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should acquire a landed estate, while he who is born in the
latter part should follow the sea, whether it be as the skipper
of a smack or as an admiral. The sign of the bull in the first
part is for warriors, in the second part for lawyers. The
twins, which were in the ascendant at the time of your
birth, are, as I have said before, for physicians in the first
part and for merchants in the second. But now let me see
your palm.”
Ulrik Frederik held out his hand, and Burrhi went to
the triangle of horseshoes, touching them with his shoes
as a tight-rope dancer rubs his soles over the waxed board
before venturing out on the line. Then he looked at the
palm.
“Ay,” said he, “the honor-line is long and unbroken;
it goes as far as it may go without reaching a crown. The
luck-line is somewhat blurred for a time, but farther on it
grows more distinct. There is the life-line; it seems but
poor, I grieve to say. Take great care until you have passed
the age of seven and twenty, for at that time your life is
threatened in some sinister and secret fashion, but after
that the line becomes clear and strong and reaches to a
good old age. There is but one offshoot—ah, no, there is
a smaller one hard by. You will have issue of two beds,
but few in each.”
He dropped the hand.
“Hark,” he said gravely, “there is danger before you,
but where it lurks is hidden from me. Yet it is in no wise
the open danger of war. If it should be a fall or other
accident of travel, I would have you take these triangular
malachites, they are of a particular nature. See, I myself
carry one of them in this ring; they guard against falling
from horse or coach. Take them with you and carry them
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