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We were a child then, ten years old. And we stood in the great square with all the children and all the men of the City, sent to behold the burning. WE WERE A CHILD THEN TEN YEARS OLD AND WE STOOD IN THE GREAT SQUARE WITH ALL THE CHILDREN AND ALL THE MEN OF THE CITY SENT TO BEHOLD THE BURNING
ds of the Unmentionable Times... What are the words which we have lost? May the Council have mercy upon us! We had no wish to write such a question, and we knew not what we were doing till we had written it. We shall not ask this question and we shall not think it. We shall not call death upon our head. And yet... And yet... There is some word, one single word which is not in the language of men, but which had been. And this is the Unspeakable Word, which no men may speak nor hear. But sometimes, and it is rare, sometimes, somewhere, one among men find that word. They find it upon scraps of old manuscripts or cut into the fragments of ancient stones. But when they speak it they are put to death. There is no crime punished by death in this world, save this one crime of speaking the Unspeakable Word. We have seen one of such men burned alive in the square of the City. And it was a sight which has stayed with us through the years, and it haunts us, and follows us, and it gives us no rest. HE WORDS OF THE EVIL ONES THE WORDS OF THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES WHAT ARE THE WORDS WHICH WE HAVE LOST MAY THE COUNCIL HAVE MERCY UPON US WE HAD NO WISH TO WRITE SUCH A QUESTION AND WE KNEW NOT WHAT WE WERE DOING TILL WE HAD WRITTEN IT WE SHALL NOT ASK THIS QUESTION AND WE SHALL NOT THINK IT WE SHALL NOT CALL DEATH UPON OUR HEAD AND YET AND YET THERE IS SOME WORD ONE SINGLE WORD WHICH IS NOT IN THE LANGUAGE OF MEN BUT WHICH HAS BEEN AND THIS IS THE UNSPEAKABLE WORD WHICH NO MEN MAY SPEAK NOR HEAR BUT SOMETIMES AND IT IS RARE SOMETIMES SOMEWHERE ONE AMONG MEN FIND THAT WORD THEY FIND IT UPON SCRAPS OF OLD MANUSCRIPTS ARE CUT INTO THE FRAGMENTS OF ANCIENT STONES BUT WHEN THEY SPEAK IT THEY ARE PUT TO DEATH THERE IS NO CRIME PUNISHED BY DEATH IN THIS WORLD SAVE THIS ONE CRIME OF SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE WORD WE HAVE SEEN ONE OF SUCH MEN BURNED ALIVE IN THE SQUARE OF THE CITY AND IT WAS A SIGHT WHICH HAS STAYED WITH US THROUGH THE YEARS AND IT HAUNTS US AND FOLLOWS US AND IT GIVES US NO REST
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