cut_end_time": 104.94000366210938}, {"text": "In the morning, when, as usual, hoe in hand, he goes abroad to his day's work, no one would suspect him of being the depository of a secret so momentous. 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He has been accustomed to meet them with pleasant looks, and accost them in kindly words.", "start_byte": 200449, "end_byte": 200576, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 148.24000549316406, "end_time": 157.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 148.47500549316405, "cut_end_time": 156.45000549316404}, {"text": "The tidings produce a painful impression upon them; and from that moment, though their task has to be continued, there is no more cheerfulness in the cotton field. Even their conversation is hushed, or carried on in a subdued tone; the hoes being alone heard, as their steel blades clink against an occasional", "start_byte": 200578, "end_byte": 200887, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 157.55999755859375, "end_time": 176.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 158.27499755859375, "cut_end_time": 176.38012255859374}, {"text": "But while his fellow-labourers are silent through sorrow, Blue Bill is speechless from another and different cause. They only hear that young Massr Clancy has been killed -- murdered, as the report says -- while he knows how, when, where, and by whom. The knowledge gives him double uneasiness; for while sorrowing as much, perhaps more than any, for Charles Clancy's death, he has fears for his own life, with good reasons for having them.", "start_byte": 200899, "end_byte": 201339, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 177.52000427246094, "end_time": 205.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 178.39500427246094, "cut_end_time": 205.05000427246094}, {"text": "If by any sinister chance Massr Dick should get acquainted with the fact of his having been witness to that rapid retreat among the trees, he, Blue Bill, would be speedily put where his tongue could never give testimony.", "start_byte": 201341, "end_byte": 201561, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 205.55999755859375, "end_time": 219.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 205.92499755859373, "cut_end_time": 218.32012255859374}, {"text": "In full consciousness of his danger, he determines not to commit himself by any voluntary avowal of what he has seen and heard; but to bury the secret in his own breast, as also insist on its being so interred within the bosom of his better half.", "start_byte": 201563, "end_byte": 201809, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 219.16000366210938, "end_time": 234.52000427246094, "cut_start_time": 219.61500366210936, "cut_end_time": 234.02006616210937}, {"text": "This day, Phoebe is not in the field along with the working gang; which causes him some anxiety. The coon-hunter can trust his wife's affections, but is not so confident as to her prudence. She may say something in the", "start_byte": 201811, "end_byte": 202029, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 234.52000427246094, "end_time": 247.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 234.91500427246092, "cut_end_time": 247.98006677246093}, {"text": " to compromise him. A word -- the slightest hint of what has happened -- may lead to his being questioned, and confessed; with torture, if the truth be suspected.", "start_byte": 202039, "end_byte": 202201, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 248.24000549316406, "end_time": 257.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 248.29500549316407, "cut_end_time": 256.9900679931641}, {"text": "No wonder that during the rest of the day Blue Bill wears an air of abstraction, and hoes the tobacco plants with a careless hand, often chopping off the leaves. Fortunately for him, his fellow-workers are not in a mood to observe these vagaries, or make inquiry as to the cause.", "start_byte": 202203, "end_byte": 202482, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 257.4800109863281, "end_time": 274.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 257.93501098632817, "cut_end_time": 274.03007348632815}, {"text": "He is rejoiced, when the boom of the evening bell summons them back to the", "start_byte": 202484, "end_byte": 202558, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 274.760009765625, "end_time": 279.0, "cut_start_time": 275.34500976562504, "cut_end_time": 279.050009765625}, {"text": "Once more in the midst of his piccaninnies, with Phoebe by his side, he imparts to her a renewed caution, to", "start_byte": 202573, "end_byte": 202681, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 280.20001220703125, "end_time": 287.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 280.69501220703125, "cut_end_time": 287.51007470703127}, {"text": "At supper, the two talk over the events of the day -- Phoebe being the narrator. 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Neither gets so much as a wink.", "start_byte": 203284, "end_byte": 203403, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 324.6000061035156, "end_time": 332.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 325.1650061035156, "cut_end_time": 332.31000610351566}, {"text": "As morning dawns, they are startled by strange noises in the negro quarter. These are not the usual sounds consequent on the uprising of their fellow-slaves -- a chorus of voices, in jest and jocund laughter. On the contrary, it is a din of serious tone, with cries that tell of calamity.", "start_byte": 203405, "end_byte": 203693, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 332.79998779296875, "end_time": 351.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 333.34498779296877, "cut_end_time": 351.06005029296875}, {"text": "When the coon-hunter draws -- back his door, and looks forth, he sees there is commotion outside; and is soon told its cause. One of his fellow-bondsmen, coming forward, says: -- ", "start_byte": 203695, "end_byte": 203874, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 351.2799987792969, "end_time": 361.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 351.6249987792969, "cut_end_time": 361.4301237792969}, {"text": "The coon-hunter rushes out, and up to the big house.", "start_byte": 203969, "end_byte": 204021, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 367.2799987792969, "end_time": 370.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 367.8349987792969, "cut_end_time": 370.3901237792969}, {"text": "He reaches it in time to see Richard Darke set upon a horse, and conducted away from the place, with a man on each side, guarding him. 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Now, my little Niobe, dry up your tears. Mine are all gone, and I feel in first rate spirits. I do indeed.\"", "start_byte": 446399, "end_byte": 446610, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 84.4000015258789, "end_time": 101.76000213623047, "cut_start_time": 84.9450015258789, "cut_end_time": 101.0300640258789, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"What can it mean?", "start_byte": 448797, "end_byte": 448815, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 239.9600067138672, "end_time": 241.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 240.3350067138672, "cut_end_time": 241.12006921386717, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"What on earth is the fellow after?", "start_byte": 450028, "end_byte": 450063, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 316.3999938964844, "end_time": 318.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 316.7349938964844, "cut_end_time": 318.4901188964844, "narrative_prediction": {"asks": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"What, indeed?", "start_byte": 450104, "end_byte": 450118, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 321.3599853515625, "end_time": 322.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 321.55498535156255, "cut_end_time": 322.45004785156254, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"A question, sister, you should be better able to answer than I. He is the trusted servant of M. Dupre; and he, I take it, has told you all about him.\"", "start_byte": 450136, "end_byte": 450287, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 323.9200134277344, "end_time": 333.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 324.1950134277344, "cut_end_time": 332.5800759277344, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Not a word has he. He knows that I don't like the man, and never did from the first. I've intimated as much to him more than once.\"", "start_byte": 450289, "end_byte": 450421, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 333.0400085449219, "end_time": 341.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 333.3450085449219, "cut_end_time": 340.6900085449219, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"That ought to have got Master Fernand his discharge. Your Luis will surely not keep him, if he knows it's disagreeable to you?\"", "start_byte": 450423, "end_byte": 450551, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 341.0799865722656, "end_time": 348.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 341.50498657226564, "cut_end_time": 347.68004907226566, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well, perhaps he wouldn't if I were to put it in that way. I haven't done so yet. I only hinted that the man wasn't altogether to my liking; especially made so much of as Luis makes of him. You must know, dear Helen, my future lord and master is of a very trusting nature; far too much, I fear, for some of the people now around him. He has been brought up like all Creoles, without thought for the morrow. A sprinkling of Yankee cuteness wouldn't do him any harm. As for this fellow, he has insinuated himself into Luis's confidence in some way that appears quite mysterious. It even puzzles our father; though he's said nothing much about it. So far he appears satisfied, because the man has proved capable, and, I believe, very useful to them in their affairs. For my part I've been mystified by him all along, and not less now. I wonder what he can be after. Can you not give a guess?\"", "start_byte": 450553, "end_byte": 451443, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 348.239990234375, "end_time": 402.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 348.45499023437503, "cut_end_time": 402.09005273437504, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Not the slightest; unless it be theft. Do you think it's that?\"", "start_byte": 451445, "end_byte": 451509, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 402.3999938964844, "end_time": 407.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 402.7749938964844, "cut_end_time": 406.5101188964844, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I declare I don't know.\"", "start_byte": 451511, "end_byte": 451536, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 407.20001220703125, "end_time": 409.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 407.80501220703127, "cut_end_time": 409.32001220703125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Is there anything he could be carrying off from the house, with the intention of secreting it outside? Some of your Luis's gold for instance, or the pretty jewels he has given you?\"", "start_byte": 451538, "end_byte": 451720, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 409.67999267578125, "end_time": 419.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 410.09499267578127, "cut_end_time": 419.09011767578124, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"My jewels! No; they are safe in their case; locked up in my room, of which I've the key with me. As for Luis's gold, he hasn't much of that. All the money he possesses -- quite fifty thousand dollars, I believe -- is in silver. I wondered at his bringing it out here in that heavy shape, for it made a whole waggon-load of itself. He's told me the reason, however; which is, that among Indians and others out here on the frontier, gold is not thought so much of as silver.\"", "start_byte": 451722, "end_byte": 452196, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 419.6000061035156, "end_time": 446.0, "cut_start_time": 419.7950061035157, "cut_end_time": 445.3600061035157, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"It can't be silver Fernand is stealing -- if theft it be. He would look more loaded, and couldn't have gone so lightly over that wall.\"", "start_byte": 452198, "end_byte": 452334, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 446.0, "end_time": 454.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 446.555, "cut_end_time": 453.72006250000004, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Indeed, as you say, he went skipping over it like a grasshopper.\"", "start_byte": 452336, "end_byte": 452402, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 454.20001220703125, "end_time": 459.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 454.6550122070313, "cut_end_time": 458.34007470703125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Rather say gliding like a snake. I never saw a man whose movements more resembled the Devil in serpent shape -- except one.\"", "start_byte": 452404, "end_byte": 452529, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 459.1600036621094, "end_time": 467.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 459.4250036621094, "cut_end_time": 467.0000661621094, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Shall we return into the house?", "start_byte": 452701, "end_byte": 452733, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 478.79998779296875, "end_time": 480.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 479.2649877929688, "cut_end_time": 480.68011279296877, "narrative_prediction": {"asks": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"For what purpose?\"", "start_byte": 452764, "end_byte": 452783, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 482.79998779296875, "end_time": 484.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 483.09498779296877, "cut_end_time": 484.0501127929688, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"To tell Luis of what we've seen; to warn him about Fernand.\"", "start_byte": 452785, "end_byte": 452846, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 484.4800109863281, "end_time": 488.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 484.89501098632815, "cut_end_time": 487.6200734863281, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"If we did the warning would be unheeded. I fear Monsieur Dupre will remain unconvinced of any intended treachery in his trusted servant, until something unpleasant occur; it may be something disastrous. After all, you and I, Jess, have only our suspicions, and may be wronging the fellow. Suppose we stay a little longer, and see what comes of it. No doubt, he'll soon return from his mysterious promenade, and by remaining, we may find out what he's been after. Shall we wait for him? You're not afraid, are you?\"", "start_byte": 452848, "end_byte": 453363, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 488.1600036621094, "end_time": 519.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 488.8150036621094, "cut_end_time": 518.8400661621095, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"A little, I confess. Do you know, Helen, this Fernand gives me the same sort of feeling I had at meeting that big fellow in the streets of Natchitoches. At times he glares at me just in the same way. And yet the two are so different.\"", "start_byte": 453365, "end_byte": 453600, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 519.4400024414062, "end_time": 534.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 519.7950024414063, "cut_end_time": 533.8400649414062, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well, since no harm came of your Nachitoches bogie, it's to be hoped there won't any from this one. If you have any fear to stay, let us go in. Only my curiosity is greatly excited by what we've seen, and I'd like to know the end of it. If we don't discover anything, it can do no harm. And if we do -- say; shall we go, or try?\"", "start_byte": 453602, "end_byte": 453932, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 534.4400024414062, "end_time": 555.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 534.7950024414063, "cut_end_time": 554.7700649414063, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I'm not afraid now. You make me brave, sister. Besides, we may find out something Luis ought to know.\"", "start_byte": 453934, "end_byte": 454037, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 555.3200073242188, "end_time": 562.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 556.2950073242188, "cut_end_time": 561.6000698242187, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Then let us stay.\"", "start_byte": 454039, "end_byte": 454058, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 562.2000122070312, "end_time": 564.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 562.7150122070312, "cut_end_time": 563.6400122070313, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"On his return,", "start_byte": 454316, "end_byte": 454331, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 579.2000122070312, "end_time": 580.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 579.5550122070313, "cut_end_time": 580.4100122070313, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"he might stray along this way, and not go up the centre walk. Therefore we had better conceal ourselves more effectually. I wonder he didn't see us while passing out. No doubt he would have done so, but for looking so anxiously behind, and going at such a rapid rate. Coming back he may not be so hurried; and should he sight us, then an end to our chance of finding out what he's up to. Where's the best place to play spy on him?\"", "start_byte": 454343, "end_byte": 454775, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 581.239990234375, "end_time": 608.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 581.574990234375, "cut_end_time": 608.030115234375, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"The very place,", "start_byte": 455349, "end_byte": 455365, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 645.9199829101562, "end_time": 647.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 646.1049829101563, "cut_end_time": 647.3800454101563, "narrative_prediction": {"whispers": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Fernand!\"", "start_byte": 457003, "end_byte": 457013, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 750.8800048828125, "end_time": 751.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 751.1050048828125, "cut_end_time": 751.7500048828125, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": "Helen perceiving it, rises to the occasion; and, as oft before, in turn becomes the comforter; their happiness and misery like scales vibrating on the beam.", "start_byte": 446019, "end_byte": 446175, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 57.040000915527344, "end_time": 67.87999725341797, "cut_start_time": 57.475000915527346, "cut_end_time": 67.39000091552734}, {"text": "She is not sincere in what she says, and but counterfeits cheerfulness to restore that of her sister.", "start_byte": 446612, "end_byte": 446713, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 101.76000213623047, "end_time": 108.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 102.24500213623047, "cut_end_time": 108.06000213623047}, {"text": "She has well-nigh succeeded, when a third personage appears upon the scene, causing a sudden change in their thoughts, turning these into a new and very different channel.", "start_byte": 446715, "end_byte": 446886, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 108.63999938964844, "end_time": 118.80000305175781, "cut_start_time": 109.04499938964844, "cut_end_time": 118.23012438964844}, {"text": "He whose appearance produces such effect -- for it is a man -- seems wholly unconscious of the influence he has exerted; indeed, is so.", "start_byte": 446888, "end_byte": 447023, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 118.80000305175781, "end_time": 129.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 119.14500305175781, "cut_end_time": 128.2300655517578}, {"text": "When first observed, he is coming down the central walk; which, though wide, is partially shadowed by trees. And in their shadow he keeps, clinging to it, as if desirous to shun observation. His step declares it; not bold this, nor regardless, but skulking, with tread catlike; while every now and then he casts a backward glance, as if in fear of some one being behind. Just that which hinders him from seeing those who are in front.", "start_byte": 447025, "end_byte": 447459, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 129.0800018310547, "end_time": 158.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 129.6050018310547, "cut_end_time": 158.63006433105468}, {"text": "The girls are still standing together, with hands joined -- luckily on one of the side-walks, and like himself in shadow -- though very near to having separated, and one, at least, rushing out into the light at first sound of his footstep. For to Jessie it gave joy, supposing it that of her Luis. 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He is too much absorbed about his own affair, whatever it be, to think of any one loitering there at that time of the night.", "start_byte": 448940, "end_byte": 449266, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 248.39999389648438, "end_time": 270.0, "cut_start_time": 248.69499389648436, "cut_end_time": 269.63005639648435}, {"text": "Where the main garden-walk meets the one going along the bottom, is another open space, smaller than that around the fountain, still sufficient to let in the light of the moon. Here also have been seats and statues; the latter lying shattered, as if hashed to the earth by the hand of some ruthless iconoclast. Just opposite, is a breach in the wall; the mud bricks, crumbled into clods forming a talus on each face of it.", "start_byte": 449268, "end_byte": 449690, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 270.0, "end_time": 296.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 270.295, "cut_end_time": 295.45000000000005}, {"text": "Arriving at this, the mestizo makes stop. Only for an instant, long enough to give a last glance up the garden.", "start_byte": 449692, "end_byte": 449803, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 296.0799865722656, "end_time": 303.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 296.36498657226565, "cut_end_time": 303.09011157226564}, {"text": "Apparently satisfied, that he is not followed nor observed, he scrambles up the slope and down on the opposite side, where he is lost to the view of the sisters; who both stand wondering -- the younger sensibly trembling.", "start_byte": 449805, "end_byte": 450026, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 303.6400146484375, "end_time": 316.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 304.0750146484375, "cut_end_time": 316.0800146484375}, {"text": " asks Helen, whose speech comes first.", "start_byte": 450064, "end_byte": 450102, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 318.6000061035156, "end_time": 321.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 318.80500610351567, "cut_end_time": 321.13000610351565}, {"text": " echoes Jessie.", "start_byte": 450119, "end_byte": 450134, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 322.55999755859375, "end_time": 323.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 322.8349975585938, "cut_end_time": 323.71012255859375}, {"text": "The thought of this one, who is Richard Darke, causes Helen Armstrong to suspend speech; at the same time evoking a sigh to the memory of another one -- Charles Clancy.", "start_byte": 452531, "end_byte": 452699, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 467.7200012207031, "end_time": 478.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 468.25500122070315, "cut_end_time": 477.75000122070315}, {"text": " asks Jessie, after a pause.", "start_byte": 452734, "end_byte": 452762, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 480.7200012207031, "end_time": 482.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 480.93500122070316, "cut_end_time": 482.56000122070316}, {"text": "Having resolved to await the coming back of the half-blood, and watch his further movements, the sisters bethink them of seeking a safer place for observation; one where there will be less danger of being themselves seen.", "start_byte": 454060, "end_byte": 454281, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 564.239990234375, "end_time": 576.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 564.5449902343751, "cut_end_time": 575.950052734375}, {"text": "It is to Helen the idea occurs.", "start_byte": 454283, "end_byte": 454314, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 576.5999755859375, "end_time": 579.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 577.1449755859376, "cut_end_time": 578.8701005859375}, {"text": " she says,", "start_byte": 454332, "end_byte": 454342, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 580.3599853515625, "end_time": 581.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 580.3949853515625, "cut_end_time": 581.1300478515625}, {"text": "The two look in different directions, in search of an appropriate spot.", "start_byte": 454777, "end_byte": 454848, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 608.760009765625, "end_time": 613.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 609.235009765625, "cut_end_time": 612.5500097656251}, {"text": "There can be no difficulty in finding such. The shrubbery, long unpruned, grows luxuriantly everywhere, screening the facade of the wall along its whole length.", "start_byte": 454850, "end_byte": 455010, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 613.0399780273438, "end_time": 623.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 613.4849780273438, "cut_end_time": 622.8901030273438}, {"text": "Near by is an arbour of evergreens, thickly overgrown with a trellis of trailing plants.", "start_byte": 455012, "end_byte": 455100, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 623.6400146484375, "end_time": 629.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 624.1350146484375, "cut_end_time": 629.1600146484375}, {"text": "They know of this shady retreat; have been in it before that night. Now, although the moon is shining brightly, its interior, arcaded over by dense foliage, is in dark shadow -- dark as a cavern. 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The talus extending to the path, with its fringe of further scattered clods, requires them to step carefully so as to avoid stumbling.", "start_byte": 455421, "end_byte": 455786, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 650.5599975585938, "end_time": 672.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 650.9249975585938, "cut_end_time": 672.0700600585938}, {"text": "They go hand in hand, mutually supporting one another.", "start_byte": 455788, "end_byte": 455842, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 672.5599975585938, "end_time": 676.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 673.0349975585938, "cut_end_time": 676.0400600585938}, {"text": "Their white gossamer dresses, floating lightly around them as they glide silently along, give them a resemblance to sylphs, or wood-nymphs, all the more as they emerge into the moonlight.", "start_byte": 455844, "end_byte": 456031, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 676.1599731445312, "end_time": 687.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 676.3449731445313, "cut_end_time": 686.5300356445313}, {"text": "To complete the sylvan picture, it seems necessary there should be satyrs, or wood-demons, as well.", "start_byte": 456033, "end_byte": 456132, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 687.239990234375, "end_time": 693.52001953125, "cut_start_time": 687.704990234375, "cut_end_time": 693.160115234375}, {"text": "And such in reality there are, not a great way off. These, or something closely resembling them. No satyrs could show in more grotesque guise than the forms at that moment moving up to the wall, on its opposite side.", "start_byte": 456134, "end_byte": 456350, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 693.52001953125, "end_time": 709.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 693.8150195312501, "cut_end_time": 708.5600195312501}, {"text": "Gliding on, the sisters have arrived before the gap. 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No look of humility, nor sign of subservience there. Instead, a bold, bullying expression, eyes emitting a lurid light, lips set in a satanic smile, between them teeth gleaming like a tiger's! He does not speak a word. Indeed, he has not time; for Helen Armstrong anticipates him. The proud girl, indignant at what she sees, too fearless to be frightened, at once commences chiding him.", "start_byte": 457102, "end_byte": 457888, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 757.239990234375, "end_time": 805.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 757.594990234375, "cut_end_time": 805.490115234375}, {"text": "In words bold and brave, so much that, if alone, the scoundrel might quail under their castigation. 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What reason have you to think so?\"", "start_byte": 460167, "end_byte": 460247, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 101.91999816894531, "end_time": 106.19999694824219, "cut_start_time": 102.1149981689453, "cut_end_time": 105.75006066894531, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"The best o' reasons, colonel. I've seed them myself, and so's Cris Tucker along with me.\"", "start_byte": 460249, "end_byte": 460339, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 106.19999694824219, "end_time": 110.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 106.59499694824218, "cut_end_time": 110.41005944824218, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Where?\"", "start_byte": 460341, "end_byte": 460349, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 110.83999633789062, "end_time": 111.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 110.88499633789061, "cut_end_time": 111.24005883789061, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well, there's a longish story to tell. If you'll have patience, I'll make it short as possible.\"", "start_byte": 460351, "end_byte": 460448, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 111.63999938964844, "end_time": 117.04000091552734, "cut_start_time": 112.18499938964842, "cut_end_time": 116.45012438964844, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Go on! -- tell it!\"", "start_byte": 460450, "end_byte": 460470, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 117.04000091552734, "end_time": 118.4000015258789, "cut_start_time": 117.20500091552734, "cut_end_time": 117.99006341552735, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Where they went afterward, or air now, 'taint possible for me to tell. All I can say is, what I've sayed already: there are Indians about.\"", "start_byte": 460825, "end_byte": 460965, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 138.0800018310547, "end_time": 146.52000427246094, "cut_start_time": 138.39500183105469, "cut_end_time": 145.76006433105468, "narrative_prediction": {"concludes": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}, "saying": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"maraud", "start_byte": 462098, "end_byte": 462105, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 208.9199981689453, "end_time": 209.36000061035156, "cut_start_time": 208.9649981689453, "cut_end_time": 209.4501231689453, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Dupre, call in your half-breed!", "start_byte": 463688, "end_byte": 463720, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 300.7200012207031, "end_time": 302.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 300.94500122070315, "cut_end_time": 302.28006372070314, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Let us hear what the fellow has to say for himself.\"", "start_byte": 463754, "end_byte": 463807, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 304.1199951171875, "end_time": 307.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 304.38499511718754, "cut_end_time": 306.3000576171875, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Tell Fernand to come hither,", "start_byte": 463809, "end_byte": 463838, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 307.0799865722656, "end_time": 308.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 307.2749865722657, "cut_end_time": 308.50011157226567, "narrative_prediction": {"commands": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Tell him to come instantly!\"", "start_byte": 463923, "end_byte": 463952, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 313.0400085449219, "end_time": 314.