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Second chapter
PARADISE LOST
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FLEEING THE VENGEANCE OF THE TABU
THE GUILTY LOVERS FOUGHT THEIR WAY...
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OVER LEAGUES OF OPEN SEA
SEEKING SOME ISLAND OF THE PEARL TRADE...
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WHERE THE WHITE MAN RULES
AND THE OLD GODS ARE FORGOTTEN
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IN THEIR FRAIL CANOE THROUGH STORMS
UNDER A BURNING SKY THIRST-CRAZED AND STARVING...
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ALWAYS DRIVEN ON BY FEAR...
FEAR OF THE AVENGING TABU.
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The couple found in their wrecked canoe,
as already reported, recovered quickly.
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The boy, it develops, is born diver,
the best we have ever had on the island.
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But it seems only play to him.
He evidently does not yet realize
what money means.