But now, even as I prayed thus, my voice brake upon a great sob insomuch that I might pray no more. Therefore I cast myself upon my face, forgetting all things but my great and bitter loneliness.

And so came night and shut me in.

Here then I make an end of this narrative of Black Bartlemy"s Treasure, but how and in what manner I came to my vengeance is yet to tell.

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