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 313.2150085449219, "cut_end_time": 314.4400085449219, "narrative_prediction": {"commands": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"What do you mean, boy?", "start_byte": 464463, "end_byte": 464486, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 342.4800109863281, "end_time": 344.0, "cut_start_time": 342.81501098632816, "cut_end_time": 343.87001098632817, "narrative_prediction": {"thunders": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Is he not in the house?\"", "start_byte": 464565, "end_byte": 464590, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 348.0, "end_time": 349.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 348.285, "cut_end_time": 349.37, "narrative_prediction": {"thunders": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Dat's jess what he aint, Mass Looey. De Spanish Indyin's no whar inside dis buildin'. We hab sarch all oba de place; call out his name in de store-rooms, an' de coatyard, an' de cattle closure -- ebbery wha we tink of. We shout loud nuf for him to hyeer, ef he war anywha 'bout. He haint gib no answer. Sartin shoo he no inside o' dis 'tablishment.\"", "start_byte": 464592, "end_byte": 464942, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 349.79998779296875, "end_time": 370.0, "cut_start_time": 350.0749877929688, "cut_end_time": 369.32005029296874, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"wench,", "start_byte": 465447, "end_byte": 465454, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 399.6000061035156, "end_time": 400.0, "cut_start_time": 399.57500610351565, "cut_end_time": 400.06000610351566, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Oh, Mass Kurnel! Mass Looey! Gemmen all! De place am full ob Indyin sabbages! Dar outside in de coatyard, more'n a thousan' ob um; an' murderin' ebbery body!\"", "start_byte": 466631, "end_byte": 466790, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 469.6400146484375, "end_time": 480.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 469.83501464843755, "cut_end_time": 479.9700771484375, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Locked in, by God!", "start_byte": 467689, "end_byte": 467708, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 535.9199829101562, "end_time": 537.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 536.2449829101563, "cut_end_time": 537.2701079101563, "narrative_prediction": {"exclaims": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Trapped, by the Eternal!", "start_byte": 468926, "end_byte": 468951, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 617.280029296875, "end_time": 618.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 617.545029296875, "cut_end_time": 618.620029296875, "narrative_prediction": {"exclaims": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}, "despairingly": {"id": "1", "type": "adverb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Yes, gentlemen, we're caged to a certainty.\"", "start_byte": 468987, "end_byte": 469032, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 620.8800048828125, "end_time": 624.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 621.0650048828126, "cut_end_time": 623.6100673828125, "narrative_prediction": {"exclaims": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}, "despairingly": {"id": "1", "type": "adverb", "confidence": 10}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "While the discussion is at its height a new guest enters the room; who, soon as inside, makes a speech, which not only terminates the talk about sugar, but drives all thought of it out of their minds.", "start_byte": 459378, "end_byte": 459578, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 56.20000076293945, "end_time": 67.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 56.465000762939454, "cut_end_time": 66.84006326293945}, {"text": "A speech of only four words, but these of startling significance:", "start_byte": 459580, "end_byte": 459645, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 67.16000366210938, "end_time": 71.76000213623047, "cut_start_time": 67.53500366210938, "cut_end_time": 71.33006616210938}, {"text": " 'Tis Hawkins who speaks, having entered without invitation, confident the nature of his news will hold him clear of being deemed an intruder.", "start_byte": 459672, "end_byte": 459814, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 73.55999755859375, "end_time": 81.5199966430664, "cut_start_time": 74.26499755859375, "cut_end_time": 81.28006005859375}, {"text": "And it does. At the word", "start_byte": 459816, "end_byte": 459840, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 81.5199966430664, "end_time": 83.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 81.8449966430664, "cut_end_time": 83.3600591430664}, {"text": " all around the table spring up from their seats, and stand breathlessly expectant of what the hunter has further to communicate. For, by his serious air, they are certain there must be something more.", "start_byte": 459851, "end_byte": 460052, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 84.0, "end_time": 94.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 84.21499999999999, "cut_end_time": 94.0500625}, {"text": "Colonel Armstrong alone asks, the old soldier showing the presence of mind that befits an occasion of surprise.", "start_byte": 460054, "end_byte": 460165, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 94.72000122070312, "end_time": 101.91999816894531, "cut_start_time": 95.15500122070311, "cut_end_time": 101.66000122070312}, {"text": "The hunter responds to the demand; and without wasting words in detail, gives an epitome of his day's doings, in company with Cris Tucker. After describing the savage troop, as first seen on the upper plain, how he and his comrade followed them across the river bottom, then over the ford, and there lost their trail, he concludes his account, saying:", "start_byte": 460472, "end_byte": 460823, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 118.4000015258789, "end_time": 138.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 118.9250015258789, "cut_end_time": 137.7600640258789}, {"text": "Of itself enough to cause anxiety in the minds of the assembled planters; which it does, to a man making them keenly apprehensive of danger.", "start_byte": 460967, "end_byte": 461107, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 146.52000427246094, "end_time": 154.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 146.98500427246094, "cut_end_time": 154.63006677246094}, {"text": "All the more from its being their first alarm of the kind. For, while travelling through Eastern Texas, where the settlements are thick, and of old standing, the savages had not evens been thought of. There was no chance of seeing any there. Only, on drawing nigh to the Colorado, were Indians likely to be encountered; though it did not necessarily follow that the encounter should be hostile. On the contrary, it ought to be friendly; since a treaty of peace had for some time been existing between the Comanches and Texans.", "start_byte": 461109, "end_byte": 461635, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 154.8800048828125, "end_time": 183.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 155.0750048828125, "cut_end_time": 182.68000488281248}, {"text": "For all this, Colonel Armstrong, well acquainted with the character of the red men, in war as in peace, had not relied altogether on their pacific promises. He knew that such contracts only bind the savage so long as convenient to him, to be broken whenever they become irksome. Moreover, a rumour had reached the emigrants that, although the great Comanche nation was itself keeping the treaty, there were several smaller independent tribes accustomed to make", "start_byte": 461637, "end_byte": 462097, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 183.0399932861328, "end_time": 208.9199981689453, "cut_start_time": 183.4049932861328, "cut_end_time": 208.9300557861328}, {"text": " upon the frontier settlements, chiefly to steal horses, or whatever chanced in their way.", "start_byte": 462106, "end_byte": 462196, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 209.36000061035156, "end_time": 215.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 209.36500061035156, "cut_end_time": 214.59006311035157}, {"text": "For this reason, after entering the territory where such pillagers might be expected, the old soldier had conducted his expedition as if passing through an enemy's country. The waggons had been regularly corralled, and night guards kept -- both camp sentinels and outlying pickets.", "start_byte": 462198, "end_byte": 462479, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 215.16000366210938, "end_time": 232.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 215.62500366210938, "cut_end_time": 231.77006616210937}, {"text": "These rules had been observed up to the hour of arrival at their destination. Then, as the people got settled down in their respective domiciles, and nothing was heard of any Indians in that district, the discipline had been relaxed -- in fact, abandoned. The colonists, numbering over fifty white men -- to say nothing of several hundred negro slaves -- deemed themselves strong enough to repel any ordinary assault from savages. 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It presents a serious aspect, is, in truth, alarmingly suggestive of treason.", "start_byte": 463306, "end_byte": 463435, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 278.9599914550781, "end_time": 287.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 279.47499145507817, "cut_end_time": 286.95005395507815}, {"text": "The half-blood inside the house may be in correspondence with full-blooded Indians outside, for some scheme of thieving or burglary.", "start_byte": 463437, "end_byte": 463569, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 287.2799987792969, "end_time": 293.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 287.6549987792969, "cut_end_time": 293.5801237792969}, {"text": "The thought of either is sufficient to excite Colonel Armstrong's guests, and all are on foot ready to take action.", "start_byte": 463571, "end_byte": 463686, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 293.9200134277344, "end_time": 300.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 294.3350134277344, "cut_end_time": 300.0100759277344}, {"text": " says the Colonel, directing it.", "start_byte": 463721, "end_byte": 463753, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 302.4800109863281, "end_time": 304.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 302.6750109863282, "cut_end_time": 303.93001098632817}, {"text": " commands the Creole, addressing himself to one of the negro lads waiting at table.", "start_byte": 463839, "end_byte": 463922, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 308.6000061035156, "end_time": 313.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 308.75500610351565, "cut_end_time": 312.4900686035156}, {"text": "The boy hastens off to execute the order; and is several minutes before making re-appearance.", "start_byte": 463954, "end_byte": 464047, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 314.79998779296875, "end_time": 319.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 315.29498779296875, "cut_end_time": 319.6501127929688}, {"text": "During the interval, they continue to discuss the circumstances that have so suddenly turned up; questioning Hawkins, and receiving from him minuter details of what he and his comrade have seen.", "start_byte": 464049, "end_byte": 464243, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 319.9200134277344, "end_time": 330.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 320.2750134277344, "cut_end_time": 330.30001342773437}, {"text": "The additional matter made known but excites them the more, further intensifying their apprehensions.", "start_byte": 464245, "end_byte": 464346, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 330.79998779296875, "end_time": 337.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 331.23498779296875, "cut_end_time": 336.6500502929688}, {"text": "They're at their keenest, as the darkey re-enters the room with the announcement that Fernand is not to be found!", "start_byte": 464348, "end_byte": 464461, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 337.1199951171875, "end_time": 342.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 337.4649951171875, "cut_end_time": 342.3101201171875}, {"text": " thunders Dupre, in a voice that well-nigh takes away the young negro's wits.", "start_byte": 464487, "end_byte": 464564, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 344.0, "end_time": 348.0, "cut_start_time": 344.225, "cut_end_time": 347.74}, {"text": "The young planter shows dismay. So also the others, in greater or less degree, according to the light in which each views the matter.", "start_byte": 464944, "end_byte": 465077, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 370.0, "end_time": 377.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 370.505, "cut_end_time": 377.55}, {"text": "For now on the minds of all is an impression, a presentiment, that there is danger at the bottom of Fernand's doings -- how near they know not.", "start_byte": 465079, "end_byte": 465222, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 377.9599914550781, "end_time": 386.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 378.36499145507815, "cut_end_time": 386.1000539550781}, {"text": "At any other time his absence would be a circumstance not worth noting. He might be supposed on a visit to some of the huts appropriated to the humbler families of the colonist fraternity. Or engaged outside with a mulatto", "start_byte": 465224, "end_byte": 465446, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 386.67999267578125, "end_time": 399.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 387.1949926757813, "cut_end_time": 399.70011767578126}, {"text": " of whom there are several, belonging to Dupre's extensive slave-gang, far from ill-favoured.", "start_byte": 465455, "end_byte": 465548, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 400.0, "end_time": 405.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 400.185, "cut_end_time": 405.17}, {"text": "Fernand is rather a handsome fellow, and given to gaiety; which, under ordinary circumstances, would account for his absenting himself from the house, and neglecting his duties as its head-servant. But after what the young surgeon has seen -- above all the report just brought in by Hawkins -- his conduct will not convey this trivial interpretation. All in the room regard it in a more serious light -- think the mestizo is a traitor.", "start_byte": 465550, "end_byte": 465985, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 405.8399963378906, "end_time": 431.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 406.14499633789063, "cut_end_time": 430.35005883789063}, {"text": "Having come to this general conclusion, they turn towards the table, to take a last drink, before initiating action.", "start_byte": 465987, "end_byte": 466103, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 431.67999267578125, "end_time": 439.0, "cut_start_time": 432.2549926757813, "cut_end_time": 438.2700551757813}, {"text": "Just as they get their glasses in hand, the refectory door is once more opened; this time with a hurried violence that causes them to start, as though a bombshell had rolled into the room.", "start_byte": 466105, "end_byte": 466293, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 439.0, "end_time": 449.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 439.425, "cut_end_time": 448.9900625}, {"text": "Facing towards it, they see it is only the negro boy, who had gone out again, re-entering. But now with fear depicted on his face, and wild terror gleaming from his eyes; the latter awry in their sockets, with little beside the whites seen!", "start_byte": 466295, "end_byte": 466535, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 449.760009765625, "end_time": 464.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 450.115009765625, "cut_end_time": 463.630072265625}, {"text": "Their own alarm is not much less than his, on hearing what he has to say. His words are, -- ", "start_byte": 466537, "end_byte": 466629, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 464.20001220703125, "end_time": 469.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 464.5850122070313, "cut_end_time": 469.65007470703125}, {"text": "At the dread tidings, glasses drop from the hands holding them, flung down in fear, or fury. Then all, as one man, make for the door, still standing open as in his scare the negro lad left it.", "start_byte": 466792, "end_byte": 466984, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 480.6400146484375, "end_time": 493.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 481.1250146484375, "cut_end_time": 493.0700771484375}, {"text": "Before they can reach it, his words are too fully confirmed. Outside they see painted faces, heads covered with black hanging hair, and plumes bristling above. Only a glimpse they get of these, indistinct through the obscurity. But if transitory, not the less terrible -- not less like a tableau in some horrid dream -- a glance into hell itself.", "start_byte": 466986, "end_byte": 467332, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 493.4800109863281, "end_time": 515.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 493.75501098632816, "cut_end_time": 514.5400109863282}, {"text": "The sight brings them to a stand; though, but for an instant. Then, they rush on towards the doorway, regardless of what may await them outside.", "start_byte": 467334, "end_byte": 467478, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 515.1199951171875, "end_time": 524.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 515.5549951171876, "cut_end_time": 523.6501201171875}, {"text": "Outside they are not permitted to pass. Before they can reach the door, it is shut to with a loud clash; while another but slighter sound tells of a key turning in the wards, shooting a bolt into its keeper.", "start_byte": 467480, "end_byte": 467687, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 524.4000244140625, "end_time": 535.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 524.7050244140626, "cut_end_time": 535.1600244140625}, {"text": " exclaims Hawkins, the rest involuntarily echoing his wild words; which are succeeded by a cry of rage as from one throat, though all have voice in it. 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The strong, iron bar resist every effort to break or dislodge them. Though weakened with decaying rust, they are yet strong enough to sustain the shock of shoulders, and the tug of arms.", "start_byte": 468701, "end_byte": 468924, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 602.3200073242188, "end_time": 617.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 602.5550073242188, "cut_end_time": 616.2500698242188}, {"text": " despairingly exclaims the hunter.", "start_byte": 468952, "end_byte": 468986, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 618.719970703125, "end_time": 620.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 618.9049707031251, "cut_end_time": 620.6800957031251}, {"text": "They need not telling. All are now aware of it -- too well. 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Besides, that bird's gettin' burnt.\"", "start_byte": 478307, "end_byte": 478672, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 59.279998779296875, "end_time": 81.08000183105469, "cut_start_time": 59.42499877929688, "cut_end_time": 80.50012377929687, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"pone", "start_byte": 478979, "end_byte": 478984, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 98.80000305175781, "end_time": 99.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 98.8750030517578, "cut_end_time": 99.2600655517578, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Is't you, Cris Tucker? Thank the Almighty it is!\"", "start_byte": 485759, "end_byte": 485809, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 511.2799987792969, "end_time": 514.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 511.6549987792969, "cut_end_time": 514.350123779297, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Sartin it's me,", "start_byte": 485811, "end_byte": 485827, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 514.6400146484375, "end_time": 515.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 515.0050146484375, "cut_end_time": 515.8600771484375, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"What does it all mean?\"", "start_byte": 485838, "end_byte": 485862, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 516.47998046875, "end_time": 519.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 516.79498046875, "cut_end_time": 519.70010546875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Mean? That's more'n I can tell; or any o' us inside here; though there's big ends o' a dozen. We're shut up, locked in, as ye see. Who's done it you ought to know, bein' outside. Han't you seen the Indians?\"", "start_byte": 485864, "end_byte": 486072, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 519.760009765625, "end_time": 532.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 520.035009765625, "cut_end_time": 531.730009765625, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I've seen no Indians; but their work I take it. There's a ugly sight round t'other side.\"", "start_byte": 486074, "end_byte": 486164, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 532.47998046875, "end_time": 539.0, "cut_start_time": 533.07498046875, "cut_end_time": 538.07004296875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"What sight, Oris? Never mind -- don't stay to talk. Go back, and get something to break open the door of this room. Quick, comrade, quick!\"", "start_byte": 486166, "end_byte": 486306, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 539.0, "end_time": 548.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 539.2950000000001, "cut_end_time": 548.58, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": " says Cris in soliloquy;", "start_byte": 478282, "end_byte": 478306, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 57.279998779296875, "end_time": 59.279998779296875, "cut_start_time": 57.48499877929687, "cut_end_time": 58.97006127929688}, {"text": "Rising up from the log, he takes the turkey off the spit, and carries it inside the tent. Then dishing, he sets it upon the table; the dish a large platter of split wood rudely whittled into oblong oval shape, the table a stump with top horizontally hewn, over which the tent has been erected.", "start_byte": 478674, "end_byte": 478967, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 81.08000183105469, "end_time": 98.08000183105469, "cut_start_time": 81.41500183105468, "cut_end_time": 97.61006433105467}, {"text": "Placing a", "start_byte": 478969, "end_byte": 478978, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 98.08000183105469, "end_time": 98.80000305175781, "cut_start_time": 98.38500183105468, "cut_end_time": 98.83006433105469}, {"text": " of corn-bread, and some salt alongside, he sits down; though not yet to commence eating. As certainly his comrade should now soon be back, he will give him ten minutes' grace.", "start_byte": 478985, "end_byte": 479161, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 99.16000366210938, "end_time": 108.95999908447266, "cut_start_time": 99.13500366210937, "cut_end_time": 108.56000366210937}, {"text": "The position is agreeable, at the same time having its drawbacks. The odour pervading the tent is delicious; still there is the sense of taste to be satisfied, and that of smell but provokes it. The savoury aroma of the roast turkey is keenly appetising, and Cris can't hold out much longer.", "start_byte": 479163, "end_byte": 479454, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 108.95999908447266, "end_time": 126.4800033569336, "cut_start_time": 109.50499908447264, "cut_end_time": 126.22012408447264}, {"text": "Time passes, and no sign of Hawkins returning. Tucker's position becomes intolerable; the bird is getting cold, its juices drying up, the repast will be spoilt.", "start_byte": 479456, "end_byte": 479616, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 126.4800033569336, "end_time": 137.0, "cut_start_time": 126.69500335693358, "cut_end_time": 136.6400033569336}, {"text": "Besides, his comrade has not kept faith with him. In all probability he has eaten supper at the house, and at that moment is enjoying a jorum of whisky punch, quite forgetful of him. Tucker. Cris can stand it no longer; and, drawing out his knife, he takes the turkey by the leg, and cuts a large slice from its breast.", "start_byte": 479618, "end_byte": 479937, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 137.0, "end_time": 155.0, "cut_start_time": 137.605, "cut_end_time": 154.51}, {"text": "This eaten, another slice of breast is severed and swallowed. 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It is profound, unnatural.", "start_byte": 481084, "end_byte": 481177, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 219.83999633789062, "end_time": 226.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 220.22499633789062, "cut_end_time": 226.04005883789063}, {"text": "For some moments he remains in front of the massive pile, looking at it, and listening. Still no sound, within or without.", "start_byte": 481179, "end_byte": 481301, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 226.67999267578125, "end_time": 234.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 227.19499267578124, "cut_end_time": 234.24005517578124}, {"text": "True, it is time for the inmates to be a-bed.", "start_byte": 481303, "end_byte": 481348, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 234.55999755859375, "end_time": 237.60000610351562, "cut_start_time": 234.97499755859374, "cut_end_time": 237.43012255859375}, {"text": "But if so, where is Hawkins? He may be drinking, but surely not sleeping within!", "start_byte": 481350, "end_byte": 481430, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 237.60000610351562, "end_time": 242.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 238.0250061035156, "cut_end_time": 242.18006860351562}, {"text": "In any case, Cris deems it his duty to look him up; and with this intent determines to enter.", "start_byte": 481432, "end_byte": 481525, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 242.8800048828125, "end_time": 249.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 243.3850048828125, "cut_end_time": 248.7200048828125}, {"text": "He is not on terms of social equality with those who occupy the mission; still, under the circumstances, he cannot be considered intruding.", "start_byte": 481527, "end_byte": 481666, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 249.1199951171875, "end_time": 257.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 249.6149951171875, "cut_end_time": 256.7800576171875}, {"text": "He sees that the great door is closed, but the wicket is ajar; presumptive proof of Hawkins being inside. There are no lights in the front windows, but, as Cris knows, those of the dining-room open backward.", "start_byte": 481668, "end_byte": 481875, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 257.2799987792969, "end_time": 270.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 257.8049987792969, "cut_end_time": 269.6801237792969}, {"text": "Hesitating no longer, he steps under the arched portal, passes on through the saguan, and once more emerges into moonlight within the patio.", "start_byte": 481877, "end_byte": 482017, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 270.32000732421875, "end_time": 279.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 270.7150073242188, "cut_end_time": 278.9000073242188}, {"text": "There, suddenly stopping, he stands aghast. For he beholds a sight that almost causes his hair to crisp up, and raise the cap from his head.", "start_byte": 482019, "end_byte": 482159, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 279.3599853515625, "end_time": 288.0, "cut_start_time": 279.6649853515625, "cut_end_time": 287.21004785156254}, {"text": "Down into the hollow quadrangle -- enclosed on every side, except that towards heaven -- the moonbeams are falling in full effulgence. By their light he sees forms lying along the pavement in every possible position. They are human bodies -- men and boys, among them some whose drapery declares them to be women. They are black, brown, or yellow; but all spotted and spattered with red -- with blood! Fresh, but fast freezing in the chill night air, it is already darkened, almost to the hue of ink.", "start_byte": 482161, "end_byte": 482660, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 288.0, "end_time": 319.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 288.245, "cut_end_time": 319.5}, {"text": "The hunter turns faint, sick, as he contemplates this hecatomb of corpses. A spectacle far more fearful than any ever witnessed upon battle-field. There men lie in death from wounds given, as received under the grand, if delusive, idea of glory. Those Cris Tucker sees must have been struck down by the hand of the assassin!", "start_byte": 482662, "end_byte": 482986, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 319.79998779296875, "end_time": 340.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 320.29498779296875, "cut_end_time": 340.81005029296875}, {"text": "For a time he stands gazing upon them, scarce knowing what to do.", "start_byte": 482988, "end_byte": 483053, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 340.79998779296875, "end_time": 345.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 341.3149877929688, "cut_end_time": 344.93011279296877}, {"text": "His first impulse is to turn back, rush out of the courtyard, and away altogether from the place.", "start_byte": 483055, "end_byte": 483152, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 345.32000732421875, "end_time": 351.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 345.74500732421876, "cut_end_time": 350.69006982421877}, {"text": "But a thought -- a loyal thought or instinct, stays him. Where is Hawkins? 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The traces of murder -- of wholesale slaughter!", "start_byte": 484200, "end_byte": 484353, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 417.6000061035156, "end_time": 427.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 417.95500610351564, "cut_end_time": 427.26000610351565}, {"text": "Who have been the murderers, and where are they now? Where is Hawkins?", "start_byte": 484355, "end_byte": 484425, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 427.67999267578125, "end_time": 432.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 428.03499267578127, "cut_end_time": 432.0800551757813}, {"text": "To the young hunter these self-asked interrogatories occur in quick succession; along with the last a sound reaching his ears which causes him to start, and stand listening acutely for its repetition. It seemed a human voice, as of a man in mortal agony shouting for succour. Faint, as if far off, away at the back of the building.", "start_byte": 484427, "end_byte": 484758, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 432.5199890136719, "end_time": 452.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 432.9849890136719, "cut_end_time": 451.7501140136719}, {"text": "Continuing to listen, Tucker hears it again, this time recognising the voice of Hawkins.", "start_byte": 484760, "end_byte": 484848, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 452.760009765625, "end_time": 458.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 453.16500976562503, "cut_end_time": 458.390009765625}, {"text": "He does not stay to conjecture why his comrade should be calling in accents of appeal. That they are so is enough for him to hasten to his aid. 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Giving to the dead bodies only a passing glance, then going on in fear of finding others by which they will surely stay; all the time talking, interrogating, wildly gesticulating, now questioning Oris Tucker, now one another; in the confusion of voices, some heard inquiring for their wives, some their sisters or sweethearts, all with like eagerness; hopefully believing their dear ones still alive, or despairingly thinking them dead; fearing they may find them with gashed throats and bleeding breasts, like those lying along the flagstones at their feet.", "start_byte": 487069, "end_byte": 487718, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 593.239990234375, "end_time": 630.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 593.594990234375, "cut_end_time": 630.160052734375}, {"text": "The spectacle before their eyes, appalling though it be, is nought to that conjured up in their apprehensions. 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What they saw before being blinded, with the rough treatment received, were enough to deprive them of their senses.", "start_byte": 488558, "end_byte": 488839, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 51.68000030517578, "end_time": 67.