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Their beards were white, and they had travelled very far and hard; it was the time with them when a man rests from labours and dreams in light sleep of the years that were and not of the years to come. THEIR BEARDS WERE WHITE AND THEY HAD TRAVELLED VERY FAR AND HARD IT WAS THE TIME WITH THEM WHEN A MAN RESTS FROM LABORS AND DREAMS IN LIGHT SLEEP OF THE YEARS THAT WERE AND NOT OF THE YEARS TO COME
gate at the end, only fifteen were left. When they had broken down the gate there were only ten alive. Three more were killed as they went up the slope, and two as they passed near the terrible cavern. Fate let the rest go some way down the mountain upon the other side, and then took three of them. Camorak and Arleon alone were left alive. And night came down on the valley to which they had come, and was lit by flashes from the fatal mountain; and the two mourned for their comrades all night long. But when the morning came they remembered their war with Fate, and their old resolve to come to Carcassonne, and the voice of Arleon rose in a quavering song, and snatches of music from his old harp, and he stood up and marched with his face southwards as he had done for years, and behind him Camorak went. And when at last they climbed from the third valley, and stood on the hill's summit in the golden sunlight of evening, their aged eyes saw only miles of forest and the birds going to roost. EETS TO THE LOCKED GATE AT THE END ONLY FIFTEEN WERE LEFT WHEN THEY HAD BROKEN DOWN THE GATE THERE WERE ONLY TEN ALIVE THREE MORE WERE KILLED AS THEY WENT UP THE SLOPE AND TWO AS THEY PASSED NEAR THE TERRIBLE CAVERN FATE LET THE REST GO SOME WAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN UPON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEN TOOK THREE OF THEM CAMERACK AND ARLEON ALONE WERE LEFT ALIVE AND NIGHT CAME DOWN ON THE VALLEY TO WHICH THEY HAD COME AND WAS LIT BY FLASHES FROM THE FATAL MOUNTAIN AND THE TWO MOURNED FOR THEIR COMRADES ALL NIGHT LONG BUT WHEN THE MORNING CAME THEY REMEMBERED THEIR WAR WITH FATE AND THEIR OLD RESOLVE TO COME TO CARCASSINY AND THE VOICE OF ARLEON ROSE IN A QUAVERING SONG AND SNATCHES OF MUSIC FROM HIS OLD HARP AND HE STOOD UP AND MARCHED WITH HIS FACE SOUTHWARDS AS HE HAD DONE FOR YEARS AND BEHIND HIM CAMERACK WENT AND WHEN AT LAST THEY CLIMBED FROM THE THIRD VALLEY AND STOOD ON THE HILL'S SUMMIT IN THE GOLDEN SUNLIGHT OF EVENING THEIR AGED EYES SAW ONLY MILES OF FOREST AND THE BIRDS GOING TO ROOST
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