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And I saw a man of a more slender build, who had black hair, and channels in his cheeks for tears to run in, and I said to him: "Why is Andelsprutz quite dead, and when did her soul go hence?" AND I SAW A MAN OF A MORE SLENDER BUILD WHO HAD BLACK HAIR AND CHANNELS IN HIS CHEEKS FOR TEARS TO RUN IN AND I SAID TO HIM WHY IS ONDO'S BRUTES QUITE DEAD AND WHEN DID HER SOUL GO HENCE
 looked vacantly over the plains like the eyes of a dead madman. At the hour her chimes sounded unlovely and discordant, some of them were out of tune, and the bells of some were cracked, her roofs were bald and without moss. At evening no pleasant rumour arose in her streets. When the lamps were lit in the houses no mystical flood of light stole out into the dusk, you merely saw that there were lighted lamps; Andelsprutz had no way with her and no air about her. When the night fell and the blinds were all drawn down, then I perceived what I had not thought in the daylight. I knew then that Andelsprutz was dead. I saw a fair-haired man who drank beer in a café, and I said to him: "Why is the city of Andelsprutz quite dead, and her soul gone hence?" He answered: "Cities do not have souls and there is never any life in bricks." And I said to him: "Sir, you have spoken truly." And I asked the same question of another man, and he gave me the same answer, and I thanked him for his courtesy. F OUNDLE SPRUCE AND HER HOUSES LOOKED VACANTLY OVER THE PLAINS LIKE THE EYES OF A DEAD MADMAN AT THE HOUR HER CHIME SOUNDED UNLOVELY AND DISCORDANT SOME OF THEM WERE OUT OF TUNE AND THE BELLS OF SOME WERE CRACKED HER ROOFS WERE BALD AND WITHOUT MOSS AT EVENING NO PLEASANT RUMOUR AROSE IN HER STREETS WHEN THE LAMPS WERE LIT IN THE HOUSES NO MYSTICAL FLOOD OF LIGHT STOLE OUT INTO THE DUSK YOURELY SAW THAT THERE WERE LIGHTED LAMPS ONDO SPRUTES HAD NO WAY WITH HER AND NO AIR ABOUT HER WHEN THE NIGHT FELL AND THE BLINDS WERE ALL DRAWN DOWN THEN I PERCEIVED WHAT I HAD NOT THOUGHT IN THE DAYLIGHT I KNEW THEN THAT ONDO'S BRUTES WAS DEAD I SAW A FAIR HAIRED MAN WHO DRANK BEER IN A CAFE AND I SAID TO HIM WHY IS THE CITY OF ONDO SPRUTES QUITE DEAD AND HER SOUL GONE HENCE HE ANSWERED CITIES DO NOT HAVE SOULS AND THERE IS NEVER ANY LIFE IN BRICKS AND I SAID TO HIM SIR YOU HAVE SPOKEN TRULY AND I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION OF ANOTHER MAN AND HE GAVE ME THE SAME ANSWER AND I THANKED HIM FOR HIS COURTESY
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