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 52.04500030517578, "cut_end_time": 67.12000030517578}, {"text": "From the chaos of thought, as from a dread dream, both are now gradually recovering. But, alas! only to reflect on new fears -- on the dark future before them. Captive to such captors -- red ruthless savages, whose naked arms, already around, have held them in brawny embrace -- carried away from home, from all they hold dear, into a captivity seeming hopeless as horrid -- to the western woman especially repulsive, by songs sung over her cradle, and tales told throughout her years of childhood -- tales of Indian atrocity.", "start_byte": 488841, "end_byte": 489367, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 67.27999877929688, "end_time": 99.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 67.48499877929687, "cut_end_time": 98.94012377929687}, {"text": "The memory of these now recurring, with the reality itself, not strange that for a time their thoughts, as their senses, are almost paralysed.", "start_byte": 489369, "end_byte": 489511, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 99.44000244140625, "end_time": 108.0, "cut_start_time": 99.78500244140625, "cut_end_time": 107.53000244140624}, {"text": "Slowly they awake to a consciousness of their situation. They remember what occurred at the moment of their being made captive; how in the clear moonlight they stood face to face with Fernand, listened to his impertinent speeches, saw the savages surrounding them; then, suddenly blinded and seeing no more, felt themselves seized, lifted from their feet, carried off, hoisted a little higher, set upon the backs of horses, and there tied, each to a man already mounted. All these incidents they remember, as one recalls the fleeting phantasmagoria of a dream. But that they were real, and not fanciful, they now too surely know; for the hoods are over their heads, the horses underneath; and the savages to whom they were strapped still there, their bodies in repulsive contact with their own!", "start_byte": 489513, "end_byte": 490307, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 108.0, "end_time": 154.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 108.485, "cut_end_time": 153.73}, {"text": "That there are only two men, and as many horses, can be told by the hoof-strokes rebounding from the turf; the same sounds proclaiming it a forest path through thick timber, at intervals emerging into open ground, and again entering among trees.", "start_byte": 490309, "end_byte": 490554, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 154.1199951171875, "end_time": 168.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 154.4549951171875, "cut_end_time": 167.0800576171875}, {"text": "For over an hour this continues; during all the while not a word being exchanged between the two horsemen, or if so, not heard by their captives.", "start_byte": 490556, "end_byte": 490701, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 168.0399932861328, "end_time": 176.47999572753906, "cut_start_time": 168.6749932861328, "cut_end_time": 176.2400557861328}, {"text": "Possibly they may communicate with one another by signs or whispers; as for most part the horses have been abreast, going in single file only where the path is narrow.", "start_byte": 490703, "end_byte": 490870, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 176.47999572753906, "end_time": 185.52000427246094, "cut_start_time": 176.92499572753906, "cut_end_time": 184.73012072753906}, {"text": "At length a halt; of such continuance, as to make the captives suppose they have arrived at some place where they are to pass the remainder of the night. Or it may be but an obstruction; this probable from their hearing a sound, easily understood -- the ripple of running water. They have arrived upon the bank of a river.", "start_byte": 490872, "end_byte": 491194, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 185.52000427246094, "end_time": 203.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 185.99500427246093, "cut_end_time": 202.96000427246094}, {"text": "The San Saba, of course; it cannot be any other. Whether or not, 'tis the same to them. On the banks of the San Saba they are now no safer, than if it were the remotest stream in all the territory of Texas.", "start_byte": 491196, "end_byte": 491402, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 203.1999969482422, "end_time": 214.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 203.42499694824218, "cut_end_time": 214.55012194824218}, {"text": "Whatever be the river whose waters they can hear coursing past, their guards, now halted upon its bank, have drawn their horses' heads together, and carry on a conversation. It seems in a strange tongue; but of this the captives cannot be sure, for it is in low tone -- almost a whisper -- the words indistinguishable amid the rush of the river's current. If heard, it is not likely they would understand. The two men are Indians, and will talk in the Indian tongue. For this same reason they need have no fear of freely conversing with one another, since the savages will be equally unable to comprehend what they say.", "start_byte": 491404, "end_byte": 492023, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 214.9600067138672, "end_time": 248.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 215.35500671386717, "cut_end_time": 248.43006921386717}, {"text": "To Helen this thought first presents itself; soon as it does, leading her to call, though timidly and in subdued tone,", "start_byte": 492025, "end_byte": 492143, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 248.9600067138672, "end_time": 256.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 249.38500671386717, "cut_end_time": 255.94000671386718}, {"text": "She is answered in the same way, Jessie saying,", "start_byte": 492153, "end_byte": 492200, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 257.20001220703125, "end_time": 260.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 257.6750122070313, "cut_end_time": 260.1700122070313}]}

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Arter thet me an' Ned 'll enter the settlement, an' see how things stand.\"", "start_byte": 495973, "end_byte": 496372, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 230.0800018310547, "end_time": 249.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 230.27500183105468, "cut_end_time": 249.3200018310547, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Perhaps you're right,", "start_byte": 496374, "end_byte": 496396, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 249.83999633789062, "end_time": 250.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 250.25499633789062, "cut_end_time": 250.99012133789063, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"If you think it better for us to halt here, I shan't object; though I've an idea we ought to go on. It may appear very absurd to you, Sime, but there's something on my mind -- a sort of foreboding.\"", "start_byte": 496415, "end_byte": 496614, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 252.0800018310547, "end_time": 262.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 252.31500183105467, "cut_end_time": 261.94006433105466, "narrative_prediction": {"responds": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Forebodin' o' what?\"", "start_byte": 496616, "end_byte": 496637, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 262.4800109863281, "end_time": 263.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 262.76501098632815, "cut_end_time": 263.60007348632814, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I kin guess who you're alludin' to,", "start_byte": 497346, "end_byte": 497382, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 303.44000244140625, "end_time": 305.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 303.74500244140626, "cut_end_time": 305.5900024414063, "narrative_prediction": {"rejoins": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"an' ef so, yur forebodin', as ye call it, air only a foolish notion, an' nothin' more. Take Sime Woodley's word for it, ye'll find things up the river all right.\"", "start_byte": 497442, "end_byte": 497605, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 308.67999267578125, "end_time": 317.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 309.0049926757813, "cut_end_time": 317.63011767578126, "narrative_prediction": {"rejoins": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"I hope so.\"", "start_byte": 497607, "end_byte": 497619, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 317.9200134277344, "end_time": 319.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 318.2250134277344, "cut_end_time": 318.8800759277344, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Ye may be sure o't. Kalklate, ye don't know Planter Armstrong 's well's I do, tho' I admit ye may hev a better knowledge o' one that bears the name. As for the ole kurnel hisself, this chile's kampayned wi' him in the Cherokee wars, an' kin say for sartin he aint a-goin' to sleep 'ithout keepin' one o' his peepers skinned. Beside, his party air too strong, an' the men composin' it too exparienced, to be tuk by surprise, or attacked by any enemy out on these purayras, whether red Injuns or white pirates. Ef thar air danger it'll come arter they've settled down, an' growed unsurspishus. Then thar mout be a chance o' circumventin' them. But then we'll be thar to purvent it. No fear o' our arrivin' too late. We'll get up to the ole mission long afore noon the morrow, whar ye'll find, what ye've been so long trackin' arter, soun' an' safe. Trust Sime Woodley for that.\"", "start_byte": 497621, "end_byte": 498498, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 319.20001220703125, "end_time": 372.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 319.50501220703126, "cut_end_time": 371.95001220703125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Sime, I'd rather we went on.\"", "start_byte": 498652, "end_byte": 498682, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 382.4800109863281, "end_time": 385.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 382.81501098632816, "cut_end_time": 384.25001098632816, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Wal, ef ye so weesh it, on let's go. Your the chief of this party an' kin command. For myself I'm only thinkin' or them poor, tired critters.\"", "start_byte": 498684, "end_byte": 498827, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 385.1199951171875, "end_time": 396.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 385.3549951171875, "cut_end_time": 395.67012011718754, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"To say nothin' o' ourselves,", "start_byte": 498946, "end_byte": 498975, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 402.32000732421875, "end_time": 404.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 402.5350073242188, "cut_end_time": 404.24000732421877, "narrative_prediction": {"adds": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"though for my part I'm riddy to keep on to the Rio Grand, if you insist on goin' thar.\"", "start_byte": 498986, "end_byte": 499074, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 405.0400085449219, "end_time": 409.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 405.2550085449219, "cut_end_time": 409.42000854492187, "narrative_prediction": {"adds": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Very well; we shall stay. After all, it can't make much difference. A truce to my presentiments. I've often had such before, that came to nothing. Hoping it may be the same now, we'll spend our night this side the river.\"", "start_byte": 499468, "end_byte": 499690, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 431.3999938964844, "end_time": 444.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 431.5949938964844, "cut_end_time": 443.8401188964844, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"All right,", "start_byte": 499692, "end_byte": 499703, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 444.7200012207031, "end_time": 445.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 445.00500122070315, "cut_end_time": 445.59006372070314, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": " Beyond this, the bottom-land is open meadow, a sea of green waving grass -- the gramma of the Mexicans -- which, without tree or bush, sweeps in to the base of the bluffs. On each side of the crossing the river is approached by a path, or rather an avenue-like opening in the timber, which shows signs of having been felled; doubtless, done by the former proprietors of the mission, or more like, the soldiers who served its garrison; a road made for military purposes, running between the presidio itself and the town of San Antonio de Bejar. Though again partially overgrown, it is sufficiently clear to permit the passage of wheeled vehicles, having been kept open by roving wild horses, with occasionally some that are tamed and ridden -- by Indians on raid.", "start_byte": 493189, "end_byte": 493952, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 73.5199966430664, "end_time": 113.36000061035156, "cut_start_time": 73.8649966430664, "cut_end_time": 112.2901216430664}, {"text": "On its northern side the river is approached by two distinct trails, which unite before entering the wooded tract -- their point of union being just at its edge. One is the main road coming from the Colorado; the other only an Indian trace, leading direct to the bluffs and the high land above them. It was by the former that Colonel Armstrong's train came up the valley, while the latter was the route taken by Hawkins and Tucker in their bootless excursion after buffalo.", "start_byte": 493954, "end_byte": 494427, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 113.36000061035156, "end_time": 141.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 114.03500061035156, "cut_end_time": 140.88000061035154}, {"text": "On the same evening, when the hunters, returning from their unsuccessful search, repassed the ford, only at a later hour, a party of horsemen is seen approaching it -- not by the transverse trace, but the main up-river road. In all there are five of them; four upon horseback, the fifth riding a mule. It is the same party we have seen crossing the Sabine -- Clancy and his comrades -- the dog still attached to it, the ex-jailer added. They are travelling in haste -- have been ever since entering the territory of Texas. Evidence of this in their steeds showing jaded, themselves fatigued. Further proof of it in the fact of their being now close to the San Saba ford, within less than a week after Armstrong's party passing over, while more than two behind it at starting from the Sabine.", "start_byte": 494429, "end_byte": 495220, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 141.55999755859375, "end_time": 190.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 141.60499755859374, "cut_end_time": 189.31012255859375}, {"text": "There has been nothing to delay them along the route -- no difficulty in finding it. The wheels of the loaded waggons, denting deep in the turf, have left a trail, which Woodley for one could take up on the darkest hour of the darkest night that ever shadowed a Texan prairie. It is night now, about two hours after sundown, as coming up the river road they enter the timber, and approach the crossing place. When within about fifty yards of the ford at a spot where the path widens, they pull up, Woodley and Clancy riding a little apart from the others, as if to hold consultation whether they shall proceed across the stream, or stay where they are for the night.", "start_byte": 495222, "end_byte": 495888, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 190.16000366210938, "end_time": 225.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 190.81500366210938, "cut_end_time": 224.97000366210938}, {"text": "Clancy wishes to go forward, but Woodley objects, urging fatigue, and saying: -- ", "start_byte": 495890, "end_byte": 495971, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 225.27999877929688, "end_time": 230.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 225.44499877929687, "cut_end_time": 229.94012377929687}, {"text": " responds Clancy,", "start_byte": 496397, "end_byte": 496414, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 250.9600067138672, "end_time": 252.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 251.1150067138672, "cut_end_time": 252.0300692138672}, {"text": "\"In truth I can't tell what or why. 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Though against his will and better judgment, his habitual belief in, and reliance on Woodley's wisdom, puts an end to his opposition; and in fine yielding, he says: -- ", "start_byte": 499220, "end_byte": 499466, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 417.67999267578125, "end_time": 431.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 417.99499267578125, "cut_end_time": 431.2900551757813}, {"text": " responds the backwoodsman.", "start_byte": 499704, "end_byte": 499731, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 445.760009765625, "end_time": 447.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 446.065009765625, "cut_end_time": 447.41007226562505}]}

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If ye air, don't be afeerd to say so. No humbuggery! Thar's no need for't. An' it won't do for Jim Borlasse.\"", "start_byte": 276972, "end_byte": 277388, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 129.16000366210938, "end_time": 152.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 129.45500366210936, "cut_end_time": 152.17000366210937, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Tell me a lie, and I'm your enemy.\"", "start_byte": 277760, "end_byte": 277796, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 176.16000366210938, "end_time": 178.9199981689453, "cut_start_time": 176.33500366210936, "cut_end_time": 178.55000366210936, "narrative_prediction": {"say": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"I am Richard Darke.\"", "start_byte": 278489, "end_byte": 278510, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 222.8800048828125, "end_time": 224.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 222.9750048828125, "cut_end_time": 224.5100673828125, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"All right!", "start_byte": 278512, "end_byte": 278523, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 224.9600067138672, "end_time": 225.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 225.2650067138672, "cut_end_time": 225.78000671386718, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"And now, Mr Darke, let me tell you, I like your manly way of answerin' the question I've put ye. Same time, I may as well remark, 'twould 'a been all one if ye'd sayed no! This child hain't been hidin' half o' his life, 'count o' some little mistakes made at the beginnin' of it, not to know when a man's got into a sim'lar fix. First day you showed your face inside the Choctaw Chief I seed thar war something amiss; tho', in course, I couldn't gie the thing a name, much less know 'thar that ugly word which begins with a M. This evenin', I acknowledge, I war a bit put out -- seein' you round thar by the planter's, spyin' after one of them Armstrong girls; which of them I needn't say.\"", "start_byte": 278543, "end_byte": 279234, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 226.63999938964844, "end_time": 263.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 226.83499938964843, "cut_end_time": 262.7601243896484, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You saw me?\"", "start_byte": 279271, "end_byte": 279284, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 265.2799987792969, "end_time": 266.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 265.4049987792969, "cut_end_time": 266.1200612792969, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"In coorse I did -- bein' there myself, on a like lay.\"", "start_byte": 279286, "end_byte": 279341, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 266.67999267578125, "end_time": 270.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 266.92499267578125, "cut_end_time": 269.9301176757813, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well?", "start_byte": 279343, "end_byte": 279349, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 270.32000732421875, "end_time": 270.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 270.63500732421875, "cut_end_time": 270.9800698242188, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well; that, as I've said, some leetle bamboozled me. From your looks and ways since you first came hyar, I guessed that the something wrong must be different from a love-scrape. Sartint, a man stayin' at the Choctaw Chief, and sporting the cheap rig as you've got on, wan't likely to be aspirin' to sech dainty damsels as them. You'll give in, yourself, it looked a leetle queer; didn't it?\"", "start_byte": 279395, "end_byte": 279787, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 273.2799987792969, "end_time": 294.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 273.4149987792969, "cut_end_time": 293.6701237792969, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I don't know that it did,", "start_byte": 279789, "end_byte": 279815, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 294.20001220703125, "end_time": 295.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 294.8450122070313, "cut_end_time": 295.8100747070313, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You don't! Well, I thought so, up to the time o' gettin' back to the tavern hyar -- not many minutes afore my meetin' and askin' you to jine us in drinks. If you've any curiosity to know what changed my mind, I'll tell ye.\"", "start_byte": 279903, "end_byte": 280127, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 300.32000732421875, "end_time": 311.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 300.5350073242188, "cut_end_time": 311.0300073242188, "narrative_prediction": {"pronounced": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}, "doggedly": {"id": "0", "type": "adverb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"What?", "start_byte": 280129, "end_byte": 280135, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 311.55999755859375, "end_time": 312.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 311.8249975585938, "cut_end_time": 312.18006005859377, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"That ere newspaper you war readin' when I gave you the invite. I read it afore you did, and had ciphered out the whole thing. Puttin' six and six thegither, I could easy make the dozen. The same bein', that one of the young ladies stayin' at the hotel is the Miss Helen Armstrong spoke of in the paper; and the man I observed watchin' her is Richard Darke, who killed Charles Clancy -- yourself!\"", "start_byte": 280184, "end_byte": 280581, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 314.9599914550781, "end_time": 335.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 315.1449914550781, "cut_end_time": 334.7300539550781, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I -- I am -- I won't -- I don't deny it to you, Mr Borlasse. I am Richard Darke. I did kill Charles Clancy; though I protest against its being said I murdered him.\"", "start_byte": 280583, "end_byte": 280748, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 335.239990234375, "end_time": 345.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 335.37499023437505, "cut_end_time": 344.880115234375, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Never mind that. Between friends, as I suppose we can now call ourselves, there need be no nice distinguishin' of tarms. Murder or manslaughter, it's all the same, when a man has a motive sech as yourn. An' when he's druv out o' the pale of what they call society, an' hunted from the settlements, he's not like to lose the respect of them who's been sarved the same way. Your bein' Richard Darke an' havin' killed Charles Clancy, in no ways makes you an enemy o' Jim Borlasse -- except in your havin' robbed me of a revenge I'd sworn to take myself. Let that go now. I ain't angry, but only envious o' you, for havin' the satisfaction of sendin' the skunk to kingdom come, without givin' me the chance. An' now, Mister Darke, what do you intend doin'?\"", "start_byte": 280750, "end_byte": 281504, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 345.20001220703125, "end_time": 383.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 345.5950122070313, "cut_end_time": 383.13007470703127, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"If you've got no fixed plan of action, and will listen to the advice of a friend, I'd advise you to become one o' us.\"", "start_byte": 281861, "end_byte": 281980, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 405.20001220703125, "end_time": 411.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 405.49501220703127, "cut_end_time": 411.0500122070313, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"One of you! What does that mean, Mr Borlasse?\"", "start_byte": 281982, "end_byte": 282029, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 411.3599853515625, "end_time": 414.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 411.5849853515625, "cut_end_time": 414.10011035156253, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well, I can't tell you here,", "start_byte": 282031, "end_byte": 282060, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 414.44000244140625, "end_time": 416.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 414.7050024414063, "cut_end_time": 416.2900649414063, "narrative_prediction": {"answers": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}, "subdued": {"id": "1", "type": "adjective", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"Desarted as this bar-room appear to be, it's got ears for all that. I see that curse, Johnny, sneakin' about, pretendin' to be lookin' after his supper. If he knew as much about you as I do, you'd be in limbo afore you ked get into your bed. I needn't tell you thar's a reward offered; for you seed that yourself in the newspaper. Two thousand dollars for you, an' five hundred dollars for the fellow as I've seed about along wi' you, and who I'd already figured up as bein' jailer Joe Harkness. Johnny, an' a good many more, would be glad to go halves with me, for tellin' them only half of what I now know. I ain't goin' to betray you. I've my reasons for not. After what's been said I reckon you can trust me?\"", "start_byte": 282099, "end_byte": 282813, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 418.8800048828125, "end_time": 456.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 419.1050048828125, "cut_end_time": 455.98006738281254, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I can,", "start_byte": 282815, "end_byte": 282822, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 456.4800109863281, "end_time": 457.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 456.57501098632815, "cut_end_time": 457.46001098632814, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"All right, then,", "start_byte": 282873, "end_byte": 282890, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 460.55999755859375, "end_time": 461.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 460.91499755859377, "cut_end_time": 461.50006005859376, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"we understand one another. But it won't do to stay palaverin hyar any longer. Let's go up to my bedroom. We'll be safe there; and I've got a bottle of whisky, the best stuff for a nightcap. Over that we can talk things straight, without any one havin' the chance to set them crooked. Come along!\"", "start_byte": 282910, "end_byte": 283207, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 462.79998779296875, "end_time": 477.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 463.11498779296875, "cut_end_time": 477.07011279296876, "narrative_prediction": {"resumes": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}], "narrations": [{"text": " -- the common wear of the Louisiana Creole -- with slouch hat to correspond, is too flimsy to deceive Captain Jim Borlasse, himself accustomed to metamorphoses more ingenious, it is nothing new for him to meet a murderer fleeing from the scene of his crime -- stealthily, disguisedly making way towards that boundary line, between the United States and Texas -- the limit of executive justice.", "start_byte": 276503, "end_byte": 276897, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 98.5999984741211, "end_time": 124.91999816894531, "cut_start_time": 98.80499847412109, "cut_end_time": 124.3300609741211}, {"text": " he says, raising his arm in a gesture of reassurance,", "start_byte": 276917, "end_byte": 276971, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 126.04000091552734, "end_time": 129.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 126.01500091552734, "cut_end_time": 128.98006341552733}, {"text": "The stranger, trembling, hesitates to make reply.", "start_byte": 277390, "end_byte": 277439, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 152.55999755859375, "end_time": 156.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 152.86499755859376, "cut_end_time": 155.81006005859373}, {"text": "Only for a moment. He sees it will be of no use denying his identity. The man who has questioned him -- of giant size and formidable aspect -- notwithstanding the copious draughts he has swallowed, appears cool as a tombstone, and stern as an Inquisitor. 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Civilised man had as yet but shown himself upon its shores.", "start_byte": 368142, "end_byte": 368328, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 215.9199981689453, "end_time": 228.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 216.13499816894532, "cut_end_time": 228.2200606689453}, {"text": "Since then he has entered upon, and scratched a portion of its surface; though not much, compared with its immensity. There are still grand expanses of the Texan prairie unfurrowed by the ploughshare of the colonist -- almost untrodden by the foot of the explorer. Even at this hour, the traveller may journey for days on grass-grown plains, amidst groves of timber, without seeing tower, steeple, or so much as a chimney rising above the tree-tops. 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There be land-sharks as well as water-sharks -- prairie pirates as corsairs of the sea.", "start_byte": 368910, "end_byte": 369179, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 268.0, "end_time": 289.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 268.33500000000004, "cut_end_time": 288.54006250000003}, {"text": "-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ", "start_byte": 369181, "end_byte": 369289, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 289.32000732421875, "end_time": 289.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 289.2950073242188, "cut_end_time": 289.4200698242188}, {"text": "No spectacle more picturesque, nor yet more pleasing, than that of an emigrant caravan en route over the plains. 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On the contrary, ever hilarious, exchanging jests with his fellow-pedestrians, or a word with Dinah in the wagon, jibing the teamsters, mocking the mule-drivers, sending his cachinations in sonorous ring along the moving line; himself far more mirthful than his master -- more enjoying the march.", "start_byte": 370605, "end_byte": 370969, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 381.20001220703125, "end_time": 406.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 381.1750122070313, "cut_end_time": 406.51001220703125}, {"text": "Strange it is, but true, that a lifetime of bondage does not stifle merriment in the heart of the Ethiopian. Grace of God to the sons of Ham -- merciful compensation for mercies endured by them from the day Canaan was cursed, as it were a doom from the dawning of creation!", "start_byte": 370971, "end_byte": 371244, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 406.79998779296875, "end_time": 427.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 407.1249877929688, "cut_end_time": 426.7600502929688}, {"text": "Just such a train as described is that commanded by Colonel Armstrong, en route towards Western Texas. Starting from Natchitoches some twenty days ago, it has reached the Colorado river, crossed it, and is now wending its way towards the San Saba, a tributary of the former stream.", "start_byte": 371246, "end_byte": 371527, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 427.5199890136719, "end_time": 447.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 427.7549890136719, "cut_end_time": 447.3001140136719}, {"text": "It is one of the largest caravans that has yet passed over the prairies of Texas, counting between twenty and thirty", "start_byte": 371529, "end_byte": 371645, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 447.760009765625, "end_time": 455.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 447.925009765625, "cut_end_time": 455.190009765625}, {"text": " wagons, with several", "start_byte": 371657, "end_byte": 371678, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 455.8399963378906, "end_time": 457.