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They raised their hands to their ears, for never had they heard such words as these. THEY RAISED THEIR HANDS TO THEIR EARS FOR NEVER HAD THEY HEARD SUCH WORDS AS THESE
e Times. Hundreds upon hundreds of years ago men knew secrets which we have lost. And we thought: “This is a foul place. They are damned who touch the things of the Unmentionable Times.” But our hand which followed the track, as we crawled, clung to the iron as if it would not leave it, as if the skin of our hand were thirsty and begging of the metal some secret fluid beating in its coldness. We returned to the earth. International 4-8818 looked upon us and stepped back. “Equality 7-2521,” they said, “your face is white.” But we could not speak and we stood looking upon them. They backed away, as if they dared not touch us. Then they smiled, but it was not a gay smile; it was lost and pleading. But still we could not speak. Then they said: “We shall report our find to the City Council and both of us will be rewarded.” And then we spoke. Our voice was hard and there was no mercy in our voice. We said: “We shall not report our find to the City Council. We shall not report it to any men.” OSE TIMES HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO MEN KNEW SECRETS WHICH WE HAVE LOST AND WE THOUGHT THIS IS A FOUL PLACE THEY ARE DAMNED WHO TOUCH THE THINGS OF THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES BUT OUR HAND WHICH FOLLOWED THE TRACK AS WE CRAWLED CLUNG TO THE IRON AS IF IT WOULD NOT LEAVE IT AS IF THE SKIN OF OUR HAND WERE THIRSTY AND BEGGING OF THE METAL SOME SECRET FLUID BEATING IN ITS COLDNESS WE RETURNED TO THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT LOOKED UPON US AND STEPPED BACK EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TWO ONE THEY SAID YOUR FACE IS WHITE BUT WE COULD NOT SPEAK AND WE STOOD LOOKING UPON THEM THEY BACKED AWAY AS IF THEY DARED NOT TOUCH US THEN THEY SMILED BUT IT WAS NOT A GAY SMILE IT WAS LOST AND PLEADING BUT STILL WE COULD NOT SPEAK THEN THEY SAID WE SHALL REPORT OUR FINE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND BOTH OF US WILL BE REWARDED AND THEN WE SPOKE OUR VOICE WAS HARD AND THERE WAS NO MERCY IN OUR VOICE WE SAID WE SHALL NOT REPORT OUR FINE TO THE CITY COUNCIL WE SHALL NOT REPORT IT TO ANY MEN
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