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And from the market place I came to a silver temple and then to a palace of onyx, and there were many wonders in Perdóndaris, and I would have stayed and seen them all, but as I came to the outer wall of the city I suddenly saw in it a huge ivory gate. AND FROM THE MARKET PLACE I CAME TO A SILVER TEMPLE AND THEN TO A PALACE OF ONYX AND THERE WERE MANY WONDERS IN IN PREDODERAS AND I WOULD HAVE STAYED AND SEEN THEM ALL BUT AS I CAME TO THE OUTER WALL OF THE CITY I SUDDENLY SAW IN IT A HUGE IVORY GATE
tacked Perdóndaris and what befell that army. Then I entered Perdóndaris and found all the people dancing, clad in brilliant silks, and playing on the tambang as they danced. For a fearful thunderstorm had terrified them while I slept, and the fires of death, they said, had danced over Perdóndaris, and now the thunder had gone leaping away large and black and hideous, they said, over the distant hills, and had turned round snarling at them, shoving his gleaming teeth, and had stamped, as he went, upon the hilltops until they rang as though they had been bronze. And often and again they stopped in their merry dances and prayed to the God they knew not, saying, "O, God that we know not, we thank Thee for sending the thunder back to his hills." And I went on and came to the market-place, and lying there upon the marble pavement I saw the merchant fast asleep and breathing heavily, with his face and the palms of his hands towards the sky, and slaves were fanning him to keep away the flies. HE TALE OF HOW AN ARMY ONCE ATTACKED PREDONDERUS AND WHAT BEFELL THAT ARMY THEN I ENTERED PREDONUS AND FOUND ALL THE PEOPLE DANCING CLAD IN BRILLIANT SILKS AND PLAYING ON THE TAMBANG AS THEY DANCED FOR A FEARFUL THUNDERSTORM HAD TERRIFIED THEM WHILE I SLEPT AND THE FIRES OF DEATH THEY SAID HAD DANCED OVER PREDONDERAS AND NOW THE THUNDER HAD GONE LEAPING AWAY LARGE AND BLACK AND HIDEOUS THEY SAID OVER THE DISTANT HILLS AND HAD TURNED ROUND SNARLING AT THEM SHOWING HIS GLEAMING TEETH AND HAD STAMPED AS HE WENT UPON THE HILL TOPS UNTIL THEY RANG AS THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN BRONZE AND OFTEN AND AGAIN THEY STOPPED IN THEIR MERRY DANCES AND PRAYED TO THE GOD THEY KNEW NOT SAYING O GOD THAT WE KNOW NOT WE THANK THEE FOR SENDING THE THUNDER BACK TO HIS HILLS AND I WENT ON AND CAME TO THE MARKET PLACE AND LYING THERE UPON THE MARBLE PAVEMENT I SAW THE MERCHANT FAST ASLEEP AND BREATHING HEAVILY WITH HIS FACE AND THE PALMS OF HIS HANDS TOWARD THE SKY AND SLAVES WERE FANNING HIM TO KEEP AWAY THE FLIES
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