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 455.81499633789065, "cut_end_time": 457.52012133789066}, {"text": " and vehicles of varied kind. Full fifty horsemen ride in its front, on its flank, and rear; while five times the number of pedestrians, men with black or yellow skins, keep pace with it. A proportionate number of women and children are carried in the wagons, their dusky faces peeping out from under the tilts, in contrast with the colour of the rain-bleached canvass; while other women and children of white complexion ride in the vehicles with springs.", "start_byte": 371690, "end_byte": 372145, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 458.239990234375, "end_time": 487.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 458.44499023437504, "cut_end_time": 486.870052734375}, {"text": "In one of the latter -- a barouche of the American build -- travel two young ladies, distinguished by particular attentions. Half a dozen horsemen hover around their carriage, acting as its escort, each apparently anxious to exchange words with them. With one they can talk, jest, laugh, chatter as much as they like; but the other repels them. 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The former sees her lover by her side living and loving, constantly, caressingly; the latter can but think of hers as something afar off -- a dream -- a dread vision -- a cold corpse -- herself the cause of it!", "start_byte": 372575, "end_byte": 373243, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 518.3599853515625, "end_time": 567.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 518.6849853515625, "cut_end_time": 566.9601103515625}, {"text": "Colonel Armstrong's eldest daughter is indeed sad -- a prey to repining. Her heart, after receiving so many shocks, has almost succumbed to that the supremest, most painful suffering that can afflict humanity -- the malady of melancholia. The word conveys but a faint idea of the suffering itself. Only they who have known it -- fortunately but few -- can comprehend the terror, the wan, wasting misery, endured by those whose nerves have given way under some terrible stroke of misfortune. 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It was only transferred to a more layical kind; to the herding of cattle, and tillage of the surrounding land; this continued throughout their whole lives -- not for their own benefit, but to enrich those idle and lazy friars, in many cases men of the most profligate character. It was, in fact, a system of slavery, based upon and sustained by religious fanaticism. The result as might be expected -- failure and far worse. Instead of civilising the aborigines of America, it has but brutalised them the more -- by eradicating from their hearts whatever of savage virtue they had, and implanting in its place a debasing bigotry and superstition.", "start_byte": 379300, "end_byte": 380058, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 352.9599914550781, "end_time": 406.0, "cut_start_time": 352.93499145507815, "cut_end_time": 405.88005395507815}, {"text": "Most American writers, who speak of these missionary establishments, have formed an erroneous estimate of them. 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For it was falling to pieces, long before the Anglo-Saxon race entered into possession of the territory where it once flourished. The missions are now in a state of decadence, their buildings fast falling into decay; while the red man, disgusted at the attempt to enslave, under the clock of christianising him, has returned to his idolatry, as to his savage life.", "start_byte": 380575, "end_byte": 381113, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 438.32000732421875, "end_time": 474.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 438.73500732421877, "cut_end_time": 473.5400698242188}, {"text": "Several of these misiones were established on the San Saba river; one of which for a considerable period enjoyed a prosperous existence, and numbered among its neophytes many Indians of the Lipan and Comanche tribes.", "start_byte": 381115, "end_byte": 381331, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 474.1600036621094, "end_time": 489.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 474.3950036621094, "cut_end_time": 489.2500036621094}, {"text": "But the tyranny of their monkish teachers by exactions of tenths and almost continuous toil -- themselves living in luxurious ease, and without much regard to that continence they inculcated -- at length provoked the suffering serfs to revolt. In which they were aided by those Indians who had remained unconverted, and still heretically roamed around the environs. The consequence was that, on a certain day when the hunters of the mision were abroad, and the soldiers of the presidio alike absent on some expedition, a band of the outside idolaters, in league with the discontented converts, entered the mission-building, with arms concealed under their ample cloaks of buffalo skin. After prowling about for a while in an insolent manner, they at length, at a given signal from their chief, attacked the proselytising padres, with those who adhered to them; tomahawked and scalped all who came in their way.", "start_byte": 381333, "end_byte": 382243, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 489.55999755859375, "end_time": 549.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 489.98499755859376, "cut_end_time": 548.1801225585938}, {"text": "Only one monk escaped -- a man of great repute in those early times of Texas. Stealing off at the commencement of the massacre, he succeeded in making his way down the valley of the San Saba, to its confluence with the Colorado. But to reach an asylum of safety it was necessary for him to cross the latter stream; in which unfortunately there was a freshet, its current so swollen that neither man nor horse could ford it.", "start_byte": 382245, "end_byte": 382668, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 549.280029296875, "end_time": 579.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 549.495029296875, "cut_end_time": 578.790091796875}, {"text": "The padre stood upon its bank, looking covetously across, and listening in terror to the sounds behind; these being the war-cries of the pursuing Comanches.", "start_byte": 382670, "end_byte": 382826, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 579.2000122070312, "end_time": 590.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 579.4750122070312, "cut_end_time": 590.4900747070312}, {"text": "For a moment the monk believed himself lost. But just then the arm of God was stretched forth to save him. This done in a fashion somewhat difficult to give credence to, though easy enough for believers in Holy Faith. It was a mere miracle; not stranger, or more apocryphal, than we hear of at this day in France, Spain, or Italy. The only singularity about the Texan tale is the fact of its not being original; for it is a pure piracy from Sacred Writ -- that passage of it which relates to the crossing of the Red Sea by Moses and his Israelites.", "start_byte": 382828, "end_byte": 383376, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 590.8800048828125, "end_time": 633.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 591.3150048828126, "cut_end_time": 632.6100048828125}, {"text": "The Spanish monk stood on the river's bank, his eyes fixed despairingly on its deep rapid-running current, which he knew he could not cross without danger of being drowned. Just at this crisis he saw the waters separate; the current suddenly stayed, and the pebbly bed showing dry as a shingle!", "start_byte": 383378, "end_byte": 383672, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 633.1199951171875, "end_time": 654.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 633.3349951171875, "cut_end_time": 654.3501201171875}, {"text": "Tucking his gown under his girdle, he struck into the channel; and, no doubt, making good time -- though the legend does not speak of this -- he succeeded in planting his sandalled feet, dry shod, on the opposite shore! So far the Texan story closely corresponds with the Mosaic. Beyond, the incidents as related, are slightly different. Pharaoh's following host was overwhelmed by the closing waters. The pursuing Comanches did not so much as enter the charmed stream; which, with channel filled up, as before, was running rapidly on. They were found next morning upon the bank where they had arrived in pursuit, all dead, all lying at full stretch along the sward, their heads turned in the same direction, like trees struck down by a tornado!", "start_byte": 383674, "end_byte": 384419, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 654.760009765625, "end_time": 710.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 654.895009765625, "cut_end_time": 710.500072265625}, {"text": "Only the Omnipotent could have done this. No mortal hand could make such a coup. Hence the name which the Spaniards bestowed upon the present Colorado, Brazos de Dios -- the", "start_byte": 384421, "end_byte": 384594, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 710.9600219726562, "end_time": 723.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 711.1450219726563, "cut_end_time": 724.0600844726563}]}

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This time, our young friend Quantrell here, has given us a double dose, the which I for one won't get over in a week.\"", "start_byte": 348828, "end_byte": 349414, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 172.1999969482422, "end_time": 212.0, "cut_start_time": 172.4749969482422, "cut_end_time": 210.86005944824217, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"queer", "start_byte": 350234, "end_byte": 350240, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 266.0400085449219, "end_time": 266.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 266.0350085449219, "cut_end_time": 266.4700085449219, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"The scoundrels have G.T.T.\"", "start_byte": 350819, "end_byte": 350847, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 305.2799987792969, "end_time": 307.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 305.4749987792969, "cut_end_time": 307.3901237792969, "narrative_prediction": {"said": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Boys!", "start_byte": 351752, "end_byte": 351758, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 369.4800109863281, "end_time": 370.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 369.7350109863281, "cut_end_time": 370.26001098632815, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"We've got a big thing before us -- one that'll beat horse-ropin' all to shucks. Most o' ye, I reckin, know what I mean; 'ceptin', perhaps, our friends here, who've just joined us.\"", "start_byte": 351848, "end_byte": 352029, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 376.1600036621094, "end_time": 388.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 376.6350036621094, "cut_end_time": 387.7900661621094, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"I'll take charge o' tellin' them in good time; an', I think, can answer for their standin' by us in the bizness. Thar's fifty thousand dollars, clar cash, at the bottom of it; besides sundries in the trinket line. The question then is, whether we'd best wait till this nice assortment of property gets conveyed to the place intended for its destination, or make a try to pick it up on the way. What say ye, fellers? Let every man speak his opinion; then I'll give mine.\"", "start_byte": 352218, "end_byte": 352689, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 402.1199951171875, "end_time": 432.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 402.19499511718755, "cut_end_time": 431.9300576171875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You're sure o' whar they're goin', capting?", "start_byte": 352691, "end_byte": 352735, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 432.79998779296875, "end_time": 435.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 433.2049877929688, "cut_end_time": 435.50011279296876, "narrative_prediction": {"asks": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"You know the place?\"", "start_byte": 352764, "end_byte": 352785, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 437.55999755859375, "end_time": 439.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 437.73499755859376, "cut_end_time": 438.70006005859375, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Better'n I know the spot we're now camped on. Ye needn't let that trouble ye. An' most all o' ye know it yourselves. As good luck has it, 'taint over twenty mile from our old stampin' groun' o' last year. Thar, if we let em' alone, everythin' air sure to be lodged 'ithin less'n a month from now. Thar, we'll find the specie, trinkets, an' other fixins not forgetting the petticoats -- sure as eggs is eggs. To some o' ye it may appear only a question o' time and patience. I'm sorry to tell ye it may turn out somethin' more.\"", "start_byte": 352787, "end_byte": 353315, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 439.3999938964844, "end_time": 474.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 439.7349938964844, "cut_end_time": 474.0500563964844, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": " was one of noted signification.", "start_byte": 346722, "end_byte": 346754, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 30.0, "end_time": 32.560001373291016, "cut_start_time": 29.975, "cut_end_time": 32.1200625}, {"text": "Its significance lay in the fact, that fugitives from States' justice, once over the Sabine, felt themselves safe; extradition laws being somewhat loose in the letter, and more so in the spirit, at any attempt made to carry them into execution.", "start_byte": 346756, "end_byte": 347000, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 32.560001373291016, "end_time": 49.599998474121094, "cut_start_time": 32.975001373291015, "cut_end_time": 49.25000137329101}, {"text": "As a consequence, the fleeing malefactor could breathe freely -- even the murderer imagine the weight of guilt lifted from off his soul -- the moment his foot touched Texan soil.", "start_byte": 347002, "end_byte": 347180, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 49.599998474121094, "end_time": 62.52000045776367, "cut_start_time": 50.12499847412109, "cut_end_time": 61.760123474121094}, {"text": "On a morning of early spring -- the season when settlers most affect migration to the Lone Star State -- a party of horsemen is seen crossing the boundary river, with faces turned toward Texas. The place where they are making passage is not the usual emigrants' crossing -- on the old Spanish military road between Natchitoches and Nacogdoches, -- but several miles above, at a point where the stream is, at certain seasons, fordable. From the Louisiana side this ford is approached through a tract of heavy timber, mostly pine forest, along a trail little used by travellers, still less by those who enter Texas with honest intent, or leave Louisiana with unblemished reputations.", "start_byte": 347182, "end_byte": 347863, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 62.52000045776367, "end_time": 108.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 62.97500045776367, "cut_end_time": 107.87006295776368}, {"text": "That these horsemen belong not to either category can be told at a glance. They have no waggons, nor other wheeled vehicles, to give them the semblance of emigrants; no baggage to embarrass them on their march. Without it, they might be explorers, land speculators, surveyors, or hunters. But no. They have not the look of persons who pursue any of these callings; no semblance of aught honest or honourable. In all there are twelve of them; among them not a face but speaks of the Penitentiary -- not one which does not brighten up, and show more cheerful, as the hooves of their horses strike the Texan bank of the Sabine.", "start_byte": 347865, "end_byte": 348489, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 108.72000122070312, "end_time": 149.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 109.07500122070311, "cut_end_time": 148.58006372070312}, {"text": "While on the terrain of Louisiana, they have been riding fast and hard -- silent, and with pent-up thoughts, as though pursuers were after. Once on the Texan side all seem relieved, as if conscious of having at length reached a haven of safety.", "start_byte": 348491, "end_byte": 348735, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 149.32000732421875, "end_time": 165.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 149.79500732421874, "cut_end_time": 164.96000732421874}, {"text": "Then he who appears leader of the party, reining up his horse, breaks silence, saying -- ", "start_byte": 348737, "end_byte": 348826, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 165.67999267578125, "end_time": 172.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 166.23499267578126, "cut_end_time": 171.39005517578124}, {"text": "It is scarcely necessary to say the speaker is Jim Borlasse, and those spoken to his drinking companions in the Choctaw Chief.", "start_byte": 349416, "end_byte": 349542, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 212.0, "end_time": 221.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 212.695, "cut_end_time": 220.6400625}, {"text": "To a man, they all make affirmative response. Like himself, they too are fatigued -- dead done up by being all night in the saddle, -- to say nought about the debilitating effects of their debauch, and riding rapidly with beard upon the shoulder, under the apprehension that a sheriff and posse may be coming on behind. For, during the period of their sojourn in Natchitoches, nearly every one of them has committed some crime that renders him amenable to the laws.", "start_byte": 349544, "end_byte": 350009, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 221.8800048828125, "end_time": 251.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 222.8450048828125, "cut_end_time": 250.7400673828125}, {"text": "It may be wondered how such roughs could carry on and escape observation, much more, punishment. 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Not much was said or thought of them, till after they were gone; and then but by those who had been victimised, resignedly abandoning claims and losses with the laconic remark,", "start_byte": 350241, "end_byte": 350818, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 266.55999755859375, "end_time": 305.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 266.68499755859375, "cut_end_time": 305.0200600585938}, {"text": "It was supposed the assassin of Charles Clancy had gone with them; but this, affecting the authorities more than the general public, was left to the former to deal with; and in a land of many like affairs, soon ceased to be spoken of.", "start_byte": 350849, "end_byte": 351083, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 307.760009765625, "end_time": 324.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 308.84500976562504, "cut_end_time": 323.760072265625}, {"text": "Borlasse's visit to Natchitoches had not been for mere pleasure. 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From what thet fox, Johnny, tolt me, they must a tuk this trail. An' as they hed to make quick tracks arter leavin' Naketosh, they'd be tired on gettin' this fur, an' good as sartin to lay up a bit. Look! thar's the ashes o' thar fire, whar I 'spose they cooked somethin'. Thar hain't been a critter crossed the river since the big rain, else we'd a seed tracks along the way. For they started jest the day afore the rain; and that ere fire hez been put out by it. Ye kin tell by them chunks showin' only half consoomed. Yis, by the Eturnal! Roun' the bleeze o' them sticks has sot seven, eight, nine, or may be a dozen, o' the darndest cut-throats as ever crossed the Sabine; an' that's sayin' a goodish deal. Two o' them I kin swar to bein' so; an' the rest may be counted the same from their kumpny -- that kumpny bein' Jim Borlasse an' Dick Darke.\"", "start_byte": 358628, "end_byte": 359505, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 370.0, "end_time": 429.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 370.495, "cut_end_time": 428.67006250000003, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Now we've struck thar trail, what, boys, d'ye think we'd best do?\"", "start_byte": 360293, "end_byte": 360360, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 478.20001220703125, "end_time": 483.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 478.6450122070313, "cut_end_time": 482.63007470703127, "narrative_prediction": {"continues": {"id": "2", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"To the best of my opeenyun, our plan will be to put straight on to whar Planter Armstrong intends settin' up his sticks. I know the place 'most as well as the public squar o' Natchez. This chile intends jeinin' the ole kurnel, anyhow. As for you, Charley Clancy, we know whar ye want to go, an' the game ye intend trackin' up. Wal; ef you'll put trust in what Sime Woodley say, he sez this: ye'll find that game in the neighbourhood o' Helen Armstrong; -- nigh to her as it dar' ventur'.\"", "start_byte": 360418, "end_byte": 360907, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 487.67999267578125, "end_time": 524.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 488.09499267578127, "cut_end_time": 522.9501176757813, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"In coorse,", "start_byte": 361113, "end_byte": 361124, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 537.8800048828125, "end_time": 538.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 538.0950048828125, "cut_end_time": 538.8600048828125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Woodley!", "start_byte": 362294, "end_byte": 362303, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 623.1199951171875, "end_time": 624.0, "cut_start_time": 623.2549951171875, "cut_end_time": 623.7600576171875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"we must be off from here. For God's sake let us go!\"", "start_byte": 362366, "end_byte": 362419, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 628.4400024414062, "end_time": 632.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 628.5350024414063, "cut_end_time": 631.4000024414063, "narrative_prediction": {"exclaims": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Keep yur ground, Joe Harkness! Don't attempt retreetin'. If ye do, I'll send a bullet through ye sure as my name's Sime Woodley.\"", "start_byte": 363388, "end_byte": 363518, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 691.719970703125, "end_time": 701.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 691.934970703125, "cut_end_time": 700.4000332031251, "narrative_prediction": {"sounds": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}, "threateningly": {"id": "0", "type": "adverb", "confidence": 9}, "clear": {"id": "0", "type": "adjective", "confidence": 8}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "In number they are but a third of that composing the band of Borlasse; as there are only four of them. Three are on horseback, the fourth bestriding a mule.", "start_byte": 353642, "end_byte": 353798, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 35.599998474121094, "end_time": 46.36000061035156, "cut_start_time": 36.1349984741211, "cut_end_time": 46.110123474121096}, {"text": "The three horsemen are white; the mule-rider a mulatto.", "start_byte": 353800, "end_byte": 353855, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 46.36000061035156, "end_time": 50.439998626708984, "cut_start_time": 46.765000610351564, "cut_end_time": 50.01000061035156}, {"text": "The last is a little behind; the distance, as also a certain air of deference -- to say nothing of his coloured skin -- proclaiming him a servant, or slave.", "start_byte": 353857, "end_byte": 354013, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 50.439998626708984, "end_time": 62.2400016784668, "cut_start_time": 50.914998626708986, "cut_end_time": 61.630123626708986}, {"text": "Still further rearward, and seemingly careful to keep beyond reach of the hybrid's heels, is a large dog -- a deer-hound. The individuals of this second cavalcade will be easily identified, as also the dog that accompanies it. The three whites are Charles Clancy, Simeon Woodley, and Ned Heywood; he with the tawny complexion Jupiter; while the hound is Clancy's -- the same he had with him when shot down by Richard Darke.", "start_byte": 354015, "end_byte": 354438, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 62.2400016784668, "end_time": 91.91999816894531, "cut_start_time": 62.445001678466795, "cut_end_time": 91.56000167846679}, {"text": "Strange they too should be travelling, as if under an apprehension of being pursued! Yet seems it so, judging from the rapid pace at which they ride, and there anxious glances occasionally cast behind. It is so; though for very different reasons from those that affected the freebooters.", "start_byte": 354440, "end_byte": 354727, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 91.91999816894531, "end_time": 111.12000274658203, "cut_start_time": 92.26499816894531, "cut_end_time": 110.2701231689453}, {"text": "None of the white men has reason to fear for himself -- only for the fugitive slave whom they are assisting to escape from slavery. Partly on this account are they taking the route, described as rarely travelled by honest men. But not altogether. Another reason has influenced their selection of it while in Natchitoches they too have put up at the Choctaw Chief; their plans requiring that privacy which an obscure hostelry affords. To have been seen with Jupiter at the Planter's House might have been for some Mississippian planter to remember, and identify, him as the absconded slave of Ephraim Darke. A contretemps less likely to occur at the Choctaw Chief, and there stayed they. It would have been Woodley's choice anyhow; the hunter having frequently before made this house his home; there meeting many others of his kind and calling.", "start_byte": 354729, "end_byte": 355572, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 111.12000274658203, "end_time": 167.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 111.62500274658203, "cut_end_time": 166.85000274658202}, {"text": "On this occasion his sojourn in it has been short; only long enough for him and his travelling companions to procure a mount for their journey into Texas. And while thus occupied they have learnt something, which determined them as to the route they should take. Not the direct road for Nacogdoches by which Colonel Armstrong and his emigrants have gone, some ten days before; but a trail taken by another party that had been staying at the Choctaw Chief, and left Natchitoches at an earlier period -- that they are now on.", "start_byte": 355574, "end_byte": 356097, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 167.63999938964844, "end_time": 201.0399932861328, "cut_start_time": 168.27499938964843, "cut_end_time": 200.15006188964844}, {"text": "Of this party Woodley has received information, sufficiently minute for him to identify more than one of the personages composing it. Johnny has given him the clue. For the Hibernian innkeeper, with his national habit of wagging a free tongue, has besides a sort of liking for Sime, as an antipathy towards Sime's old enemy, Jim Borlasse. The consequence of which has been a tale told in confidence to the hunter, about the twelve men late sojourning at the Choctaw Chief, that was kept back from the Sheriff on the morning after their departure. The result being, that in choice of a route to Texas, Woodley has chosen that by which they are now travelling. For he knows -- has told Clancy -- that by it has gone Jim Borlasse, and along with him Richard Darke.", "start_byte": 356099, "end_byte": 356860, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 201.0399932861328, "end_time": 252.8000030517578, "cut_start_time": 201.6649932861328, "cut_end_time": 252.18011828613282}, {"text": "The last is enough for Clancy. He is making towards Texas with two distinct aims, the motives diametrically opposite. 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It air sure to lead to the same place. What they're arter 'tain't eezy to tell. Some deviltry, for sartin. They purtend to make thar livin' by ropin' wild horses? I guess he gits more by takin' them as air tame; -- as you, Clancy, hev reezun to know. I hain't a doubt he'd do wuss than that, ef opportunity offered. Thar's been more'n one case o' highway robbery out thar in West Texas, on emigrant people goin' that way; an' I don't know a likelier than Borlasse to a had a hand in't. Ef Kurnel Armstrong's party wan't so strong as 'tis, an' the kurnel hisself a old campayner, I mout hev my fears for 'em. I reckin they're safe enuf. Borlasse an' his fellurs won't dar tech them. Johnny sez thar war but ten or twelve in all. Still, tho' they moutn't openly attack the waggon train, thar's jest a chance o' their hangin' on its skirts, an' stealin' somethin' from it. Ye heerd in Naketosh o' a young Creole planter, by name Dupray, who's goed wi' Armstrong, an's tuk a big count o' dollars along. Jest the bait to temp Jim Borlasse; an' as for Dick Darke, thar's somethin' else to temp him. So -- \"", "start_byte": 361125, "end_byte": 362292, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 538.7999877929688, "end_time": 623.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 539.0449877929688, "cut_end_time": 621.9600502929687}, {"text": " exclaims Clancy, without waiting for the hunter to conclude;", "start_byte": 362304, "end_byte": 362365, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 624.0, "end_time": 628.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 624.1650000000001, "cut_end_time": 628.3500625}, {"text": "His comrades, divining the cause of Clancy's impatience, make no attempt to restrain him. They have rested and sufficiently refreshed themselves. There is no reason for their remaining any longer on the ground.", "start_byte": 362421, "end_byte": 362631, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 632.0399780273438, "end_time": 644.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 632.6149780273438, "cut_end_time": 644.1801030273438}, {"text": "Rising simultaneously, each unhitches his horse, and stands by the stirrup, taking in the slack of his reins.", "start_byte": 362633, "end_byte": 362742, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 644.9600219726562, "end_time": 652.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 645.3450219726562, "cut_end_time": 652.0300219726563}, {"text": "Before they can spring into their saddles, the deer-hound darts off from their midst -- as he does so giving out a growl.", "start_byte": 362744, "end_byte": 362865, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 652.5599975585938, "end_time": 659.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 652.8449975585937, "cut_end_time": 659.3401225585937}, {"text": "The stroke of a hoof tells them of some one approaching, and the next moment a horseman is seen through the trees.", "start_byte": 362867, "end_byte": 362981, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 659.4000244140625, "end_time": 666.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 659.6750244140625, "cut_end_time": 665.8800244140625}, {"text": "Apparently undaunted, he comes on towards their camp ground; but when near enough to have fair view of their faces, he suddenly reins up, and shows signs of a desire to retreat.", "start_byte": 362983, "end_byte": 363160, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 666.1199951171875, "end_time": 676.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 666.3949951171875, "cut_end_time": 676.3800576171875}, {"text": "If this be his intention, it is too late.", "start_byte": 363162, "end_byte": 363203, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 676.47998046875, "end_time": 679.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 676.67498046875, "cut_end_time": 679.27010546875}, {"text": "Before he can wrench round his horse a rifle is levelled, its barrel bearing upon his body; while a voice sounds threateningly in his ears, in clear tone, pronouncing the words, -- ", "start_byte": 363205, "end_byte": 363386, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 679.9600219726562, "end_time": 691.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 680.3250219726563, "cut_end_time": 691.4100219726563}, {"text": "The threat is sufficient. 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The man who has connived at Richard Darke's escape, and made money by the connivance, is now more than repentant for his dereliction of duty. For he has not only been bullied by Borlasse's band, but stripped of his ill-gotten gains. Still more, beaten, and otherwise so roughly handled that he has been long trying to get quit of their company. Having stolen away from their camp -- while the robbers were asleep -- he is now returning along the trail they had taken into Texas, on his way back to the States, with not much left him, except a very sorry horse and a sorrowing heart.", "start_byte": 363927, "end_byte": 364579, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 729.52001953125, "end_time": 771.