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Down on the World it was morning; night was roaming away with his cloak trailed behind him, white mists turned over and over as he went, the orb was grey but it glittered, lights blinked surprisingly in early windows, forth over wet, dim fields went cows from their houses: even in this hour touched the fields again the feet of the hippogriff. DOWN ON THE WORLD IT WAS MORNING NIGHT WAS ROAMING AWAY WITH HIS CLOAK TRAILED BEHIND HIM WITH MIST TURNED OVER AND OVER AS HE WENT THE ORB WAS GREY BUT IT GLITTERED LIGHTS BLINKED SURPRISINGLY IN EARLY WINDOWS FORTH OVER WET DIM FIELDS WENT COWS FROM THEIR HOUSES EVEN IN THIS HOUR TOUCHED THE FIELDS AGAIN THE FEET OF THE HIPPOGRIFF
fing the mountains, an even greater city. Whether that city was built upon the twilight or whether it rose from the coasts of some other world he did not know. He saw it dominate the City of Never, and strove to reach it; but at this unmeasured home of unknown colossi the hippogriff shied frantically, and neither the magic halter nor anything that he did could make the monster face it. At last, from the City of Never's lonely outskirts where no inhabitants walked, the rider turned slowly earthward. He knew now why all the windows faced this way--the denizens of the twilight gazed at the world and not at a greater than them. Then from the last step of the earthward stairway, like lead past the Under Pits and down the glittering face of Toldenarba, down from the overshadowed glories of the gold-tipped City of Never and out of perpetual twilight, swooped the man on his winged monster: the wind that slept at the time leaped up like a dog at their onrush, it uttered a cry and ran past them. Y SAW FAR OFF DWARFING THE MOUNTAINS AN EVEN GREATER CITY WHETHER THAT CITY WAS BUILT UPON THE TWILIGHT OR WHETHER IT ROSE FROM THE COASTS OF SOME OTHER WORLD HE DID NOT KNOW HE SAW IT DOMINATE THE CITY OF NEVER AND STROVE TO REACH IT BUT AT THIS UNMEASURED HOME OF UNKNOWN COLOSSA THE HIPPOGRIFF SHIED FRANTICALLY AND NEITHER THE MAGIC HALTER NOR ANYTHING THAT HE DID COULD MAKE THE MONSTER FACE IT AT LAST FROM THE CITY OF NEVER'S LONELY OUTSKIRTS WHERE NO INHABITANTS WALKED THE RIDER TURNED SLOWLY EARTHWARD HE KNEW NOW WHY ALL THE WINDOWS FACED THIS WAY THE DENIZENS OF THE TWILIGHT GAZED AT THE WORLD AND NOT AT A GREATER THAN THEM THEN FROM THE LAST STEP OF THE EARTHWARD STAIRWAY LIKE LEAD PAST THE UNDER PITS AND DOWN THE GLITTERING FACE OF TOLDENARBA DOWN FROM THE OVERSHADOWED GLORIES OF THE GOLD TIPPED CITY OF NEVER AND OUT OF PERPETUAL TWILIGHT SWOOPED THE MAN ON HIS WINGED MONSTER THE WIND THAT SLEPT AT THE TIME LEAPED UP LIKE A DOG AT THEIR ONRUSH IT UTTERED A CRY AND RAN PAST THEM
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