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And he that surmounted glittering Toldenarba and came alone of men to the City of Never has his name and his fame among nations; but he and the people of that twilit city well know two things unguessed by other men, they that there is another city fairer than theirs, and he  a deed unaccomplished. AND HE THAT SURMOUNTED GLITTERING TOLDENARBA AND CAME ALONE OF MEN TO THE CITY OF NEVER HAS HIS NAME AND HIS FAME AMONG NATIONS BUT HE AND THE PEOPLE OF THAT TWILIT CITY WELL KNOW TWO THINGS UNGUESSED BY OTHER MEN THEY THAT THERE IS ANOTHER CITY FAIRER THAN THEIRS AND HE A DEED UNACCOMPLISHED
 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. 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. And the moment that the man dismounted and took off his magic halter the hippogriff flew slanting away with a whirr, going back to some airy dancing-place of his people. 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 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 AND THE MOMENT THAT THE MAN DISMOUNTED AND TOOK OFF HIS MAGIC HALTER THE HIPPOGRIFF FLEW SLANTING AWAY WITH A WHIR GOING BACK TO SOME AIRY DANCING PLACE OF HIS PEOPLE
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