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 729.98501953125, "cut_end_time": 771.19008203125}, {"text": "His captors soon discover that, with his sorrow, there is an admixture of spite against his late associates. 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She, who this enjoys can ill understand the opposite; and, Jessie, benighted with her own bliss, gives less thought to the unhappiness of Helen. Even less than she might, were it more known to her. For the proud elder sister keeps her sorrow to herself, eschewing sympathy, and scarce ever recurring to the past. On her side the younger rarely refers to it. She knows it would cause pain. Though once a reference to it has given pleasure to herself; when Helen explained to her the mystery of that midnight plunge into the river. This, shortly after its occurrence; soon as she herself came to a clear comprehension of it. It was no mystery after all. 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Already around her sister circle new suitors; a host seeking her hand. Among them the best blood of which the neighbourhood can boast. There are planters, lawyers, members of the State Assembly -- one of the General Congress -- and military men, young officers stationed at Fort Jessup, higher up the river; who, forsaking the lonely post, occasionally come down on a day's furlough to enjoy the delights of town life, and dip a little into its dissipations.", "start_byte": 245229, "end_byte": 246168, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 194.0, "end_time": 269.0, "cut_start_time": 194.45499999999998, "cut_end_time": 268.69}, {"text": "Before Helen Armstrong has been two weeks in Natchitoches she becomes, what for over two years she has been in Natchez -- its belle. 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Instead of oft showing herself in society to receive homage and hear flattering speeches, she stays almost constantly within her chamber -- a little sitting-room in the hotel, appropriated to herself and sister.", "start_byte": 247144, "end_byte": 247530, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 349.32000732421875, "end_time": 381.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 349.57500732421875, "cut_end_time": 381.58000732421874}, {"text": "For reasons already known, she is often deprived of her sister's company; having to content herself with that of her mulatto maid.", "start_byte": 247532, "end_byte": 247662, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 381.67999267578125, "end_time": 391.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 382.0649926757813, "cut_end_time": 391.6701176757813}, {"text": "A companion who can well sympathise; for Jule, like herself, has a canker at the heart. 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For the wench can read; and made the messenger of that correspondence carried on clandestinely, strange, if, herself a woman, she should not surmise many things beyond what could be gleaned from the superscription on the exchanged epistles.", "start_byte": 248696, "end_byte": 249068, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 475.9200134277344, "end_time": 507.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 476.1450134277344, "cut_end_time": 507.30001342773437}, {"text": "She has surmised; but, like her mistress, something wide away from the reality. No wonder at her being surprised at what she sees in a Natchez newspaper -- brought to the hotel from a boat just arrived at Natchitoches -- something concerning Charles Clancy, very different from that suspected of him. She stays not to consider what impression it may produce on the mind of the young lady. Unpleasant no doubt; but a woman's instinct whispers the maid, it will not be worse than the agony her mistress is now enduring.", "start_byte": 249070, "end_byte": 249587, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 507.55999755859375, "end_time": 548.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 507.7549975585938, "cut_end_time": 548.5600600585938}, {"text": "Entering the chamber, where the latter is alone, she places the paper in her hands, saying:", "start_byte": 249589, "end_byte": 249680, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 548.47998046875, "end_time": 555.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 548.45498046875, "cut_end_time": 554.8000429687501}, {"text": "Helen Armstrong stretches forth her hand, and takes hold of the sheet. 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Not him.\"", "start_byte": 259111, "end_byte": 259138, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 673.47998046875, "end_time": 676.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 673.59498046875, "cut_end_time": 676.01004296875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Who then?\"", "start_byte": 259140, "end_byte": 259151, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 676.239990234375, "end_time": 677.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 676.394990234375, "cut_end_time": 677.120052734375, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Oh, sister! A man fearful to look at. A great rough fellow, ugly enough to frighten any one. 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That the son of a well-known planter, Ephraim Darke, himself called Richard, has been arrested on suspicion, and lodged in the county jail; and, just as the paper is going to press, it has received the additional intelligence, that the mother of the murdered man has succumbed to the shock, and followed her unfortunate son to the", "start_byte": 256331, "end_byte": 256816, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 451.8800048828125, "end_time": 489.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 452.08500488281254, "cut_end_time": 489.6800673828125}, {"text": "The report is in the flowery phraseology usually indulged, in by the south-western journals. It is accompanied by comments and conjectures as to the motive of the crime. Among these Helen Armstrong has read her own name, with the contents of that letter addressed to Clancy, but proved to have been in the possession of Darke. Though given only in epitome -- for the editor confesses not to have seen the epistle, but only had account of it from him who furnished the report -- still to Helen Armstrong is the thing painfully compromising. All the world will now know the relations that existed between her and Charles Clancy. What would she care were he alive? And what need she, now he is dead?", "start_byte": 256860, "end_byte": 257556, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 493.1199951171875, "end_time": 547.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 493.38499511718754, "cut_end_time": 547.5100576171875}, {"text": "She does not care -- no. It is not this that afflicts her. Could she but bring him to life again, she would laugh the world to scorn, brave the frowns of her father, to prove herself a true woman by becoming the wife of him her heart had chosen for a husband.", "start_byte": 257558, "end_byte": 257817, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 547.9199829101562, "end_time": 568.0, "cut_start_time": 548.1249829101563, "cut_end_time": 567.7000454101562}, {"text": "So run her reflections, as she stands in silence by her sister's side, their conversation for the time suspended. Oppressed by their painfulness, she retires a seep, and sinks down into one of the chairs; not to escape the bitter thoughts -- for she cannot -- but to brood on them alone.", "start_byte": 257873, "end_byte": 258160, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 573.3599853515625, "end_time": 596.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 573.6949853515625, "cut_end_time": 596.3300478515625}, {"text": "Jessie remains with hands rested on the rail, gazing down into the street. 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I hope you'll excuse me.\"", "start_byte": 263505, "end_byte": 263554, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 238.63999938964844, "end_time": 242.8000030517578, "cut_start_time": 238.84499938964842, "cut_end_time": 242.27012438964843, "narrative_prediction": {"rejoins": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"Damned if we do! Not this time, stranger. The rule o' this tavern is, that all in its bar takes a smile thegither -- leastwise on first meeting. 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You must drink with us, Mr Quantrell.\"", "start_byte": 264730, "end_byte": 264803, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 339.2799987792969, "end_time": 345.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 339.6349987792969, "cut_end_time": 345.1100612792969, "narrative_prediction": {"respond": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"This score's mine!", "start_byte": 264805, "end_byte": 264824, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 345.5199890136719, "end_time": 347.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 345.8949890136719, "cut_end_time": 347.2301140136719, "narrative_prediction": {"proclaims": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}, "authoritative": {"id": "1", "type": "adjective", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"After that anybody as likes may stand treat. Come, Johnny! trot out the stuff. Brandy smash for me.\"", "start_byte": 264884, "end_byte": 264985, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 352.1199951171875, "end_time": 360.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 352.26499511718754, "cut_end_time": 360.04005761718753, "narrative_prediction": {"proclaims": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}, "authoritative": {"id": "1", "type": "adjective", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"Indian quarter;", "start_byte": 265774, "end_byte": 265790, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 424.9599914550781, "end_time": 426.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 424.99499145507815, "cut_end_time": 426.20005395507815, "narrative_prediction": {"called": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"Spanish town", "start_byte": 265814, "end_byte": 265827, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 428.5199890136719, "end_time": 430.0, "cut_start_time": 428.52498901367187, "cut_end_time": 429.7600515136719, "narrative_prediction": {"called": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": 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Because that Clancy -- that same Clancy -- is the skunk that, before a packed jury, half o' them yellar-bellied Mexikins, in the town of Nacogdoches, swore I stealed a horse from him. Not only swore it, but war believed; an' got me -- me, Jim Borlasse -- tied for twenty-four hours to a post, and whipped into the bargain. Yes, boys, whipped! An' by a damned Mexikin nigger, under the orders o' one o' their constables, they call algazeels. I've got the mark o' them lashes on me now, and can show them, if any o' ye hev a doubt about it. I ain't 'shamed to show 'em to you fellows; as ye've all got something o' the same, I guess. But I'm burnin' mad to think that Charley Clancy's escaped clear o' the vengeance I'd sworn again him. I know'd he was comin' back to Texas, him and his. That's what took him out thar, when I met him at Nacogdoches. I've been waitin' and watchin' till he shed stray this way. Now, it appears, somebody has spoilt my plans -- somebody o' the name Richard Darke. An', while I envy this Dick Darke, I say damn him for doin' it!\"", "start_byte": 273050, "end_byte": 274113, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1011.9600219726562, "end_time": 1098.56005859375, "cut_start_time": 1012.1250219726563, "cut_end_time": 1098.1400844726563, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Damn Dick Darke! Damn him for doin' it!", "start_byte": 274115, "end_byte": 274155, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1098.56005859375, "end_time": 1101.9200439453125, "cut_start_time": 1098.69505859375, "cut_end_time": 1101.7801210937498, "narrative_prediction": {"shout": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "The invitation, brusquely, if not uncourteously, extended, comes from a man of middle age, in height at least six feet three, without reckoning the thick soles of his bull-skin boots -- the tops of which rise several inches above the knee. A personage, rawboned, and of rough exterior, wearing a red blanket-coat; his trousers tucked into the aforesaid boots; with a leather belt buckled around his waist, under the coat, but over the haft of a bowie-knife, alongside which peeps out the butt of a Colt's revolving pistol. In correspondence with his clothing and equipment, he shows a cut-throat countenance, typical of the State Penitentiary; cheeks bloated as from excessive indulgence in drink; eyes watery and somewhat bloodshot; lips thick and sensual; with a nose set obliquely, looking as if it had received hard treatment in some pugilistic encounter. His hair is of a yellowish clay colour, lighter in tint upon the eyebrows. 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In age a little over half that of the individual who has addressed him; complexion dark and cadaverous; the cheeks hollow and haggard, as from sleepless anxiety; the upper lip showing two elongated bluish blotches -- the stub of moustaches recently removed; the eyes coal black, with sinister glances sent in suspicious furtiveness from under a broad hat-brim pulled low down over the brow; the figure fairly shaped, but with garments coarse and clumsily fitting, too ample both for body and limbs, as if intended to conceal rather than show them to advantage.", "start_byte": 262375, "end_byte": 263017, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 143.44000244140625, "end_time": 200.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 143.59500244140625, "cut_end_time": 200.67006494140625}, {"text": "A practised detective, after scanning this individual, taking note of his habiliments, with the hat and his manner of wearing it, would pronounce him a person dressed in disguise -- this, for some good reason, adopted. 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It usually has a goodly number, and of a peculiar kind -- strange both in aspect and manners -- no one knowing whence they come, or whither bent when taking their departure.", "start_byte": 266479, "end_byte": 266845, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 481.8399963378906, "end_time": 511.8399963378906, "cut_start_time": 482.04499633789067, "cut_end_time": 511.51005883789065}, {"text": "As the house stands out of the ordinary path of town promenaders, in an outskirt scarce ever visited by respectable people, no one cares to inquire into the character of its guests, or aught else relating to it. To those who chance to stray in its direction, it is known as a sort of cheap hostelry, that gives shelter to all sorts of odd customers -- hunters, trappers, small Indian traders, returned from an expedition on the prairies; along with these, such travellers as are without the means to stop at the more pretentious inns of the village; or, having the means, prefer, for reasons of their own, to put up at the Choctaw Chief.", "start_byte": 266847, "end_byte": 267484, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 511.8399963378906, "end_time": 562.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 512.1149963378906, "cut_end_time": 562.1401213378906}, {"text": "Such is the reputation of the hostelry, before whose drinking bar stands Phil Quantrell -- so calling himself -- with the men to whose boon companionship he has been so unceremoniously introduced; as declared by his introducer, according to the custom of the establishment.", "start_byte": 267486, "end_byte": 267759, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 562.6400146484375, "end_time": 585.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 562.8550146484375, "cut_end_time": 585.4800146484375}, {"text": "The first drinks swallowed, Quantrell calls for another round; and then a third is ordered, by some one else, who pays, or promises to pay for it.", "start_byte": 267761, "end_byte": 267907, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 585.7999877929688, "end_time": 597.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 586.1649877929688, "cut_end_time": 596.9000502929688}, {"text": "A fourth", "start_byte": 267909, "end_byte": 267917, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 597.239990234375, "end_time": 598.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 597.434990234375, "cut_end_time": 598.180115234375}, {"text": " is insisted upon by another some one who announces himself ready to stand treat; all the liquor, up to this time consumed, being either cheap brandy or", "start_byte": 267925, "end_byte": 268077, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 598.6400146484375, "end_time": 611.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 598.6150146484375, "cut_end_time": 611.5400771484375}, {"text": " whisky.", "start_byte": 268087, "end_byte": 268095, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 612.1199951171875, "end_time": 613.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 612.1149951171875, "cut_end_time": 612.8101201171875}, {"text": "Quantrell, now pleasantly convivial, and acting under the generous impulse the drink has produced, sings out", "start_byte": 268097, "end_byte": 268205, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 613.3200073242188, "end_time": 622.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 613.3250073242187, "cut_end_time": 622.2900073242188}, {"text": " a wine which the poorest tavern in the Southern States, even the Choctaw Chief, can plentifully supply.", "start_byte": 268218, "end_byte": 268322, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 623.5999755859375, "end_time": 632.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 623.8049755859375, "cut_end_time": 631.9801005859375}, {"text": "After this the choice vintage of France, or its gooseberry counterfeit, flows feebly; Johnny with gleeful alacrity stripping off the leaden capsules, twisting the wires, and letting pop the corks. For the stranger guest has taken a wallet from his pocket, which all can perceive to be", "start_byte": 268324, "end_byte": 268608, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 632.4000244140625, "end_time": 654.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 632.5550244140625, "cut_end_time": 654.9300869140625}, {"text": " of gold", "start_byte": 268621, "end_byte": 268629, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 655.6799926757812, "end_time": 656.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 655.6549926757813, "cut_end_time": 656.4201176757813}, {"text": " some reflecting upon, but saying nothing about, the singular contrast between this plethoric purse, and the coarse coat out of whose pocket it is pulled.", "start_byte": 268639, "end_byte": 268793, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 657.1199951171875, "end_time": 669.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 657.1449951171875, "cut_end_time": 669.2101201171876}, {"text": "After all, not much in this. Within the wooden walls of the Choctaw Chief there have been seen many contrasts quite as curious. Neither its hybrid landlord, nor his bar-keeper, nor its guests are addicted to take note -- or, at all events make remarks upon -- circumstances which elsewhere would seem singular.", "start_byte": 268795, "end_byte": 269105, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 669.760009765625, "end_time": 696.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 669.985009765625, "cut_end_time": 695.790072265625}, {"text": "Still, is there one among the roystering crowd who does note this; as also other acts done, and sayings spoken, by Phil Quantrell in his cups. It is the Colossus who has introduced him to the jovial company, and who still sticks to him as chaperon.", "start_byte": 269107, "end_byte": 269355, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 696.2000122070312, "end_time": 717.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 696.3650122070313, "cut_end_time": 717.8100747070313}, {"text": "Some of this man's associates, who appear on familiar footing, called him", "start_byte": 269357, "end_byte": 269430, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 717.9600219726562, "end_time": 723.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 718.2550219726563, "cut_end_time": 723.8200219726563}, {"text": " others, less free, address him as", "start_byte": 269446, "end_byte": 269480, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 725.3599853515625, "end_time": 728.0, "cut_start_time": 725.5749853515625, "cut_end_time": 728.1000478515625}, {"text": " while still others, at intervals, and as if by a slip of the tongue, give him the title", "start_byte": 269499, "end_byte": 269587, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 729.6799926757812, "end_time": 736.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 729.8549926757813, "cut_end_time": 736.2700551757813}, {"text": " Jim, Mister, or Captain Borlasse -- whichever designation he deserve -- throughout the whole debauch, keeps his bloodshot eyes bent upon their new acquaintance, noting his every movement. His ears, too, are strained to catch every word Quantrell utters, weighing its import.", "start_byte": 269598, "end_byte": 269873, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 737.6799926757812, "end_time": 760.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 737.8849926757813, "cut_end_time": 760.6001176757812}, {"text": "For all he neither says nor does aught to tell of his being thus attentive to the stranger -- at first his guest, but now a spendthrift host to himself and his party.", "start_byte": 269875, "end_byte": 270041, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 760.9600219726562, "end_time": 774.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 761.3850219726563, "cut_end_time": 774.2300219726562}, {"text": "While the champagne is being freely quaffed, of course there is much conversation, and on many subjects. But one is special; seeming more than all others to engross the attention of the roysterers under the roof of the Choctaw Chief.", "start_byte": 270043, "end_byte": 270276, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 774.5999755859375, "end_time": 793.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 774.8549755859375, "cut_end_time": 792.8301005859375}, {"text": "It is a murder that has been committed in the State of Mississippi, near the town of Natchez; an account of which has just appeared in the local journal of Natchitoches. The paper is lying on the bar-room table; and all of them, who can read, have already made themselves acquainted with the particulars of the crime. Those, whose scholarship does not extend so far, have learnt them at secondhand from their better-educated associates.", "start_byte": 270278, "end_byte": 270714, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 793.2000122070312, "end_time": 824.5599975585938, "cut_start_time": 793.5650122070313, "cut_end_time": 824.3900122070313}, {"text": "The murdered man is called Clancy -- Charles Clancy -- while the murderer, or he under suspicion of being so, is named Richard Darke, the son of Ephraim Darke, a rich Mississippi planter.", "start_byte": 270716, "end_byte": 270903, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 824.5599975585938, "end_time": 841.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 824.8249975585937, "cut_end_time": 840.8900600585938}, {"text": "The paper gives further details: that the body of the murdered man has not been found, before the time of its going to press; though the evidence collected leaves no doubt of a foul deed having been done; adding, that Darke, the man accused of it, after being arrested and lodged in the county jail, has managed to make his escape -- this through connivance with his jailer, who has also disappeared from the place. Just in time, pursues the report, to save the culprit's neck from a rope, made ready for him by the executioners of Justice Lynch, a party of whom had burst open the doors of the prison, only to find it untenanted. The paper likewise mentions the motive for the committal of the crime -- at least as conjectured; giving the name of a young lady, Miss Helen Armstrong, and speaking of a letter, with her picture, found upon the suspected assassin. It winds up by saying, that no doubt both prisoner and jailer have G.T.T. --", "start_byte": 270905, "end_byte": 271844, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 841.1199951171875, "end_time": 914.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 841.4749951171875, "cut_end_time": 914.2401201171875}, {"text": " -- a phrase of frequent use in the Southern States, applied to fugitives from justice. 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Well; you asked me in return what that means?\"", "start_byte": 283678, "end_byte": 283845, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 52.08000183105469, "end_time": 64.0, "cut_start_time": 52.535001831054686, "cut_end_time": 63.85000183105469, "narrative_prediction": {"resumes": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"Yes, I did,", "start_byte": 283847, "end_byte": 283859, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 64.0, "end_time": 65.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 64.245, "cut_end_time": 65.21, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"It means, then,", "start_byte": 283903, "end_byte": 283919, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 68.72000122070312, "end_time": 70.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 68.88500122070312, "cut_end_time": 70.54006372070312, "narrative_prediction": {"continues": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"that me, an' the others you've been drinking with, air as good a set of fellows as ever lived. That we're a cheerful party, you've seen for yourself. What's passed this night ain't nowheres to the merry times we spend upon the prairies out in Texas -- for it's in Texas we live.\"", "start_byte": 283973, "end_byte": 284253, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 74.95999908447266, "end_time": 96.23999786376953, "cut_start_time": 75.13499908447265, "cut_end_time": 95.78006158447265, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"May I ask, Mr Borlasse, what business you follow?\"", "start_byte": 284255, "end_byte": 284306, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 96.23999786376953, "end_time": 101.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 96.45499786376952, "cut_end_time": 100.97006036376952, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well; when we're engaged in regular business, it's mostly horse-catchin'. We rope wild horses, mustangs, as they're called; an' sometimes them that ain't jest so wild. We bring 'em into the settlements for sale. For which reason we pass by the name of mustangers. Between whiles, when business isn't very brisk, we spend our time in some of the Texas towns -- them what's well in to'rds the Rio Grande, whar there's a good sprinklin' of Mexikins in the population. We've some rare times among the Mexikin girls, I kin assure you. You'll take Jim Borlasse's word for that, won't you?\"", "start_byte": 284308, "end_byte": 284892, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 101.27999877929688, "end_time": 146.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 101.39499877929687, "cut_end_time": 146.55012377929688, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I have no cause to doubt it.\"", "start_byte": 284894, "end_byte": 284924, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 146.72000122070312, "end_time": 149.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 147.02500122070313, "cut_end_time": 148.87000122070313, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well, I needn't say more, need I? I know, Quantrell, you're fond of a pretty face yourself, with sloe-black eyes in it. You'll see them among the Mexikin saynoritas, to your heart's content. Enough o' 'em, maybe, to make you forget the pair as war late glancin' at you out of the hotel gallery.\"", "start_byte": 284926, "end_byte": 285222, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 149.1999969482422, "end_time": 172.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 149.5349969482422, "cut_end_time": 171.72005944824218, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Glancing at me?", "start_byte": 285224, "end_byte": 285240, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 172.1199951171875, "end_time": 173.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 172.32499511718748, "cut_end_time": 173.4900576171875, "narrative_prediction": {"exclaims": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Glancing at ye; strait custrut; them same eyes as inspired ye to do that little bit of shootin', wi' Charley Clancy for a target.\"", "start_byte": 285301, "end_byte": 285432, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 178.8800048828125, "end_time": 190.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 179.11500488281249, "cut_end_time": 190.1900048828125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You think she saw me?", "start_byte": 285434, "end_byte": 285456, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 190.67999267578125, "end_time": 192.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 191.00499267578124, "cut_end_time": 192.49005517578124, "narrative_prediction": {"asks": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}, "increasing": {"id": "1", "type": "adjective", "confidence": 8}, "uneasiness": {"id": "1", "type": "noun", "confidence": 8}}}, {"text": "\"Think! I'm sure of it. More than saw -- she recognised ye. I could tell that from the way she shot back into the shadow. Did ye not notice it yourself?\"", "start_byte": 285506, "end_byte": 285659, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 197.1999969482422, "end_time": 209.36000061035156, "cut_start_time": 197.2949969482422, "cut_end_time": 208.86012194824218, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"No,", "start_byte": 285661, "end_byte": 285665, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 209.36000061035156, "end_time": 209.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 209.54500061035156, "cut_end_time": 209.94000061035155, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"T'ike my advice, and come with us fellows to Texas. Before you're long there, the Mexikin girls will make you stop moping about Miss Armstrong. After the first fandango you've been at, you won't care a straw for her. Believe me, you'll soon forget her.\"", "start_byte": 285830, "end_byte": 286084, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 222.9600067138672, "end_time": 243.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 223.1750067138672, "cut_end_time": 242.7400067138672, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Never!", "start_byte": 286086, "end_byte": 286093, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 243.1199951171875, "end_time": 244.0800018310547, "cut_start_time": 243.23499511718748, "cut_end_time": 243.8901201171875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"If that's your detarmination,", "start_byte": 286208, "end_byte": 286238, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 252.9199981689453, "end_time": 255.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 253.3349981689453, "cut_end_time": 255.4100606689453, "narrative_prediction": {"returns": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"an' you've made up your mind to keep that sweetheart in sight, you won't be likely to live long. As sure as you're sittin' thar, afore breakfast time to-morrow mornin' the town of Naketosh 'll be too hot to hold ye.\"", "start_byte": 286258, "end_byte": 286475, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 257.6000061035156, "end_time": 275.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 257.89500610351564, "cut_end_time": 274.8600061035157, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Keep cool, Quantrell!", "start_byte": 286536, "end_byte": 286558, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 279.6400146484375, "end_time": 281.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 279.78501464843754, "cut_end_time": 281.81007714843753, "narrative_prediction": {"counsels": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"No need for ye to be scared at what I'm sayin'. Thar's no great danger jest yet. There might be, if you were in that chair, or this room, eight hours later. I won't be myself, not one. For I may as well tell ye, that Jim Borlasse, same's yourself, has reasons for shiftin' quarters from the Choctaw Chief. And so, too, some o' the fellows we've been drinkin' with. We'll all be out o' this a good hour afore sun-up. Take a friend's advice, and make tracks along wi' us. Will you?