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The mountain smoked and panted; with every pant a rock plunged into the streets or bounced along the heavy iron roof, and the smoke went slowly up, and up, and up. THE MOUNTAINS SMOKED AND PANTED WITH EVERY PANT A ROCK PLUNGED INTO THE STREETS OR BOUNCED ALONG THE HEAVY IRON ROOF AND THE SMOKE WENT SLOWLY UP AND UP AND UP
e Camorak drew up his remaining warriors in line of battle to wage their last war, and they stepped forward over the crisp bones of old, unburied armies. No sentinel defied them in the gate, no arrow flew from any tower of war. One citizen climbed alone to the mountain's top, and the rest hid themselves in sheltered places. Now, in the top of the mountain was a deep, bowl-like cavern in the rock, in which fires bubbled softly. But if any cast a boulder into the fires, as it was the custom for one of those citizens to do when enemies approached them, the mountain hurled up intermittent rocks for three days, and the rocks fell flaming all over the town and all round about it. And just as Camorak's men began to batter the gate they heard a crash on the mountain, and a great rock fell beyond them and rolled into the valley. The next two fell in front of them on the iron roofs of the town. Just as they entered the town a rock found them crowded in a narrow street, and shattered two of them.  THE CITY THEREFORE CAMERACK DREW UP HIS REMAINING WARRIORS IN LINE OF BATTLE TO WAGE THEIR LAST WAR AND THEY STEPPED FORWARD OVER THE CRISP BONES OF OLD UNBURIED ARMIES NO SENTINEL DEFIED THEM IN THE GATE NO ARROW FLEW FROM ANY TOWER OF WAR ONE CITIZEN CLIMBED ALONE TO THE MOUNTAIN'S TOP AND THE REST HID THEMSELVES IN SHELTERED PLACES NOW IN THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN WAS A DEEP BOWL LIKE CAVERN IN THE ROCK IN WHICH FIRES BUBBLED SOFTLY AND IF ANY CAST A BOULDER INTO THE FIRES AS IT WAS THE CUSTOM FOR ONE OF THOSE CITIZENS TO DO WHEN ENEMIES APPROACHED THEM THE MOUNTAIN HURLED UP INTERMITTENT ROCKS FOR THREE DAYS AND THE ROCKS FELL FLAMING ALL OVER THE TOWN AND ALL ROUND ABOUT IT AND JUST AS CAMERACK'S MEN BEGAN TO BATTER THE GATE THEY HEARD A CRASH ON THE MOUNTAIN AND A GREAT ROCK FELL BEYOND THEM AND ROLLED INTO THE VALLEY THE NEXT TWO FELL IN FRONT OF THEM ON THE IRON ROOFS OF THE TOWN JUST AS THEY ENTERED THE TOWN A ROCK FOUND THEM CROWDED IN A NARROW STREET AND SHATTERED TWO OF THEM
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