{"id":"01KG8AKY54H2PAWAJV8EP5A7P8","cid":"bafkreidtp3dsmvjjwsq3lqgavy563qgyrk34xkuzebugwzw3t2yhfstpwq","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":9457,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:18.539Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 2","source_file":"01KG89J1HYC04JWXEK48P07WPK","start_line":9420,"text":"hearing that an hour or two previous she had been partaking of some\r\ntwenty unripe bananas, I rather fancied that that circumstance might\r\nhave had something to do with her sufferings. But however it was, all\r\nthe herb-leeches on the island would not have altered her own opinions\r\non the subject.”\r\n\r\n“No,” said Braid-Beard; “a post-mortem examination would not have\r\nsatisfied her ghost.”\r\n\r\n“Curious to relate,” he continued, “the people of that island never\r\nabuse the Plujii, notwithstanding all they suffer at their hands,\r\nunless under direct provocation; and a settled matter of faith is it,\r\nthat at such times all bitter words and hasty objurgations are entirely\r\noverlooked, nay, pardoned on the spot, by the unseen genii against whom\r\nthey are directed.”\r\n\r\n“Magnanimous Plujii!” cried Media. “But, Babbalanja, do you, who run a\r\ntilt at all things, suffer this silly conceit to be uttered with\r\nimpunity in your presence? Why so silent?”\r\n\r\n“I have been thinking, my lord,” said Babbalanja, “that though the\r\npeople of that island may at times err, in imputing their calamities to\r\nthe Plujii, that, nevertheless, upon the whole, they indulge in a\r\nreasonable belief. For, Plujii or no Plujii, it is undeniable, that in\r\nten thousand ways, as if by a malicious agency, we mortals are woefully\r\nput out and tormented; and that, too, by things in themselves so\r\nexceedingly trivial, that it would seem almost impiety to ascribe them\r\nto the august gods. No; there must exist some greatly inferior spirits;\r\nso insignificant, comparatively, as to be overlooked by the supernal\r\npowers; and through them it must be, that we are thus grievously\r\nannoyed. At any rate; such a theory would supply a hiatus in my system\r\nof meta-physics.”\r\n\r\n“Well, peace to the Plujii,” said Media; “they trouble not me.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 2"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJW83ZNH2JQR58YXYCRR6","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1HYC04JWXEK48P07WPK","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AKY4VC8KEACX3HZA89D8P","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"prev"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:20.644Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:32.978Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}