\"", "start_byte": 286580, "end_byte": 287061, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 283.5199890136719, "end_time": 320.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 283.8049890136719, "cut_end_time": 319.7801140136719, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"If you're detarmined to stick by the apron-strings o' Miss Armstrong, you'll not do that by staying here in Naketosh. Your best place, to be near her, will be along with me.\"", "start_byte": 287835, "end_byte": 288010, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 380.55999755859375, "end_time": 395.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 380.85499755859377, "cut_end_time": 394.8000600585938, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"How so, Mr Borlasse?", "start_byte": 288012, "end_byte": 288033, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 395.2799987792969, "end_time": 397.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 395.4349987792969, "cut_end_time": 397.55006127929687, "narrative_prediction": {"questions": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Why do you say that?\"", "start_byte": 288085, "end_byte": 288107, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 402.6400146484375, "end_time": 404.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 402.85501464843753, "cut_end_time": 404.1200146484375, "narrative_prediction": {"questions": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"You ought to know, without my tellin' you -- a man of your 'cuteness, Quantrell! You say you can never forget the older of that pair o' girls. I believe you; and will be candid, too, in sayin', no more is Jim Borlasse like to forget the younger. I thought nothin' could 'a fetched that soft feelin' over me. 'Twant likely, after what I've gone through in my time. But she's done it -- them blue eyes of hers; hanged if they hain't! Then, do you suppose that I'm going to run away from, and lose sight o' her and them? No; not till I've had her within these arms, and tears out o' them same peepers droppin' on my cheeks. That is, if she take it in the weepin' way.\"", "start_byte": 288109, "end_byte": 288775, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 404.239990234375, "end_time": 453.9599914550781, "cut_start_time": 404.50499023437504, "cut_end_time": 453.66005273437503, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I don't understand,", "start_byte": 288777, "end_byte": 288797, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 453.9599914550781, "end_time": 455.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 454.25499145507814, "cut_end_time": 455.90005395507814, "narrative_prediction": {"stammers": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"You will in time,", "start_byte": 288816, "end_byte": 288834, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 457.67999267578125, "end_time": 459.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 457.86499267578125, "cut_end_time": 459.2900551757813, "narrative_prediction": {"rejoins": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"that is, if you become one o' us, and go where we're a-goin'. Enough now for you to be told that, there you will find your sweetheart!\"", "start_byte": 288857, "end_byte": 288993, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 461.0799865722656, "end_time": 472.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 461.24498657226565, "cut_end_time": 471.76011157226566, "narrative_prediction": {"rejoins": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Now, Phil Quantrell, or Dick Darke, as in confidence I may call ye, are you willin' to be one o' us?\"", "start_byte": 289077, "end_byte": 289179, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 478.3999938964844, "end_time": 487.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 478.5249938964844, "cut_end_time": 487.0600563964844, "narrative_prediction": {"continues": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"I am.\"", "start_byte": 289181, "end_byte": 289188, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 487.3599853515625, "end_time": 488.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 487.56498535156254, "cut_end_time": 488.2200478515625, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Good! That's settled. An' your comrade, Harkness; I take it, he'll go, too, when told o' the danger of staying behind; not that he appears o' much account, anyway. Still, among us mustangers, the more the merrier; and, sometimes we need numbers to help in the surroundin' o' the horses. He'll go along, won't he?\"", "start_byte": 289190, "end_byte": 289504, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 488.3999938964844, "end_time": 513.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 488.5749938964844, "cut_end_time": 513.4401188964844, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Anywhere, with me.\"", "start_byte": 289506, "end_byte": 289526, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 513.8400268554688, "end_time": 515.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 514.0950268554687, "cut_end_time": 515.5700893554688, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Well, then, you'd better step into his bedroom, and roust him up. Both of ye must be ready at once. Slip out to the stable, an' see to the saddles of your horses. You needn't trouble about settlin' the tavern bill. That's all scored to me; we kin fix the proportions of it afterward. Now, Quantrell, look sharp; in twenty minutes, time, I expect to find you an' Harkness in the saddle, where you'll see ten o' us others the same.\"", "start_byte": 289528, "end_byte": 289959, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 515.760009765625, "end_time": 549.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 515.995009765625, "cut_end_time": 549.480072265625, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Be japers! they intind clearin' that fellow Quantrell out. He won't long be throubled wid that shinin' stuff as seems burnin' the bottom out av his pocket. I wudn't be surrprized if they putt both him an' 'tother fool past tillin' tales afore ayther sees sun. Will, boss, it's no bizness av ours.\"", "start_byte": 291343, "end_byte": 291641, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 665.0399780273438, "end_time": 691.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 665.1849780273437, "cut_end_time": 691.3801030273438, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"boss", "start_byte": 291691, "end_byte": 291696, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 695.4400024414062, "end_time": 695.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 695.4650024414062, "cut_end_time": 696.0200024414063, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"gentlemen", "start_byte": 293382, "end_byte": 293392, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 833.0800170898438, "end_time": 833.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 833.0550170898438, "cut_end_time": 833.8300795898438, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": " rejoins Darke, speaking without purpose.", "start_byte": 283860, "end_byte": 283901, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 65.27999877929688, "end_time": 68.72000122070312, "cut_start_time": 65.41499877929687, "cut_end_time": 68.54012377929686}, {"text": " continues Borlasse, taking a gulp out of his glass,", "start_byte": 283920, "end_byte": 283972, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 70.44000244140625, "end_time": 74.95999908447266, "cut_start_time": 70.41500244140624, "cut_end_time": 74.75000244140624}, {"text": " exclaims Darke, showing surprise, not unmixed with alarm.", "start_byte": 285241, "end_byte": 285299, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 173.55999755859375, "end_time": 178.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 173.64499755859376, "cut_end_time": 178.57012255859374}, {"text": " asks the assassin, with increasing uneasiness.", "start_byte": 285457, "end_byte": 285504, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 192.83999633789062, "end_time": 197.1999969482422, "cut_start_time": 192.84499633789062, "cut_end_time": 196.8400588378906}, {"text": " rejoins Darke, the monosyllable issuing mechanically from his lips, while a shiver runs through his frame.", "start_byte": 285666, "end_byte": 285773, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 209.83999633789062, "end_time": 218.60000610351562, "cut_start_time": 209.81499633789062, "cut_end_time": 218.30012133789063}, {"text": "His questioner, observing these signs, continues, -- ", "start_byte": 285775, "end_byte": 285828, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 218.60000610351562, "end_time": 222.9600067138672, "cut_start_time": 218.87500610351563, "cut_end_time": 222.5400686035156}, {"text": " exclaims Darke, in the fervour of his passion -- thwarted though it has been -- forgetting the danger he is in.", "start_byte": 286094, "end_byte": 286206, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 244.0800018310547, "end_time": 252.9199981689453, "cut_start_time": 244.22500183105467, "cut_end_time": 252.7600018310547}, {"text": " returns Borlasse,", "start_byte": 286239, "end_byte": 286257, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 255.67999267578125, "end_time": 257.6000061035156, "cut_start_time": 255.79499267578123, "cut_end_time": 257.3701176757812}, {"text": "Darke starts from his chair, as if it had become too hot.", "start_byte": 286477, "end_byte": 286534, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 275.2799987792969, "end_time": 279.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 275.3549987792969, "cut_end_time": 279.1801237792969}, {"text": " counsels the Texan.", "start_byte": 286559, "end_byte": 286579, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 281.760009765625, "end_time": 283.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 281.825009765625, "cut_end_time": 283.46000976562505}, {"text": "Darke still hesitates to give an affirmative answer. His love for Helen Armstrong -- wild, wanton passion though it be -- is the controlling influence of his life. It has influenced him to follow her thus far, almost as much as the hope of escaping punishment for his crime. And though knowing, that the officers of justice are after him, he clings to the spot where she is staying, with that fascination which keeps the fox by the kennel holding the hounds. The thought of leaving her behind -- perhaps never to see her again -- is more repugnant than the spectre of a scaffold!", "start_byte": 287063, "end_byte": 287642, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 320.1600036621094, "end_time": 366.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 320.3350036621094, "cut_end_time": 365.9900036621094}, {"text": "The Texan guesses the reason of his irresolution. More than this, he knows he has the means to put an end to it. A word will be sufficient; or, at most, a single speech. He puts it thus -- ", "start_byte": 287644, "end_byte": 287833, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 366.2799987792969, "end_time": 380.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 366.6149987792969, "cut_end_time": 380.3100612792969}, {"text": " questions Darke, his eyes opening to a new light.", "start_byte": 288034, "end_byte": 288084, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 397.67999267578125, "end_time": 402.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 398.0849926757813, "cut_end_time": 402.65011767578125}, {"text": " stammers Darke.", "start_byte": 288798, "end_byte": 288814, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 455.79998779296875, "end_time": 457.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 455.7749877929688, "cut_end_time": 457.37005029296876}, {"text": " rejoins the ruffian;", "start_byte": 288835, "end_byte": 288856, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 459.239990234375, "end_time": 461.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 459.32499023437504, "cut_end_time": 460.920052734375}, {"text": "Without waiting to watch the effect of his last words, the tempter continues -- ", "start_byte": 288995, "end_byte": 289075, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 472.20001220703125, "end_time": 478.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 472.4750122070313, "cut_end_time": 478.12001220703127}, {"text": "Saying this, the Texan strides out into the corridor, Darke preceding him. In the dimly-lighted passage they part company, Borlasse opening door after door of several bedrooms, ranged on both sides of it; into each, speaking a word, which, though only in whisper, seems to awake a sleeper as if a cannon were discharged close to his ears. Then succeeds a general shuffling, as of men hastily putting on coats and boots, with an occasional grunt of discontent at slumber disturbed; but neither talking nor angry protest. Soon, one after another, is seen issuing forth from his sleeping apartment, skulking along the corridor, out through the entrance door at back, and on towards the stable.", "start_byte": 289961, "end_byte": 290651, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 549.8800048828125, "end_time": 606.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 550.0050048828125, "cut_end_time": 606.7200673828125}, {"text": "Presently, they fetch their horses forth, saddled and bridled. Then, leaping upon their backs, ride silently off under the shadow of the trees; Borlasse at their head, Quantrell by his side, Harkness among those behind.", "start_byte": 290653, "end_byte": 290872, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 606.9600219726562, "end_time": 626.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 607.1650219726563, "cut_end_time": 625.5900844726563}, {"text": "Almost instantly they are in the thick forest which comes close up to the suburbs of Natchitoches; the Choctaw Chief standing among trees never planted by the hand of man.", "start_byte": 290874, "end_byte": 291045, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 626.0800170898438, "end_time": 640.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 626.2950170898438, "cut_end_time": 640.1900795898438}, {"text": "The wholesale departure appearing surreptitious, is not unobserved. Both the tavern Boniface and his bar-keeper witness it, standing in the door as their guests go off; the landlord chuckling at the large pile of glittering coins left behind; Johnny scratching his carroty poll, and saying, -- ", "start_byte": 291047, "end_byte": 291341, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 640.3200073242188, "end_time": 665.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 640.7250073242187, "cut_end_time": 664.7600073242188}, {"text": "With this self-consolatory remark, to which the", "start_byte": 291643, "end_byte": 291690, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 691.6400146484375, "end_time": 695.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 691.8050146484376, "cut_end_time": 695.5400771484375}, {"text": " assents, Johnny proceeds to shut and lock the tavern door. Soon after the windows of the Choctaw Chief show lightless, its interior silent, the moonbeams shining upon its shingled roof peacefully and innocently, as though it had never sheltered robber, and drunken talk or ribald blasphemy been heard under it.", "start_byte": 291697, "end_byte": 292008, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 695.9199829101562, "end_time": 721.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 695.8949829101563, "cut_end_time": 721.3401079101562}, {"text": "So, till morning's dawn; till daylight; till the sun is o'ertopping the trees. Then is it surrounded by angry men; its wooden walls re-echoing their demand for admittance.", "start_byte": 292010, "end_byte": 292181, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 721.8400268554688, "end_time": 735.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 721.9850268554687, "cut_end_time": 735.3800268554688}, {"text": "They are the local authorities of the district; the sheriff of Natchitoches with his posse of constables, and a crowd of people accompanying. Among them are Colonel Armstrong and the Creole, Dupre; these instigating the movement; indeed, directing it.", "start_byte": 292183, "end_byte": 292434, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 735.5999755859375, "end_time": 758.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 735.8449755859375, "cut_end_time": 758.0100380859375}, {"text": "Ah knew, from yesterday's newspaper, of the murder committed near Natchez, as also of the murderer having broken jail. Only this morning have they learnt that the escaped criminal has been seen in the streets of their town. From an early hour they have been scouring these in search of him; and, at length, reached the Choctaw Chief -- the place where he should be found, if found at all.", "start_byte": 292436, "end_byte": 292824, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 758.5999755859375, "end_time": 791.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 758.6349755859375, "cut_end_time": 791.0300380859376}, {"text": "On its doors being opened, they discover traces of him. No man named Darke has been there, but one calling himself Quantrell, with another, who went by the name of Walsh.", "start_byte": 292826, "end_byte": 292996, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 791.47998046875, "end_time": 805.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 791.74498046875, "cut_end_time": 804.79010546875}, {"text": "As, in this case, neither the landlord nor bar-keeper have any interest in screening that particular pair of their late guests, they make no attempt to do so; but, on the contrary, tell all they know about them; adding, how both went away with a number of other gentlemen, who paid their tavern bills, and took departure at an early hour of the morning.", "start_byte": 292998, "end_byte": 293351, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 805.2000122070312, "end_time": 831.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 805.4350122070313, "cut_end_time": 831.0300747070313}, {"text": "The description of the other", "start_byte": 293353, "end_byte": 293381, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 831.280029296875, "end_time": 833.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 831.665029296875, "cut_end_time": 833.180091796875}, {"text": " is not so particularly given, because not so specially called for. In that of Quantrell and Walsh, Colonel Armstrong, without difficulty, identifies Richard Darke and the jailer, Joe Harkness.", "start_byte": 293393, "end_byte": 293586, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 833.8400268554688, "end_time": 851.1599731445312, "cut_start_time": 833.9450268554688, "cut_end_time": 850.5800268554688}]}

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O God!\"", "start_byte": 304375, "end_byte": 304485, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 880.0399780273438, "end_time": 890.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 880.2049780273438, "cut_end_time": 890.7000405273437, "narrative_prediction": {"comes": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}, "poured": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 8}, "wild": {"id": "0", "type": "adjective", "confidence": 9}, "passionate": {"id": "0", "type": "adjective", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"By the heavens above -- by the shade of my murdered mother, who lies beneath -- I swear not to know rest, never more seek contentment, till I've punished her murderer! Night and day -- through summer and winter -- shall I search for him. Yes; search till I've found and chastised this man, this monster, who has brought blight on me, death to my mother, and desolation to our house! Ah! think not you can escape me! Texas, whither I know you have gone, will not be large enough to hold, nor its wilderness wide enough to screen you from my vengeance. If not found there, I shall follow you to the end of the earth -- to the end of the earth, Richard Darke!\"", "start_byte": 305244, "end_byte": 305902, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 951.0399780273438, "end_time": 1005.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 951.3149780273437, "cut_end_time": 1005.1000405273438, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Charley Clancy!\"", "start_byte": 305904, "end_byte": 305921, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1005.719970703125, "end_time": 1007.4000244140625, "cut_start_time": 1006.064970703125, "cut_end_time": 1007.3000957031251, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": "Alive he would long since have returned home, at thought of what his mother must be suffering. He was just the man to do that, as all who knew him are aware. Even wounded and crippled, if able to crawl, it would be to the side of the only woman at such a crisis he should care for.", "start_byte": 294609, "end_byte": 294890, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 92.31999969482422, "end_time": 114.80000305175781, "cut_start_time": 92.56499969482421, "cut_end_time": 114.69012469482422}, {"text": "Though it is now known that he cared for another, no one entertains a thought of his having gone off after her. It would not be in keeping with his character, any more than with the incidents and events that have conspired to make the mystery. Days pass, and it still remains one.", "start_byte": 294892, "end_byte": 295172, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 114.80000305175781, "end_time": 137.52000427246094, "cut_start_time": 115.2350030517578, "cut_end_time": 137.2300655517578}, {"text": "The sun rises and sets, without throwing any light upon it. Conjecture can do nothing to clear it up; and search, over and over unsuccessful, is at length abandoned.", "start_byte": 295174, "end_byte": 295339, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 137.52000427246094, "end_time": 152.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 138.07500427246094, "cut_end_time": 151.99006677246092}, {"text": "If people still speculate upon how the body of the murdered man has been disposed of, there is no speculation as to who was his murderer, or how the latter made escape.", "start_byte": 295341, "end_byte": 295509, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 152.16000366210938, "end_time": 165.52000427246094, "cut_start_time": 152.43500366210938, "cut_end_time": 165.24006616210937}, {"text": "The treason of the jail-keeper explains this -- itself accounted for by Ephraim Darke having on the previous day paid a visit to his son in the cell, and left with him a key that ere now has opened many a prison door. Joe Harkness, a weak-witted fellow, long suspected of faithlessness, was not the man to resist the temptation with which his palm had been touched.", "start_byte": 295511, "end_byte": 295876, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 165.52000427246094, "end_time": 195.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 165.89500427246094, "cut_end_time": 195.12006677246092}, {"text": "Since that day some changes have taken place in the settlement. The plantation late Armstrong's has passed into the hands of a new proprietor -- Darke having disposed of it -- while the cottage of the Clancys, now ownerless, stays untenanted. Unfurnished too: for the bailiff has been there, and a bill of sale, which covered its scant plenishing, farm-stock, implements and utensils, has swept all away.", "start_byte": 295878, "end_byte": 296282, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 195.44000244140625, "end_time": 229.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 195.70500244140624, "cut_end_time": 229.65000244140623}, {"text": "For a single day there was a stir about the place, with noise corresponding, when the chattels were being disposed of by public auction. Then the household gods of the decayed Irish gentleman were knocked down to the highest bidder, and scattered throughout the district. Rare books, pictures, and other articles, telling of refined taste, with some slight remnants of bijouterie, were carried off to log-cabins, there to be esteemed in proportion to the prices paid for them. In fine, the Clancy cottage, stripped of everything, has been left untenanted. Lone as to the situation in which it stands, it is yet lonelier in its desolation. Even the dog, that did such service in pointing out the criminality of him who caused all the ruin, no longer guards its enclosures, or cheers them with his familiar bark. The faithful animal, adopted by Simeon Woodley, has found a home in the cabin of the hunter.", "start_byte": 296284, "end_byte": 297187, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 229.55999755859375, "end_time": 305.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 229.91499755859374, "cut_end_time": 305.19012255859377}, {"text": "It is midnight; an hour still and voiceless in Northern climes, but not so in the Southern. Far from it in the State of Mississippi. There the sun's excessive heat keeps Nature alert and alive, even at night, and in days of December.", "start_byte": 297189, "end_byte": 297422, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 305.20001220703125, "end_time": 325.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 305.5450122070313, "cut_end_time": 325.5600747070313}, {"text": "Though night, it is not December, but a date nearer Spring. February is written on the heading of letters, and this, a Spring month on the Lower Mississippi, has commenced making its imprint on the forest trees. Their buds have already burst, some showing leaves fully expanded, others of still earlier habit bedecked with blossoms. Birds, too, awaking from a short winter's silence, pour forth their amorous lays, filling glade and grove with music, that does not end with the day; for the mock-bird, taking up the strain, carries it on through the hours of night; so well counterfeiting the notes of his fellow-songsters, one might fancy them awake -- still singing.", "start_byte": 297424, "end_byte": 298092, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 325.9200134277344, "end_time": 379.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 326.0050134277344, "cut_end_time": 379.44007592773437}, {"text": "Not so melodious are other voices disturbing the stillness of the Southern night. Quite the opposite are the croaking of frogs, the screeching of owls, the jerking call of tree-crickets, and the bellowing of the alligator. Still, the ear accustomed to such sounds is not jarred by them. They are but the bass notes, needed to complete the symphony of Nature's concert.", "start_byte": 298094, "end_byte": 298462, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 379.6400146484375, "end_time": 407.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 379.8850146484375, "cut_end_time": 407.0200146484375}, {"text": "In the midst of this melange, -- the hour, as already stated, midnight -- a man, or something bearing man's semblance, is seen gliding along the edge of the cypress swamp, not far from the place where Charles Clancy fell.", "start_byte": 298464, "end_byte": 298685, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 407.239990234375, "end_time": 424.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 407.224990234375, "cut_end_time": 424.02005273437504}, {"text": "After skirting the mud-flat for a time, the figure -- whether ghost or human -- turns face toward the tract of lighter woodland, extending between the thick timber and cleared ground of the plantations.", "start_byte": 298687, "end_byte": 298889, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 424.3999938964844, "end_time": 440.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 424.7049938964844, "cut_end_time": 440.1901188964844}, {"text": "Having traversed this, the nocturnal wayfarer comes within sight of the deserted cottage, late occupied by the Clancys.", "start_byte": 298891, "end_byte": 299010, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 440.20001220703125, "end_time": 450.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 440.36501220703127, "cut_end_time": 449.9700122070313}, {"text": "The moonlight, falling upon his face, shows it to be white. Also, that his cheeks are pallid, with eyes hollow and sunken, as from sickness -- some malady long-endured, and not yet cured. As he strides over fallen logs, or climbs fences stretching athwart his course, his tottering step tells of a frame enfeebled.", "start_byte": 299012, "end_byte": 299326, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 450.0799865722656, "end_time": 477.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 450.47498657226566, "cut_end_time": 477.8001115722657}, {"text": "When at length clear of the woods, and within sight of the untenanted dwelling, he stops, and for a time remains contemplating it. That he is aware of its being unoccupied is evident, from the glance with which he regards it.", "start_byte": 299328, "end_byte": 299553, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 477.760009765625, "end_time": 494.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 478.20500976562505, "cut_end_time": 494.36007226562504}, {"text": "His familiarity with the place is equally evident. On entering the cottage grounds, which he soon after does, through, some shrubbery at the back, he takes the path leading up to the house, without appearing to have any doubt about its being the right one.", "start_byte": 299555, "end_byte": 299811, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 494.7200012207031, "end_time": 513.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 494.9750012207031, "cut_end_time": 513.0300637207032}, {"text": "For all this he makes approach with caution, looking suspiciously around -- either actually afraid, or not desiring to be observed.", "start_byte": 299813, "end_byte": 299944, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 513.2000122070312, "end_time": 523.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 513.5550122070313, "cut_end_time": 523.9000122070313}, {"text": "There is little likelihood of his being so. At that hour all in the settlement should be asleep. The house stands remote, more than a mile from its nearest neighbour. It is empty; has been stripped of its furniture, of everything. What should any one be doing there?", "start_byte": 299946, "end_byte": 300212, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 523.7999877929688, "end_time": 543.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 523.7749877929688, "cut_end_time": 543.0000502929688}, {"text": "What is he doing there? A question which would suggest itself to one seeing him; with interest added on making note of his movements.", "start_byte": 300214, "end_byte": 300347, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 543.0399780273438, "end_time": 554.0, "cut_start_time": 543.3149780273437, "cut_end_time": 553.4600405273437}, {"text": "There is no one to do either; and he continues on to the house, making for its back door, where there is a porch, as also a covered way, leading to a log-cabin -- the kitchen.", "start_byte": 300349, "end_byte": 300524, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 554.0, "end_time": 568.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 554.365, "cut_end_time": 568.6}, {"text": "Even as within the porch, he tries the handle of the door which at a touch goes open. There is no lock, or if there was, it has not been thought worth while to turn the key in it. There are no burglars in the backwoods. If there were, nothing in that house need tempt them.", "start_byte": 300526, "end_byte": 300799, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 568.5999755859375, "end_time": 588.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 568.6349755859375, "cut_end_time": 588.7900380859376}, {"text": "Its nocturnal visitor enters under its roof. The ring of his footsteps, though he still treads cautiously, gives out a sad, solemn sound. It is in unison with the sighs that come, deep-drawn, from his breast; at times so sonorous as to be audible all over the house.", "start_byte": 300801, "end_byte": 301067, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 588.7999877929688, "end_time": 610.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 589.0449877929688, "cut_end_time": 610.8900502929688}, {"text": "He passes from room to room. There are not many -- only five of them. In each he remains a few moments, gazing dismally around. But in one -- that which was the widow's sleeping chamber -- he tarries a longer time; regarding a particular spot -- the place formerly occupied by a bed. Then a sigh, louder than any that has preceded it, succeeded by the words, low-muttered: -- ", "start_byte": 301069, "end_byte": 301445, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 610.7999877929688, "end_time": 640.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 611.1049877929688, "cut_end_time": 640.5800502929687}, {"text": "After this speech, more sighing, accompanied by still surer signs of sorrow -- sobs and weeping. As the moonbeams, pouring in through the open window, fall upon his face, their pale silvery light sparkles upon tears, streaming from hollow eyes, chasing one another down emaciated cheeks.", "start_byte": 301489, "end_byte": 301776, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 643.6799926757812, "end_time": 669.