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And now the sun had set, and all the colours of the world and heaven had held a festival with him, and slipped one by one away before the imminent approach of night. The parrots had all flown home to the jungle on either bank, the monkeys in rows in safety on high branches of the trees were silent and asleep, the fireflies in the deeps of the forest were going up and down, and the great stars came gleaming out to look on the face of Yann. AND NOW THE SUN HAD SET AND ALL THE COLORS OF THE WORLD IN HEAVEN HAD HELD A FESTIVAL WITH HIM AND SLIPPED ONE BY ONE AWAY FROM THE IMMINENT APPROACH OF NIGHT THE PARROTS HAD ALL FLOWN HOME TO THE JUNGLE ON EITHER BANK FOR MONKEYS AND ROSE IN SAFETY ON HIGH BRANCHES OF THE TREES WERE SILENT AND ASLEEP THE FIREFLIES IN THE DEEPS OF THE FOREST WERE GOING UP AND DOWN AND THE GREAT STARS CAME GLEAMING OUT TO LOOK ON THE FACE OF JAN
eat the captain and all the sailors laughed, for they said, "There are no such places in all the land of dreams." When they had ceased to mock me, I explained that my fancy mostly dwelt in the desert of Cuppar-Nombo, about a beautiful blue city called Golthoth the Damned, which was sentinelled all round by wolves and their shadows, and had been utterly desolate for years and years, because of a curse which the gods once spoke in anger and could never since recall. And sometimes my dreams took me as far as Pungar Vees, the red walled city where the fountains are, which trades with the Isles and Thul. When I said this they complimented me upon the abode of my fancy, saying that, though they had never seen these cities, such places might well be imagined. For the rest of that evening I bargained with the captain over the sum that I should pay him for any fare if God and the tide of Yann should bring us safely as far as the cliffs by the sea, which are named Bar-Wul-Yann, the Gate of Yann. ROM IRELAND WHICH IS OF EUROPE WHEREAT THE CAPTAIN AND ALL THE SAILORS LAUGHED FOR THEY SAID THERE ARE NO SUCH PLACES IN ALL THE LAND OF DREAMS WHEN THEY HAD CEASED TO MOCK ME I EXPLAINED THAT MY FANCY MOSTLY DWELT IN THE DESERT OF KUPERNAMBO ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL BLUE CITY CALLED GOLTHOTH THE DAM WHICH WAS SENTINELED ALL ROUND BY WOLVES AND THEIR SHADOWS AND HAD BEEN UTTERLY DESOLATE FOR YEARS AND YEARS BECAUSE OF A CURSE WHICH THE GODS ONCE SPOKE IN ANGER AND COULD NEVER SINCE RECALL AND SOMETIMES MY DREAMS TOOK ME AS FAR AS PUNGARVIS THE RED WALLED CITY WHERE THE FOUNTAINS ARE WHICH TRADES WITH THE ISLES AND THUOL WHEN I SAID THIS THEY COMPLIMENTED ME UPON THE ABODE OF MY FANCY SAYING THAT THOUGH THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THESE CITIES SUCH PLACES MIGHT WELL BE IMAGINED FOR THE REST OF THAT EVENING I BARGAINED WITH THE CAPTAIN OVER THE SUM THAT I SHOULD PAY HIM FOR ANY FARE IF GOD AND THE TIDE OF YON SHOULD BRING US SAFELY AS FAR AS THE CLIFFS BY THE SEA WHICH ARE NAMED BAR YAN THE GATE OF YAN
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