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Towards them he wrenched the halter, towards Toldenarba and the Under Pits; the wings of the hippogriff roared as the halter turned him. TOWARDS THEM HE WRENCHED THE HALTER TOWARDS TOLDENARBA AND THE UNDER PITS THE WINGS OF THE HIPPOGRIFF ROARED AS THE HALTER TURNED HIM
pogriffs gloried in the light, revelling up in the sky; but when pigeons stirred on the branches and the first small bird was abroad, and little coots from the rushes ventured to peer about, then there came down on a sudden with a thunder of feathers the hippogriffs, and, as they landed from their celestial heights all bathed with the day's first sunlight, the man whose destiny it was as from of old to come to the City of Never, sprang up and caught the last with the magic halter. It plunged, but could not escape it, for the hippogriffs are of the uncaptured races, and magic has power over the magical, so the man mounted it, and it soared again for the heights whence it had come, as a wounded beast goes home. But when they came to the heights that venturous rider saw huge and fair to the left of him the destined City of Never, and he beheld the towers of Lel and Lek, Neerib and Akathooma, and the cliffs of Toldenarba a-glistening in the twilight like an alabaster statue of the Evening. ER AND STILL THE HIPPOGRIFFS GLORIED IN THE LIGHT REVELLING UP IN THE SKY BUT WHEN PIGEONS STIRRED ON THE BRANCHES AND THE FIRST SMALL BIRD WAS ABROAD AND LITTLE COOTS FROM THE RUSHES VENTURED TO PEER ABOUT THEN THERE CAME DOWN ON A SUDDEN WITH A THUNDER OF FEATHERS THE HIPPOGRIFFS AND AS THEY LANDED FROM THEIR CELESTIAL HEIGHTS ALL BATHED WITH THE DAY'S FIRST SUNLIGHT THE MAN WHOSE DESTINY IT WAS AS FROM OF OLD TO COME TO THE CITY OF NEVER SPRANG UP AND CAUGHT THE LAST WITH THE MAGIC HALTER IT PLUNGED BUT COULD NOT ESCAPE IT FOR THE HIPPOGRIFFS ARE OF THE UNCAPTURED RACES AND MAGIC HAS POWER OVER THE MAGICAL SO THE MAN MOUNTED IT AND IT SOARED AGAIN FOR THE HEIGHTS WHENCE IT HAD COME AS A WOUNDED BEAST GOES HOME BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO THE HEIGHTS THAT VENTUROUS RIDER SAW HUGE AND FAIR TO THE LEFT OF HIM THE DESTINED CITY OF NEVER AND HE BEHELD THE TOWERS OF LEL AND LEK NEAR IT AND ACCATUMA AND THE CLIFFS OF TOLDENARBA A GLISTENING IN THE TWILIGHT LIKE AN ALABASTER STATUE OF THE EVENING
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