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 643.8549926757813, "cut_end_time": 669.5801176757813}, {"text": "After surrendering himself some minutes to what appears a very agony of grief, he turns out of the sleeping chamber; passes through the narrow hall-way; and on into the porch. Not now the back one, but that facing front to the road.", "start_byte": 301778, "end_byte": 302010, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 669.8400268554688, "end_time": 687.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 669.9150268554688, "cut_end_time": 687.3800268554688}, {"text": "On the other side of this is an open tract of ground, half cleared, half woodland; the former sterile, the latter scraggy. It seems to belong to no one, as if not worth claiming, or cultivating. It has been, in fact, an appanage of Colonel Armstrong's estate, who had granted it to the public as the site for a schoolhouse, and a common burying-ground -- free to all desiring to be instructed, or needing to be interred. The schoolhouse has disappeared, but the cemetery is still there -- only distinguishable from the surrounding terrain by some oblong elevations, having the well-known configuration of graves. There are in all about a score of them; some having a plain head-board -- a piece of painted plank, with letters rudely limned, recording the name and age of him or her resting underneath.", "start_byte": 302012, "end_byte": 302813, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 687.6799926757812, "end_time": 753.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 687.8449926757813, "cut_end_time": 752.6400551757813}, {"text": "Time and the weather have turned most of them greyish, with dates decayed, and names scarcely legible. But there is one upon which the paint shows fresh and white; in the clear moonlight gleaming like a meteor.", "start_byte": 302815, "end_byte": 303025, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 753.1199951171875, "end_time": 769.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 753.3249951171875, "cut_end_time": 769.4700576171875}, {"text": "He who has explored the deserted dwelling, stands for a while with eyes directed on this recently erected memorial. Then, stepping down from the porch, he passes through the wicket-gate; crosses the road; and goes straight towards it, as though a hand beckoned him thither.", "start_byte": 303027, "end_byte": 303300, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 769.6799926757812, "end_time": 791.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 770.0849926757812, "cut_end_time": 791.0001176757813}, {"text": "When close up, he sees it to be by a grave upon which the herbage has not yet grown.", "start_byte": 303302, "end_byte": 303386, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 791.280029296875, "end_time": 798.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 791.5750292968751, "cut_end_time": 798.120029296875}, {"text": "The night is a cold one -- chill for that Southern clime. The dew upon the withered grass of the grave turf is almost congealed into hoar frost, adding to its ghostly aspect.", "start_byte": 303388, "end_byte": 303562, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 798.1199951171875, "end_time": 811.8400268554688, "cut_start_time": 798.2249951171875, "cut_end_time": 811.7201201171875}, {"text": "The lettering upon the head-board is in shadow, the moon being on the opposite side.", "start_byte": 303564, "end_byte": 303648, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 811.8400268554688, "end_time": 817.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 811.9250268554688, "cut_end_time": 817.8000268554688}, {"text": "But stooping forward, so as to bring his eyes close to the slab, he is enabled to decipher the inscription.", "start_byte": 303650, "end_byte": 303757, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 817.9199829101562, "end_time": 826.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 818.2849829101563, "cut_end_time": 826.4901079101563}, {"text": "It is the simplest form of memento -- only a name, with the date of death -- ", "start_byte": 303759, "end_byte": 303836, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 826.760009765625, "end_time": 833.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 827.0550097656251, "cut_end_time": 833.160009765625}, {"text": "\"Caroline Clancy, Died January 18 -- \"", "start_byte": 303838, "end_byte": 303876, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 833.719970703125, "end_time": 838.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 833.834970703125, "cut_end_time": 838.470095703125}, {"text": "After reading it, a fresh sob bursts from his bosom, new tears start from his eyes, and he flings himself down upon the grave. Disregarding the dew, thinking nought of the night's dullness, he stretches his arms over the cold turf, embracing it as though it were the warm body of one beloved!", "start_byte": 303878, "end_byte": 304170, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 838.9600219726562, "end_time": 862.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 839.2450219726562, "cut_end_time": 862.2800219726563}, {"text": "For several minutes he remains in this attitude. 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I've heard all -- everything that has happened. Too much I've heard. O God! look there! Her grave -- my murdered mother!\"", "start_byte": 310757, "end_byte": 310888, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 406.7200012207031, "end_time": 416.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 407.02500122070313, "cut_end_time": 416.4700012207031, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"That's true. It killed the poor lady, sure enough.\"", "start_byte": 310890, "end_byte": 310942, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 416.79998779296875, "end_time": 420.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 417.09498779296877, "cut_end_time": 420.5400502929688, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Yes; he killed her.\"", "start_byte": 310944, "end_byte": 310965, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 420.67999267578125, "end_time": 422.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 420.8349926757813, "cut_end_time": 422.18005517578126, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I needn't axe who you refar to. I heerd you mention the name as I got up. We all know that Dick Darke has done whatever hez been done. We hed him put in prison, but the skunk got away from us, by the bribin' o' another skunk like hisself. The two went off thegither, an' no word's ever been since heerd 'bout eyther. I guess they've put for Texas, whar every scoundrel goes nowadays. Wal, Lordy! I'm so glad to see ye still alive. Won't ye tell me how it's all kim about?\"", "start_byte": 310967, "end_byte": 311440, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 422.55999755859375, "end_time": 463.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 422.8849975585938, "cut_end_time": 463.00006005859376, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"In time I shall -- not now.\"", "start_byte": 311442, "end_byte": 311471, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 463.2799987792969, "end_time": 466.0, "cut_start_time": 463.4749987792969, "cut_end_time": 465.7500612792969, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"But why are ye displeezed at meetin' me -- me that mayent be the grandest, but saitinly one o' the truest an' fastest o' yur friends?\"", "start_byte": 311473, "end_byte": 311608, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 466.0, "end_time": 476.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 466.39500000000004, "cut_end_time": 476.4900625, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I believe you are, Woodley -- am sure of it. And, now that I think more of the matter, I'm not sorry at having met you. Rather am I glad of it; for I feel that I can depend upon you. Sime, will you go with me to Texas?\"", "start_byte": 311610, "end_byte": 311830, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 476.7200012207031, "end_time": 492.79998779296875, "cut_start_time": 477.07500122070314, "cut_end_time": 492.5400012207032, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Meet him!", "start_byte": 311954, "end_byte": 311964, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 503.55999755859375, "end_time": 504.5199890136719, "cut_start_time": 503.72499755859377, "cut_end_time": 504.3400600585938, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I'm sure of meeting him. I know the spot where. Ah, Simeon Woodley! 'tis a wicked world! Murderer as that man is, or supposed to be, there's a woman gone to Texas who will welcome him -- receive him with open arms; lovingly entwine them around his neck. O God!\"", "start_byte": 312043, "end_byte": 312305, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 510.20001220703125, "end_time": 532.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 510.43501220703126, "cut_end_time": 532.1600747070313, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"What woman air ye talkin' o', Clancy?\"", "start_byte": 312307, "end_byte": 312346, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 532.6400146484375, "end_time": 536.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 532.9850146484375, "cut_end_time": 536.0800771484376, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Her who has been the cause of all -- Helen Armstrong.\"", "start_byte": 312348, "end_byte": 312403, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 536.280029296875, "end_time": 540.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 536.485029296875, "cut_end_time": 540.550091796875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Wal; ye speak the truth partwise -- but only partwise. Thar' can be no doubt o' Miss Armstrong's being the innercent cause of most o' what's been did. But as to her hevin' a likin' for Dick Darke, or puttin' them soft white arms o' hern willingly or lovingly aroun' his neck, thar you're clar off the trail -- a million miles off o' it. That ere gurl hates the very sight o' the man, as Sime Woodley hev' good reason to know. An' I know, too, that she's nuts on another man -- leastwise has been afore all this happened, and I reck'n still continue to be. Weemen -- that air, weemen o' her kidney -- ain't so changeable as people supposes. 'Bout Miss Helen Armstrong hevin' once been inclined to'ardst this other man, an' ready to freeze to him, I hev' the proof in my pocket.\"", "start_byte": 312405, "end_byte": 313183, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 540.8800048828125, "end_time": 603.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 541.0550048828126, "cut_end_time": 603.6200048828125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"The proof! What are you speaking of?\"", "start_byte": 313185, "end_byte": 313223, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 603.9199829101562, "end_time": 607.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 604.0949829101563, "cut_end_time": 606.8900454101563, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"A dookyment, Charley Clancy, that shed hev reached you long ago, seein' that it's got your name on it. Thar's both a letter and a pictur'. To examine 'em, we must have a clarer light than what's unner this tree, or kin be got out o' that 'ere moon. S'pose we adjern to my shanty. Thar we kin set the logs a-bleezin'. When they throw thar glint on the bit o' paper I've spoke about, I'll take long odds you won't be so down in the mouth. Come along, Charley Clancy! Ye've had a durned dodrotted deal both o' sufferin' an' sorrow. Be cheered! Sime Woodley's got somethin' thet's likely to put ye straight upright on your pins. It's only a bit o' pasteboard an' a sheet o' paper -- both inside what in Natcheez they calls a enwelope. Come wi' me to the ole cabin, an' thar you kin take a squint at 'em.\"", "start_byte": 313225, "end_byte": 314026, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 607.3599853515625, "end_time": 672.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 607.4749853515625, "cut_end_time": 671.6500478515625, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Thank heaven! she is true -- still true!\"", "start_byte": 314528, "end_byte": 314570, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 711.280029296875, "end_time": 715.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 711.555029296875, "cut_end_time": 715.3200292968751, "narrative_prediction": {"cries": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}, "out": {"id": "0", "type": "adverb", "confidence": 9}, "in": {"id": "0", "type": "adverb", "confidence": 9}, "ecstasy": {"id": "0", "type": "noun", "confidence": 9}}}], "narrations": [{"text": "He reaches this conclusion the sooner from having all along entertained a doubt about Clancy being dead. Despite the many circumstances pointing to, almost proving, his death, Woodley was never quite convinced of it. No one has taken so much trouble, or made so many efforts, to clear up the mystery. He has been foremost in the attempt to get punishment for the guilty man, as in the search for the body of his victim; both of which failed, to his great humiliation; his grief too, for he sincerely lamented his lost friend. Friends they were of no common kind. Not only had they oft hunted in company, but been together in Texas during Clancy's visit to the Lone Star State; together at Nacogdoches, where Borlasse received chastisement for stealing the horse; together saw the thief tied to the stake, Woodley being one of the stern jury who sentenced him to be whipped, and saw to the sentence being carried into execution.", "start_byte": 306772, "end_byte": 307699, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 91.4800033569336, "end_time": 165.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 91.87500335693359, "cut_end_time": 164.82000335693357}, {"text": "The hunter had been to Natchez for the disposal of some pelts and deer-meat, a week's produce of his gun. Returning at a late hour, he must needs pass the cottage of the Clancys, his own humble domicile lying beyond. At sight of the deserted dwelling a painful throb passed through his heart, as he recalled the sad fate of those who once occupied it.", "start_byte": 307701, "end_byte": 308052, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 165.1199951171875, "end_time": 192.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 165.5549951171875, "cut_end_time": 192.5301201171875}, {"text": "Making an effort to forget the gloomy record, he was riding on, when a figure flitting across the road arrested his attention. The clear moonlight showed the figure to be that of a man, and one whose movements betrayed absence of mind, if not actual aberration.", "start_byte": 308054, "end_byte": 308315, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 192.8800048828125, "end_time": 212.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 193.1350048828125, "cut_end_time": 212.2200048828125}, {"text": "With the instinct habitual to the hunter Woodley at once tightened rein, coming to a stop under the shadow of the roadside trees. Sitting in his saddle he watched the midnight wanderer, whose eccentric movements continued to cause him surprise. He saw the latter walk on to the little woodland cemetery, take stand by the side of a grave, bending forward as if to read the epitaph on its painted slab. Soon after kneeling down as in prayer, then throwing himself prostrate along the earth. Woodley well knew the grave thus venerated. For he had himself assisted in digging and smoothing down the turf that covered it. He had also been instrumental in erecting the frail tablet that stood over. Who was this man, in the chill, silent hour of midnight, flinging himself upon it in sorrow or adoration?", "start_byte": 308317, "end_byte": 309116, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 212.55999755859375, "end_time": 274.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 212.86499755859376, "cut_end_time": 274.66012255859374}, {"text": "With a feeling far different from curiosity, the hunter slipped out of his saddle, and leaving his horse behind, cautiously approached the spot. As the man upon the grave was too much absorbed with his own thoughts, he got close up without being observed; so close as to hear that strange adjuration, and see a face he never expected to look upon again. Despite the features, pale and marked with emaciation, the hollow cheeks, and sunken but glaring eyeballs, he recognised the countenance of Charles Clancy; soon as he did so, mechanically calling out his name.", "start_byte": 309118, "end_byte": 309681, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 274.9200134277344, "end_time": 319.7200012207031, "cut_start_time": 275.17501342773437, "cut_end_time": 319.3800759277344}, {"text": "Hearing his own pronounced, in response, Sime again exclaims,", "start_byte": 309683, "end_byte": 309744, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 319.7200012207031, "end_time": 325.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 319.95500122070314, "cut_end_time": 324.94006372070317}, {"text": " adding the interrogatory,", "start_byte": 309762, "end_byte": 309788, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 326.8800048828125, "end_time": 329.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 327.0550048828125, "cut_end_time": 329.1200673828125}, {"text": "Then, becoming assured, he throws open his arms, and closes them around his old hunting associate.", "start_byte": 309821, "end_byte": 309919, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 331.9200134277344, "end_time": 339.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 332.2550134277344, "cut_end_time": 338.8100134277344}, {"text": "Joy, at seeing the latter still alive, expels every trace of supernatural thought, and he gives way -- to exuberant congratulation.", "start_byte": 309921, "end_byte": 310052, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 339.2799987792969, "end_time": 350.32000732421875, "cut_start_time": 339.4149987792969, "cut_end_time": 349.7201237792969}, {"text": "On Clancy's side the only return is a faint smile, with a few confused words, that seem to speak more of sadness than satisfaction. The expression upon his face is rather or chagrin, as if sorry at the encounter having occurred. His words are proof of it.", "start_byte": 310054, "end_byte": 310309, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 350.32000732421875, "end_time": 370.9200134277344, "cut_start_time": 350.55500732421876, "cut_end_time": 370.6100698242188}, {"text": " he says,", "start_byte": 310328, "end_byte": 310337, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 372.239990234375, "end_time": 373.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 372.214990234375, "cut_end_time": 373.02005273437504}, {"text": " returns the hunter, supremely astonished at the coldness with which his warm advances have been received.", "start_byte": 310424, "end_byte": 310530, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 379.9599914550781, "end_time": 388.0, "cut_start_time": 380.05499145507815, "cut_end_time": 387.75005395507816}, {"text": "\"To Texas, or anywhars. In coorse I will. An' I reck'n we'll hev a good chance o' meetin' Dick Darke thar, an' then -- \"", "start_byte": 311832, "end_byte": 311952, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 492.79998779296875, "end_time": 503.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 493.0049877929688, "cut_end_time": 503.1600502929688}, {"text": " exclaimed Clancy, without waiting for the backwoodsman to finish his speech,", "start_byte": 311965, "end_byte": 312042, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 504.5199890136719, "end_time": 510.20001220703125, "cut_start_time": 504.6949890136719, "cut_end_time": 510.1801140136719}, {"text": "Clancy's heart is too full to make rejoinder. The words of Woodley have inspired him with new hope. Health, long doubtful, seems suddenly restored to him. The colour comes back to his cheeks; and, as he follows the hunter to his hut, his stride exhibits all its old vigour and elasticity.", "start_byte": 314028, "end_byte": 314316, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 672.239990234375, "end_time": 694.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 672.4049902343751, "cut_end_time": 694.620115234375}, {"text": "When the burning logs are kicked into a blaze; when by its light he reads Helen Armstrong's letter, and looks upon her photograph -- on that sweet inscript intended for himself -- he cries out in ecstasy, -- ", "start_byte": 314318, "end_byte": 314526, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 694.8800048828125, "end_time": 711.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 695.1950048828126, "cut_end_time": 710.9400673828126}, {"text": "No longer looks he the sad despairing invalid, but the lover -- strong, proud, triumphant.", "start_byte": 314572, "end_byte": 314662, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 715.6799926757812, "end_time": 723.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 715.9549926757812, "cut_end_time": 723.2200551757812}, {"text": "CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN.", "start_byte": 314664, "end_byte": 314685, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 723.1199951171875, "end_time": 724.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 723.0949951171875, "cut_end_time": 724.7000576171876}, {"text": "THE HOME OF THE HUNTED SLAVE.", "start_byte": 314687, "end_byte": 314716, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 724.8400268554688, "end_time": 725.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 724.8150268554688, "cut_end_time": 726.0200268554688}]}

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I do believe it does!", "start_byte": 333248, "end_byte": 333280, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 88.23999786376953, "end_time": 91.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 88.43499786376952, "cut_end_time": 91.11006036376952, "narrative_prediction": {"spoken": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}, "hopefully": {"id": "1", "type": "adverb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"Breath in his body, or no breath, it won't do to leave it lyin' here. Poor young gen'leman! The best of them all about these parts. What would Miss Helen say if she see him now? What will she say when she hear o' it? I wonder who's done it? No, I don't -- not a bit. There's only one likely. From what Jule told me, I thought 't would come to this, some day. Wish I could a been about to warn him. Well, it's too late now. The Devil has got the upper hand, as seem always the way. Ah! what 'll become o' Miss Armstrong? She loved him, sure as I love Jule, or Jule me.\"", "start_byte": 334105, "end_byte": 334674, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 156.8000030517578, "end_time": 202.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 157.0050030517578, "cut_end_time": 201.8000655517578, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Dead or alive,", "start_byte": 335228, "end_byte": 335243, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 245.0, "end_time": 246.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 245.155, "cut_end_time": 246.25006249999998, "narrative_prediction": {"mutters": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"I mustn't, shan't leave him here. The wolves would soon make bare bones of him, and the carrion crows peck that handsome face of his. They shan't either get at him. No. He's did me a kindness more'n once, it's my turn now. Slave, mulatto, nigger, as they call me, I'll show them that under a coloured skin there can be gratitude, as much as under a white one -- may be more. Show them! What am I talkin' 'bout? There's nobody to see. Good thing for me there isn't. But there might be, if I stand shilly-shallying here. I mustn't a minute longer.\"", "start_byte": 335257, "end_byte": 335804, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 247.16000366210938, "end_time": 291.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 247.31500366210938, "cut_end_time": 290.9900661621094, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"What's to be done with it?", "start_byte": 336164, "end_byte": 336191, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 319.44000244140625, "end_time": 321.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 319.7850024414063, "cut_end_time": 321.36000244140627, "narrative_prediction": {"asks": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"I daren't take it along. 'Twould be sure some day make a noise, and guide the nigger-hunters to my nest -- I mustn't risk that. To leave the dog here may be worse still. It'll sure follow me toatin away its master, an' if it didn't take to the water an' swim after 'twould know where the dug-out lay, an' might show them the place. I shan't make any tracks; for all that they'd suspect somethin', down the creek, an' come that way sarchin'. 'Twont do take the dog -- 'twont do to leave it -- what will do?\"", "start_byte": 336210, "end_byte": 336717, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 323.1600036621094, "end_time": 362.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 323.4050036621094, "cut_end_time": 361.8400661621094, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I can't do that -- no; the poor brute so 'fectionate an' faithful! 'Twould be downright cruel. A'most the same as murderin' a man. I wont do it.\"", "start_byte": 337060, "end_byte": 337206, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 388.44000244140625, "end_time": 401.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 388.5950024414063, "cut_end_time": 401.0300649414063, "narrative_prediction": {"saying": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Ah!", "start_byte": 337282, "end_byte": 337286, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 407.79998779296875, "end_time": 408.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 407.91498779296876, "cut_end_time": 408.42005029296877, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"I have it now. That'll be just the thing.\"", "start_byte": 337329, "end_byte": 337372, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 412.2799987792969, "end_time": 415.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 412.6149987792969, "cut_end_time": 415.5101237792969, "narrative_prediction": {"exclaims": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"thing", "start_byte": 337378, "end_byte": 337384, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 416.0, "end_time": 416.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 416.01500000000004, "cut_end_time": 416.5, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Come up, ole fella. You aint afeerd o' me. I'm Jupe, your master's friend, ye know. There's a good dog! Come now; come!\"", "start_byte": 337549, "end_byte": 337670, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 429.3599853515625, "end_time": 439.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 429.5249853515625, "cut_end_time": 439.1600478515625, "narrative_prediction": {"commences": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"Stand still, good dog! Steady, and let me slip this round your neck. Don't be skeeart. I'm not goin' to hang you -- only to keep you quiet a bit.\"", "start_byte": 337840, "end_byte": 337987, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 453.2799987792969, "end_time": 464.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 453.3549987792969, "cut_end_time": 464.1300612792969, "narrative_prediction": {"continues": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}, "apostrophise": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}, "saying": {"id": "0", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"What has become of Charles Clancy?", "start_byte": 341617, "end_byte": 341652, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 758.4400024414062, "end_time": 761.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 758.6850024414063, "cut_end_time": 761.6700024414063, "narrative_prediction": {"encountering": {"id": "2", "type": "verb", "confidence": 8}}}, {"text": "\"Where is his body?\"", "start_byte": 341658, "end_byte": 341678, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 762.0399780273438, "end_time": 763.9199829101562, "cut_start_time": 762.0149780273438, "cut_end_time": 763.8200405273437, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You say, Sime, I can depend upon you to stand by me?\"", "start_byte": 342151, "end_byte": 342205, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 793.3599853515625, "end_time": 798.52001953125, "cut_start_time": 793.5649853515625, "cut_end_time": 797.9501103515626, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Ye may stake yur life on that. Had you iver reezun to misdoubt me?\"", "start_byte": 342207, "end_byte": 342275, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 798.52001953125, "end_time": 804.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 798.64501953125, "cut_end_time": 803.84001953125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"No -- never.\"", "start_byte": 342277, "end_byte": 342291, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 804.239990234375, "end_time": 805.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 804.384990234375, "cut_end_time": 805.610115234375, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"But, Charley, ye hain't tolt me why ye appeared a bit displeezed at meetin' me the night. That war a mystery to me.\"", "start_byte": 342293, "end_byte": 342410, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 805.8800048828125, "end_time": 815.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 806.1550048828125, "cut_end_time": 815.2800048828125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"There was nothing in it, Sime. Only that I didn't care to meet, or be seen by, any one till I should be strong enough to carry out my purpose. It would, in all probability, be defeated were the world to know I am still alive. That secret I shall expect you to keep.\"", "start_byte": 342412, "end_byte": 342679, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 815.6799926757812, "end_time": 836.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 816.0249926757813, "cut_end_time": 835.9000551757813, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"You kin trust to me for that; an' yur plans too. Don't be afeerd to confide them to Sime Woodley. Maybe he may help ye to gettin' 'em ship-shape.\"", "start_byte": 342681, "end_byte": 342828, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 836.239990234375, "end_time": 850.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 836.504990234375, "cut_end_time": 849.8301152343751, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"The poor old place!", "start_byte": 344373, "end_byte": 344393, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 974.239990234375, "end_time": 975.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 974.484990234375, "cut_end_time": 975.900052734375, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"No more mine! Empty -- every stick sold out of it, I've heard. Well, let them go! I go to Texas.\"", "start_byte": 344468, "end_byte": 344566, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 981.5999755859375, "end_time": 990.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 981.8449755859375, "cut_end_time": 990.6601005859375, "narrative_prediction": {"says": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"An' I with ye. To Texas, or anywhars, in a cause like your'n, Clancy. Sime Woodley wouldn't desarve the name o' man, to hang back on a trail like that. But, say! don't ye think we'd be more likely o' findin' the game by stayin' hyar? Ef ye make it known that you're still alive, then thar ain't been no murder done, an' Dick Darke 'll be sure to kum home agin.\"", "start_byte": 344568, "end_byte": 344930, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 990.9600219726562, "end_time": 1020.719970703125, "cut_start_time": 991.1850219726563, "cut_end_time": 1020.3700219726562, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"If he came what could I do? Shoot him down like a dog, as he thought he had me? That would make me a murderer, with good chance of being hanged for it. In Texas it is different. There, if I can meet him -- . But we only lose time in talking. You say, Woodley, you'll go with me?\"", "start_byte": 344932, "end_byte": 345212, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1020.719970703125, "end_time": 1041.47998046875, "cut_start_time": 1021.0149707031251, "cut_end_time": 1041.050033203125, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"In course I've said it, and I'll do as I've sayed. There's no backin' out in this child. Besides, I war jest thinkin' o' a return to Texas, afore I seed you. An' thar's another 'll go along wi' us; that's young Ned Heywood, a friend o' your'n most as much as myself. Ned's wantin' bad to steer torst the Lone Star State. So, thar'll be three o' us on the trail o' Dick Darke.