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I move aside to avoid his presence but I escape him not.

He makes the dust rise from the earth with his swagger; he adds

his loud voice to every word that I utter.

He is my own little self, my lord, he knows no shame; but I am

ashamed to come to thy door in his company.

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"Prisoner, tell me, who was it that bound you?"

"It was my master," said the prisoner. "I thought I could outdo

everybody in the world in wealth and power, and I amassed in my

own treasure-house the money due to my king. When sleep overcame

me I lay upon the bed that was for my lord, and on waking up I

found I was a prisoner in my own treasure-house."

"Prisoner, tell me, who was it that wrought this unbreakable

chain?"