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He was in the emerald cellar. There was no light in the lofty vault above him, but, diving through twenty feet of water, he felt the floor all rough with emeralds, and open coffers full of them. HE WAS IN THE EMERALD'S CELLAR THERE WAS NO LIGHT IN THE LOFTY VAULT ABOVE HIM BUT DIVING THROUGH TWENTY FEET OF WATER HE FELT THE FLOOR ALL ROUGH WITH EMERALDS AND OPEN COFFERS FULL OF THEM
ey descended at the edge of the world it was night and the moon was shining. Ocean, the ancient river, narrow and shallow there, flowed by and made no murmur. Whether the Gibbelins banqueted or whether they watched by the door, they also made no murmur. And Alderic dismounted and took his armour off, and saying one prayer to his lady, swam with his pickaxe. He did not part from his sword, for fear that he meet with a Gibbelin. Landed the other side, he began to work at once, and all went well with him. Nothing put out its head from any window, and all were lighted so that nothing within could see him in the dark. The blows of his pickaxe were dulled in the deep walls. All night he worked, no sound came to molest him, and at dawn the last rock swerved and tumbled inwards, and the river poured in after. Then Alderic took a stone, and went to the bottom step, and hurled the stone at the door; he heard the echoes roll into the tower, then he ran back and dived through the hole in the wall.  TWILIGHT FADED AWAY AND WHEN THEY DESCENDED AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD IT WAS NIGHT AND THE MOON WAS SHINING OCEAN THE ANCIENT RIVER NARROW AND SHALLOW THERE FLOWED BY AND MADE NO MURMUR WHETHER THE GIBELONS BANQUETED OR WHETHER THEY WATCHED BY THE DOOR THEY ALSO MADE NO MURMUR AND ELDRIC DISMOUNTED AND TOOK HIS ARMOR OFF AND SAYING ONE PRAYER TO HIS LADY SWAM WITH HIS PICKAXE HE DID NOT PART FROM HIS SWORD FOR FEAR THAT HE MET WITH A GIBBELON LANDED THE OTHER SIDE HE BEGAN TO WORK AT ONCE AND ALL WENT WELL WITH HIM NOTHING PUT OUT ITS HEAD FROM ANY WINDOW AND ALL WERE LIGHTED SO THAT NOTHING WITHIN COULD SEE HIM IN THE DARK THE BLOWS OF HIS PICKAXE WERE DULLED IN THE DEEP WALLS ALL NIGHT HE WORKED NO SOUND CAME TO MOLEST HIM AND AT DAWN THE LAST ROCKS WERVED AND TUMBLED INWARDS AND THE RIVER POURED IN AFTER THEN ELDRIC TOOK A STONE AND WENT TO THE BOTTOM STEP AND HURLED THE STONE AT THE DOOR HE HEARD THE ECHOES ROLL INTO THE TOWER THEN HE RAN BACK AND DIVED THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE WALL
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