\"", "start_byte": 345214, "end_byte": 345591, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1041.47998046875, "end_time": 1072.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 1041.64498046875, "cut_end_time": 1072.01004296875, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"There will be four of us.\"", "start_byte": 345593, "end_byte": 345620, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1072.239990234375, "end_time": 1074.1600341796875, "cut_start_time": 1072.424990234375, "cut_end_time": 1073.9301152343749, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Four! Who's the t'other, may I axe?\"", "start_byte": 345622, "end_byte": 345659, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1074.1600341796875, "end_time": 1077.800048828125, "cut_start_time": 1074.3150341796875, "cut_end_time": 1077.2700966796874, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"Some one else!", "start_byte": 346092, "end_byte": 346107, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1111.800048828125, "end_time": 1113.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 1111.975048828125, "cut_end_time": 1113.080048828125, "narrative_prediction": {"echoes": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 10}}}, {"text": "\"who mout ye mean, Clancy?\"", "start_byte": 346136, "end_byte": 346163, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1115.6800537109375, "end_time": 1118.1600341796875, "cut_start_time": 1115.7850537109375, "cut_end_time": 1117.9101162109373, "narrative_prediction": {"interrupting": {"id": "1", "type": "verb", "confidence": 9}}}, {"text": "\"Her.\"", "start_byte": 346165, "end_byte": 346171, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1118.1600341796875, "end_time": 1118.8399658203125, "cut_start_time": 1118.2250341796873, "cut_end_time": 1118.7200341796874, "narrative_prediction": {}}, {"text": "\"That air's Helen Armstrong. I don't see how she kin be in any danger from Dick Darke. Thet ere gurl hev courage enuf to take care o' herself, an' the spirit too. Besides, she'll hev about her purtectors a plenty.\"", "start_byte": 346173, "end_byte": 346387, "is_quote": true, "start_time": 1118.8399658203125, "end_time": 1136.199951171875, "cut_start_time": 1118.9949658203125, "cut_end_time": 1135.9300283203124, "narrative_prediction": {}}], "narrations": [{"text": " exclaims the mulatto as soon as setting eyes on the face.", "start_byte": 332548, "end_byte": 332606, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 36.0, "end_time": 40.400001525878906, "cut_start_time": 36.055, "cut_end_time": 39.9900625}, {"text": "For a time he stands aghast, with arms upraised, and eyes staring wildly.", "start_byte": 332636, "end_byte": 332709, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 42.880001068115234, "end_time": 48.84000015258789, "cut_start_time": 43.26500106811523, "cut_end_time": 48.660063568115234}, {"text": "Then, as if struck by something in the appearance of the corpse, he mutteringly interrogates:", "start_byte": 332711, "end_byte": 332804, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 48.84000015258789, "end_time": 55.63999938964844, "cut_start_time": 49.125000152587894, "cut_end_time": 55.460000152587895}, {"text": "To convince himself he kneels down beside the body, having cleared away the loose coverlet still partially shrouding it.", "start_byte": 332830, "end_byte": 332950, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 57.7599983215332, "end_time": 66.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 58.0649983215332, "cut_end_time": 66.3100608215332}, {"text": "He sees the blood, and the wound from which it is yet welling. 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To make more sure, he tries the artery at different points, with a touch as tender, as if holding in his hand the life of an infant.", "start_byte": 333316, "end_byte": 333497, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 94.5999984741211, "end_time": 108.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 94.8649984741211, "cut_end_time": 108.29012347412109}, {"text": "He becomes certain that the heart throbs; that there is yet breath in the body.", "start_byte": 333499, "end_byte": 333578, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 108.44000244140625, "end_time": 113.68000030517578, "cut_start_time": 108.80500244140624, "cut_end_time": 113.49006494140625}, {"text": "What next? What is he to do?", "start_byte": 333580, "end_byte": 333608, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 113.68000030517578, "end_time": 116.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 113.85500030517578, "cut_end_time": 115.96006280517578}, {"text": "Hasten to the settlement, and summon a doctor?", "start_byte": 333610, "end_byte": 333656, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 116.16000366210938, "end_time": 119.83999633789062, "cut_start_time": 116.32500366210937, "cut_end_time": 119.76000366210937}, {"text": "He dares not do this; nor seek assistance of any kind. To show himself to a white man would be to go back into hated bondage -- to the slavery from which he has so lately, and at risk of life, escaped. It would be an act of grand generosity -- a self-sacrifice -- more than man, more than human being is capable of. Could a poor runaway slave be expected to make it?", "start_byte": 333658, "end_byte": 334024, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 119.83999633789062, "end_time": 150.39999389648438, "cut_start_time": 120.12499633789062, "cut_end_time": 150.0600588378906}, {"text": "Some sacrifice he intends making, as may be gathered from his muttered words:", "start_byte": 334026, "end_byte": 334103, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 150.39999389648438, "end_time": 156.8000030517578, "cut_start_time": 150.55499389648438, "cut_end_time": 156.48011889648436}, {"text": "For a time he stands considering what he ought to do. The dread spectacle has driven out of his mind all thoughts of his appointment with Blue Bell; just as what preceded hindered the coon-hunter from keeping it with him. For the latter, terrified, has taken departure from the dangerous place, and is now hastening homeward.", "start_byte": 334676, "end_byte": 335001, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 202.16000366210938, "end_time": 227.27999877929688, "cut_start_time": 202.57500366210937, "cut_end_time": 226.89000366210936}, {"text": "Only for a short while does the mulatto remain hesitating. His eyes are upon the form at his feet. He sees warm blood still oozing from the wound, and knows, or hopes, Clancy is not dead. Something must be done immediately.", "start_byte": 335003, "end_byte": 335226, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 227.27999877929688, "end_time": 245.0, "cut_start_time": 227.44499877929687, "cut_end_time": 244.71006127929687}, {"text": " he mutters.", "start_byte": 335244, "end_byte": 335256, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 246.16000366210938, "end_time": 247.16000366210938, "cut_start_time": 246.13500366210937, "cut_end_time": 246.98006616210938}, {"text": "Bracing himself for an effort, he opens his arms, and stoops as to take up the body. Just then the hound, for some time silent, again gives out its mournful monotone -- continuing the dirge the runaway had interrupted.", "start_byte": 335806, "end_byte": 336024, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 291.0400085449219, "end_time": 308.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 291.2750085449219, "cut_end_time": 307.9600085449219}, {"text": "Suddenly he rises erect, and glances around, a new fear showing upon his face. For he perceives a new danger in the presence of the dog.", "start_byte": 336026, "end_byte": 336162, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 308.3599853515625, "end_time": 319.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 308.62498535156254, "cut_end_time": 319.23011035156253}, {"text": " he asks himself.", "start_byte": 336192, "end_byte": 336209, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 321.3999938964844, "end_time": 323.1600036621094, "cut_start_time": 321.5049938964844, "cut_end_time": 323.0701188964844}, {"text": "The series of reflections, and questions, runs rapidly as thought itself. And to the last, quick as thought, comes an answer -- a plan which promises a solution of the difficulty. He thinks of killing the dog -- cutting its throat with his knife.", "start_byte": 336719, "end_byte": 336965, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 362.1600036621094, "end_time": 381.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 362.4650036621094, "cut_end_time": 381.1200661621094}, {"text": "Only for an instant is the murderous intent in his mind. 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It will not do to let the dog see him go off, or know the direction he takes; for some one will be sure to come in search of Clancy, and set the hound loose. Still, time will likely elapse; the scent will be cold, as far as the creek's edge, and cannot be lifted. With the water beyond there will be no danger.", "start_byte": 338224, "end_byte": 338595, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 482.9599914550781, "end_time": 511.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 483.24499145507815, "cut_end_time": 511.2300539550781}, {"text": "The runaway, glancing around, espies a palmetto brake; these forming a sort of underwood in the cypress forest, their fan-shaped leaves growing on stalks that rise directly out of the earth to a height of three or four feet, covering the ground with a chevaux de frise of deepest green, but hirsute and spinous as hedgehogs.", "start_byte": 338597, "end_byte": 338921, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 511.3599853515625, "end_time": 539.1199951171875, "cut_start_time": 511.74498535156255, "cut_end_time": 538.6900478515626}, {"text": "The very place for his purpose. So mutters he to himself, as he conducts the dog towards it. Still thinking the same, after he has tied the animal to a palmetto shank near the middle of the brake, and there left it. He goes off, regardless of its convulsive struggles to set itself free, with accompanying yelps, by which the betrayed quadruped seems to protest against such unexpected as ill-deserved, captivity.", "start_byte": 338923, "end_byte": 339336, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 539.1199951171875, "end_time": 574.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 539.4349951171876, "cut_end_time": 574.1601201171875}, {"text": "Not five minutes time has all this action occupied. In less than five more a second chapter is complete, by the carrying of Clancy's body -- it may be his corpse -- to the creek, and laying it along the bottom of the canoe.", "start_byte": 339338, "end_byte": 339561, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 574.2000122070312, "end_time": 591.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 574.4550122070312, "cut_end_time": 591.1000747070312}, {"text": "Notwithstanding the weight of his burden, the mulatto, a man of uncommon strength, takes care to make no footmarks along the forest path, or at the point of embarkation. The ground, thickly strewn with the leaves of the deciduous taxodium, does not betray a trace, any more than if he were treading on thrashed straw.", "start_byte": 339563, "end_byte": 339880, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 591.280029296875, "end_time": 617.280029296875, "cut_start_time": 591.615029296875, "cut_end_time": 616.950091796875}, {"text": "Undoing the slip-knot of his painter, he shoves the canoe clear of its entanglement among the roots of the tree. Then plying his paddle, directs its course down stream, silently as he ascended, but with look more troubled, and air intensely solemnal. This continuing, while he again shoulders the insensible form, and carries it along the causeway of logs, until he has laid it upon soft moss within the cavity of the cypress -- his own couch. Then, once more taking Clancy's wrist between his fingers, and placing his ear opposite the heart, he feels the pulse of the first, and listens for the beatings of the last.", "start_byte": 339882, "end_byte": 340499, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 617.280029296875, "end_time": 667.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 617.485029296875, "cut_end_time": 667.160091796875}, {"text": "A ray of joy illuminates his countenance, as both respond to his examination. It grows brighter, on perceiving a muscular movement of the limbs, late rigid and seemingly inanimate, a light in the eyes looking like life; above all, words from the lips so long mute. Words low-murmured, but still distinguishable; telling him a tale, at the same time giving its interpretation. That in this hour of his unconsciousness Clancy should in his speech couple the names of Richard Darke and Helen Armstrong is a fact strangely significant, he does the same for many days, in his delirious ravings; amid which the mulatto, tenderly nursing him, gets the clue to most of what has happened.", "start_byte": 340501, "end_byte": 341180, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 667.4400024414062, "end_time": 723.0, "cut_start_time": 667.6650024414063, "cut_end_time": 722.6100024414063}, {"text": "Clearer when his patient, at length restored to consciousness, confides everything to the faithful fellow who has so befriended him. Every circumstance he ought to know, at the same time imparting secrecy.", "start_byte": 341182, "end_byte": 341387, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 723.0, "end_time": 740.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 723.1650000000001, "cut_end_time": 739.97}, {"text": "This, so closely kept, that even Blue Bill, while himself disclosing many an item, of news exciting the settlement, is not entrusted with one the most interesting, and which would have answered the questions on every tongue: --", "start_byte": 341389, "end_byte": 341616, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 740.3599853515625, "end_time": 758.4400024414062, "cut_start_time": 740.6349853515625, "cut_end_time": 758.4701103515625}, {"text": " and", "start_byte": 341653, "end_byte": 341657, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 761.719970703125, "end_time": 762.0399780273438, "cut_start_time": 761.8949707031251, "cut_end_time": 762.140033203125}, {"text": "Clancy still in it, living and breathing, has his reasons for keeping the fact concealed. He has succeeded in doing so till this night; till encountering Simeon Woodley by the side of his mother's tomb.", "start_byte": 341680, "end_byte": 341882, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 763.9199829101562, "end_time": 780.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 764.0449829101562, "cut_end_time": 779.6701079101563}, {"text": "-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ", "start_byte": 341884, "end_byte": 341992, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 780.0800170898438, "end_time": 780.0800170898438, "cut_start_time": 780.0550170898438, "cut_end_time": 780.1800795898438}, {"text": "And now on Woodley's own hearth, after all has been explained, Clancy once more returns to speak of the purpose he has but half communicated to the hunter.", "start_byte": 341994, "end_byte": 342149, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 780.0800170898438, "end_time": 793.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 780.4050170898438, "cut_end_time": 792.9200170898438}, {"text": "Clancy is gratified at this offer of aid. For he knows that in the backwoodsman he will find his best ally; that besides his friendship tested and proved, he is the very man to be with him in the work he has cut out for himself -- a purpose which has engrossed his thoughts ever since consciousness came back after his long dream of delirium. It is that so solemnly proclaimed, as he stood in the cemetery, with no thought of any one overhearing him.", "start_byte": 342830, "end_byte": 343280, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 850.4400024414062, "end_time": 885.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 850.5850024414062, "cut_end_time": 885.0700024414062}, {"text": "He had then three distinct passions impelling him to the stern threat -- three reasons, any of them sufficient to ensure his keeping it. First, his own wrongs. True the attempt at assassinating him had failed; still the criminality remained the same. But the second had succeeded. His mother's corpse was under the cold sod at his feet, her blood calling to him for vengeance. And still another passion prompted him to seek it -- perhaps the darkest of all, jealousy in its direst shape, the sting from a love promised but unbestowed. For the coon-hunter had never told Jupe of Helen Armstrong's letter. Perhaps, engrossed with other cares, he had forgotten it; or, supposing the circumstance known to all, had not thought it worth communicating. Clancy, therefore, up to that hour, believed his sweetheart not only false to himself, but having favoured his rival.", "start_byte": 343282, "end_byte": 344146, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 885.3599853515625, "end_time": 955.3599853515625, "cut_start_time": 885.6049853515625, "cut_end_time": 955.1200478515625}, {"text": "The bitter delusion, now removed, does not in any way alter his determination. That is fixed beyond change, as he tells Simeon Woodley while declaring it. He will proceed to Texas in quest of the assassin -- there kill him.", "start_byte": 344148, "end_byte": 344371, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 955.3599853515625, "end_time": 974.239990234375, "cut_start_time": 955.7049853515625, "cut_end_time": 973.8300478515625}, {"text": " he says, pointing to the cottage as he passes it on return to the swamp.", "start_byte": 344394, "end_byte": 344467, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 975.7999877929688, "end_time": 981.5999755859375, "cut_start_time": 975.7749877929688, "cut_end_time": 981.4000502929688}, {"text": "\"A man I've sworn to take to Texas along with me. A brave, noble man, though his skin be -- . But never mind now. I'll tell you all about it by-and-by. Meanwhile we must get ready. There's not a moment to lose. A single day wasted, and I may be too late to settle scores with Richard Darke. There's some one else in danger from him -- \"", "start_byte": 345661, "end_byte": 345997, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 1077.800048828125, "end_time": 1104.0400390625, "cut_start_time": 1078.1050488281248, "cut_end_time": 1103.620111328125}, {"text": "Here Clancy's utterance becomes indistinct, as if his voice were stifled by strong emotion.", "start_byte": 345999, "end_byte": 346090, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 1104.0400390625, "end_time": 1111.800048828125, "cut_start_time": 1104.3150390624999, "cut_end_time": 1111.4501015624999}, {"text": " echoes Sime, interrupting;", "start_byte": 346108, "end_byte": 346135, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 1113.1199951171875, "end_time": 1115.6800537109375, "cut_start_time": 1113.1849951171873, "cut_end_time": 1115.6401201171875}]}

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In the centre of its front facade is a double door, of gaol-like aspect, giving admittance to the passage-way, called saguan; this of sufficient capacity to admit a waggon with its load, intended for those grand old coaches that lumbered along our own highways in the days of Dick Turpin, and in which Sir Charles Grandison used luxuriously to ride. Vehicles of the exact size, and pattern, may be seen to this day crawling along the country roads of modern Mexico -- relics of a grandeur long since gone.", "start_byte": 394684, "end_byte": 395331, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 118.4800033569336, "end_time": 174.55999755859375, "cut_start_time": 118.7150033569336, "cut_end_time": 174.2600033569336}, {"text": "The patio is paved with stone flags, or tesselated tiles; and, where a head of water can be had, a fountain plays in the centre, surrounded by orange-trees, or other evergreens, with flowering-plants in pots. To rearward of this inner court, a second passage-way gives entrance to another, and larger, if not so sumptuously arrayed; this devoted to stables, store-rooms, and other domestic offices. Still farther back is the huerta, or garden.", "start_byte": 395333, "end_byte": 395776, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 174.55999755859375, "end_time": 214.24000549316406, "cut_start_time": 174.87499755859375, "cut_end_time": 213.94012255859374}, {"text": "That attached to the ancient monastery is an enclosure of several acres in extent, surrounded by a high wall of adobes; made to look still higher from being crested with a palisade of the organ cactus. Filled with fruit trees and flowering shrubs, these once carefully cultivated, but for long neglected, now cover the walks in wild luxuriance. Under their shade, silently treading with sandalled feet, or reclining on rustic benches, the Texan friars used to spend their idle hours, quite as pleasantly as their British brethren of Tintern and Tewkesbury. Oft have the walls of the San Saba mission-house echoed their", "start_byte": 395778, "end_byte": 396396, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 214.24000549316406, "end_time": 267.0799865722656, "cut_start_time": 214.50500549316405, "cut_end_time": 267.18000549316406}, {"text": " as they quaffed the choicest vintage of Xeres, and laughed at jests ribald as any ever perpetrated in a pot-house. Not heard, however, by the converted heathen under their care; nor intended to be. For them there were dwellings apart; a collection of rude hovels, styled the rancheria. These were screened from view by a thick grove of evergreen trees; the padres not relishing a too close contact with their half-naked neophytes, who were but their peons -- in short their slaves. In point of fact, it was the feudal system of the Old World transported to the New; with the exception that the manorial lords were monks, and the villeins savage men. And the pretence at proselytising, with its mongrel mixture of Christianity and superstition, did not make this Transatlantic villeinage a whit less irksome to endure. Proof, that the red-skinned serfs required the iron hand of control is found in the presidio, or soldier's barrack -- standing close by -- its ruin overlooking those of the rancheria. They who had been conquered by the Cross, still needed the sword to keep them in subjection, which, as we have seen, it finally failed to do.", "start_byte": 396406, "end_byte": 397550, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 268.2799987792969, "end_time": 364.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 268.4049987792969, "cut_end_time": 364.4200612792969}, {"text": "Several of the huts still standing, and in a tolerable state of repair, have supplied shelter to the new settlers; most of whom have taken up their abode in them. They are only to serve as temporary residences, until better homes can be built. There is no time for this now. The spring is on, and the cotton-seed must be got into the ground, to the neglect of everything else.", "start_byte": 397552, "end_byte": 397928, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 364.67999267578125, "end_time": 394.4800109863281, "cut_start_time": 364.7649926757813, "cut_end_time": 394.52011767578125}, {"text": "Colonel Armstrong himself, with his daughters and domestics, occupies the old mission-building, which also gives lodgment to Luis Dupre and his belongings. For the young planter is now looked upon as a member of the Armstrong family, and it wants but a word from one in holy orders to make him really so. And such an one has come out with the colonists. The marriage ceremony is but deferred until the cotton-seed be safe under the soil. Then there will be a day of jubilee, such as has never been seen upon the San Saba; a fiesta, which in splendour will eclipse anything the Spanish monks, celebrated for such exhibitions, have ever got up, or attempted.", "start_byte": 397930, "end_byte": 398586, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 394.4800109863281, "end_time": 446.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 394.72501098632813, "cut_end_time": 446.45007348632817}, {"text": "But", "start_byte": 398588, "end_byte": 398591, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 446.6400146484375, "end_time": 447.0400085449219, "cut_start_time": 446.9250146484375, "cut_end_time": 447.1400771484375}, {"text": " is the adage of the hour; and, after a day or two given to rest, with the arrangement of household affairs, the real work of colonising commences. The little painted ploughs, transported from the States, are set to soiling their paint, by turning up the fertile clod of the San Saba valley, which has so long lain fallow; while the seed of the cotton-plant is scattered far and wide over hundreds -- ay, thousands of acres.", "start_byte": 398618, "end_byte": 399042, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 448.9200134277344, "end_time": 483.44000244140625, "cut_start_time": 449.0250134277344, "cut_end_time": 483.3100759277344}, {"text": "Around the ancient mission is inaugurated a new life, with scenes of industry, stirring as those presided over by the padres.", "start_byte": 399044, "end_byte": 399169, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 483.44000244140625, "end_time": 494.3999938964844, "cut_start_time": 483.74500244140626, "cut_end_time": 494.13000244140625}, {"text": "Is it sure of being as prosperous, or more likely to be permanent?", "start_byte": 399171, "end_byte": 399237, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 494.3999938964844, "end_time": 499.67999267578125, "cut_start_time": 494.4949938964844, "cut_end_time": 499.7400563964844}, {"text": "One confining his view to the valley -- regarding only the vigorous activity there displayed -- would answer this question in the affirmative.", "start_byte": 399239, "end_byte": 399381, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 499.67999267578125, "end_time": 509.2799987792969, "cut_start_time": 499.9049926757813, "cut_end_time": 509.2100551757813}, {"text": "But he who looks farther off -- raising his eyes to the bluff on the opposite side of the river, fixing them on that spot where the Indians made halt -- would hesitate before thus prognosticating. In the dusky cohort he might suspect some danger threatening the new settlement.", "start_byte": 399383, "end_byte": 399660, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 509.2799987792969, "end_time": 529.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 509.5749987792969, "cut_end_time": 529.4800612792969}, {"text": "True, the savages are no longer there. After seeing the waggons one after another becoming stationary, like vultures deprived of a carrion repast, they moved away. But not far. Only about five miles, to a grove of timber standing back upon the plain, where they have made a more permanent camp.", "start_byte": 399662, "end_byte": 399956, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 529.7999877929688, "end_time": 553.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 529.9849877929688, "cut_end_time": 553.3001127929688}, {"text": "Two alone are left upon the cliff's edge; evidently to act as videttes. They keep watch night and day, one always remaining awake. Especially during the night hours do they appear on the alert -- with eyes bent on the far off mission-buildings -- watching the window-lights that steadily shine, and the torches that flit to and fro. Watching for something not yet seen. What can it be?", "start_byte": 399958, "end_byte": 400343, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 553.2000122070312, "end_time": 582.6400146484375, "cut_start_time": 553.1750122070313, "cut_end_time": 582.5300747070313}, {"text": "And what is the design of these painted savages, who look more like demons than men? Is it to attack the new colony, plunder, and destroy it?", "start_byte": 400345, "end_byte": 400486, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 582.6400146484375, "end_time": 594.0, "cut_start_time": 583.1050146484375, "cut_end_time": 593.9000146484375}, {"text": "Regarding their numbers, this would seem absurd. They are in all only twenty; while the colonists count at least fifty fighting men. No common men either; but most of them accustomed to the use of arms; many backwoodsmen, born borderers, staunch as steel. Against such, twenty Indians -- though the picked warriors of the warlike Comanche tribe -- would stand no chance in fair open fight. But they may not mean this; and their intent be only stealing?", "start_byte": 400488, "end_byte": 400940, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 594.0, "end_time": 630.6799926757812, "cut_start_time": 594.1750000000001, "cut_end_time": 630.45}, {"text": "Or they may be but a pioneer party -- the vanguard of a greater force?", "start_byte": 400942, "end_byte": 401012, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 630.6799926757812, "end_time": 636.3200073242188, "cut_start_time": 630.6549926757813, "cut_end_time": 636.1401176757813}, {"text": "In any case, their behaviour is singularly suspicious. Such manoeuvring can mean no good, but may be fraught with evil to Colonel Armstrong and his colonists.", "start_byte": 401014, "end_byte": 401172, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 636.3200073242188, "end_time": 650.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 636.3550073242187, "cut_end_time": 649.8200698242188}, {"text": "For several successive days is this surveillance maintained, and still nothing seems to come of it. The party of savages remains encamped in the timber at back; while the two sentinels keep their place upon the promontory; though now and then going and coming, as before.", "start_byte": 401174, "end_byte": 401445, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 650.2000122070312, "end_time": 671.760009765625, "cut_start_time": 650.4450122070313, "cut_end_time": 671.6200747070312}, {"text": "But on a certain night they forsake their post altogether, as if their object has been attained, and there is no need to keep watch any more.", "start_byte": 401447, "end_byte": 401588, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 671.760009765625, "end_time": 681.7999877929688, "cut_start_time": 672.225009765625, "cut_end_time": 681.480009765625}, {"text": "On this same night, a man might be seen issuing out of the mission-building, and making away from its walls. He is not seen, nevertheless. For it is the hour of midnight, and all have retired to rest -- the whole household seemingly wrapt in profoundest slumber. Moreover, the man slips out stealthily, through the backdoor; thence across the second courtyard, and along a narrow passage leading into the garden. Having reached this, he keeps on down the centre walk, and over the wall at bottom, through which there chances to be a breach. All these mysterious movements are in keeping with the appearance of the man. For his countenance shows cunning of no ordinary kind. At first glance, and under the moonlight, he might be mistaken for a mulatto. But, though coloured, he is not of this kind. His tawny skin shows a tinge of red, which tells of Indian, rather than African blood. He is, in truth, a mestizo -- half Spaniard or Mexican, the other half being the aboriginal race of America.", "start_byte": 401590, "end_byte": 402583, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 681.7999877929688, "end_time": 763.2000122070312, "cut_start_time": 681.8849877929688, "cut_end_time": 763.0101127929688}, {"text": "It is a breed not always evil-disposed, still less frequently ill-featured; and, so far as looks go, the individual in question might claim to be called handsome. He has a plenteous profusion of dark curly hair, framing a countenance by no means common. A face of oval form, regular features, the nose and chin markedly prominent, a pair of coal black eyes, with a well-defined crescent over each. Between his lips are teeth, sound and of ivory whiteness, seeming whiter in contrast with a pair of jet black moustaches.", "start_byte": 402585, "end_byte": 403104, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 763.2000122070312, "end_time": 808.8800048828125, "cut_start_time": 763.6350122070313, "cut_end_time": 808.4800747070312}, {"text": "Taking his features singly, any of them might be pronounced comely. And yet the tout ensemble is not pleasing. Despite physical beauty, there is something in the man's face that appears repulsive, and causes shrinking in the heart of the beholder. Chiefly is it his eyes that seem to produce this effect; their glance inspiring fear, such as one feels while being gazed at by an adder.", "start_byte": 403106, "end_byte": 403491, "is_quote": false, "start_time": 808.8800048828125, "end_time": 840.9600219726562, "cut_start_time": 809.1050048828125, "cut_end_time": 840.5800673828126}, {"text": "Not always can this sinister look be observed. 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