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Whether that city was built upon the twilight or whether it rose from the coasts of some other world he did not know. WHETHER THAT CITY WAS BUILT UPON THE TWILIGHT OR WHETHER IT ROSE FROM THE COASTS OF SOME OTHER WORLD HE DID NOT KNOW
 but not to work destruction; he had turned to a fair, pale green the domes that were made of copper, the rest he had left untouched, even he, the destroyer of cities, by what bribe I know not averted. Nevertheless they often wept in Never for change and passing away, mourning catastrophes in other worlds, and they built temples sometimes to ruined stars that had fallen flaming down from the Milky Way, giving them worship still when by us long since forgotten. Other temples they have--who knows to what divinities? And he that was destined alone of men to come to the City of Never was well content to behold it as he trotted down its agate street, with the wings of his hippogriff furled, seeing at either side of him marvel on marvel of which even China is ignorant. Then as he neared the city's further rampart by which no inhabitant stirred, and looked in a direction to which no houses faced with any rose-pink windows, he suddenly saw far-off, dwarfing the mountains, an even greater city. HE TWIN BORN CHILDREN THE FAIREST DAUGHTERS OF WONDER TIME HAD BEEN THERE BUT NOT TO THE DOMES THAT WERE MADE OF COPPER THE REST HE HAD LEFT UNTOUCHED EVEN HE THE DESTROYER OF CITIES BY WHAT BRIBE I KNOW NOT AVERTED NEVERTHELESS THEY OFTEN WEPT IN NEVER FOR CHANGE AND PASSING AWAY MOURNING CATASTROPHES IN OTHER WORLDS AND THEY BUILT TEMPLES SOMETIMES TO RUINED STARS THAT HAD FALLEN FLAMING DOWN FROM THE MILKY WAY GIVING THEM WORSHIP STILL WHEN BY US LONG SINCE FORGOTTEN OTHER TEMPLES THEY HAVE WHO KNOWS TO WHAT DIVINITIES AND HE THAT WAS DESTINED ALONE OF MEN TO COME TO THE CITY OF NEVER WAS WELL CONTENT TO BEHOLD IT AS HE TROTTED DOWN ITS AGATE STREET WITH THE WINGS OF HIS HIPPOGRIFF FURLED SEEING AT EITHER SIDE OF HIM MARVEL ON MARVEL OF WHICH EVEN CHINA IS IGNORANT THEN AS HE NEARED THE CITY'S FURTHER RAMPART BY WHICH NO INHABITANT STIRRED AND LOOKED IN A DIRECTION TO WHICH NO HOUSES FACED WITH ANY ROSE PINK WINDOWS HE SUDDENLY SAW FAR OFF DWARFING THE MOUNTAINS AN EVEN GREATER CITY
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