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And Pombo found the well at the end of the garden beyond the end house of Last Street, and many thoughts ran through his mind as he hung by his hands from the edge, but chiefest of all those thoughts was one that said the gods were laughing at him through the mouth of the arch idolater, their prophet, and the thought beat in his head till it ached like his wrists ... and then he found the step. And Pombo walked downstairs. AND POMBO FOUND THE WELL AT THE END OF THE GARDEN BEYOND THE END HOUSE OF LAST STREET AND MANY THOUGHTS RAN THROUGH HIS MIND AS HE HUNG BY HIS HANDS FROM THE EDGE BUT CHIEFEST OF ALL THOSE THOUGHTS WAS ONE THAT SAID THE GODS WERE LAUGHING AT HIM THROUGH THE MOUTH OF THE ARCH IDOLPTER THEIR PROPHET AND THE THOUGHT BEAT IN HIS HEAD TILL IT ACHED LIKE HIS WRISTS AND THEN HE FOUND THE STEP AND POMBU WALKED DOWNSTAIRS
rch-idolater, "but discussion about the lower flights is idle." Then the teeth of Pombo chattered, for he feared the darkness, but he that made idols of his own explained that those stairs were always lit by the faint blue gloaming in which the World spins. "Then," he said, "you will go by Lonely House and under the bridge that leads from the House to Nowhere, and whose purpose is not guessed; thence past Maharrion, the god of flowers, and his high-priest, who is neither bird nor cat; and so you will come to the little idol Duth, the disreputable god that will grant your prayer." And he went on carving again at his idol of jasper for the king who was weary of Wosh; and Pombo thanked him and went singing away, for in his vernacular mind he thought that "he _had_ the gods." It is a long journey from London to World's End, and Pombo had no money left, yet within five weeks he was strolling along Last Street; but how he contrived to get there I will not say, for it was not entirely honest.  EVEN A BOTTOM STEP SAID THE ARCH IDOLATER BUT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LOWER FLIGHTS IS IDLE THEN THE TEETH OF POMBO CHATTERED FOR HE FEARED THE DARKNESS BUT HE THAT MADE IDOLS OF HIS OWN EXPLAINED THAT THOSE STAIRS WERE ALWAYS LIT BY THE FAINT BLUE GLOAMING IN WHICH THE WORLD SPINS THEN HE SAID YOU WILL GO BY LONELY HOUSE AND UNDER THE BRIDGE THAT LEADS FROM THE HOUSE TO NOWHERE AND WHOSE PURPOSE IS NOT GUESSED THENCE PASS MAHARION THE GOD OF FLOWERS AND HIS HIGH PRIEST WHO IS NEITHER BIRD NOR CAT AND SO YOU WILL COME TO THE LITTLE IDLE DUKE THE DISREPUTABLE GOD THAT WILL GRANT YOUR PRAYER AND HE WENT ON CARVING AGAIN AT HIS IDOL OF JASPER FOR THE KING WHO WAS WEARY OF WISH AND POMBO THANKED HIM AND WENT SINGING AWAY FOR IN HIS VERNACULAR MIND HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD THE GODS IT IS A LONG JOURNEY FROM LONDON TO WORLD'S END AND POMBO HAD NO MONEY LEFT AND YET WITHIN FIVE WEEKS HE WAS STROLLING ALONG LAST STREET BUT HOW HE CONTRIVED TO GET THERE I WILL NOT SAY FOR IT WAS NOT ENTIRELY HONEST
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