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And on the day that I tell of he galloped away from his home scattering largesse of gold, as I have said, and passed through many kingdoms, the dragon snapping at maidens as he went, but being unable to eat them because of the bit in his mouth, and earning no gentler reward than a spurthrust where he was softest. And so they came to the swart arboreal precipice of the unpassable forest. The dragon rose at it with a rattle of wings. AND ON THE DAY THAT I TELL OF HE GALLOPED AWAY FROM HIS HOME SCATTERING LARGESSE OF GOLD AS I HAVE SAID AND PASSED THROUGH MANY KINGDOMS THE DRAGON SNAPPING AT MAIDENS AS HE WENT BUT BEING UNABLE TO EAT THEM BECAUSE OF THE BIT IN HIS MOUTH AND EARNING NO GENTLER REWARD THAN A SPUR THRUST WHERE HE WAS SOFTEST AND SO THEY CAME TO THE SWART ARBOREAL PRECIPICE OF THE IMPASSABLE FOREST THE DRAGON ROSE AT IT WITH A RATTLE OF WINGS
ose that gave it, some said that the knight was mad, and others said he was greater than those what gave the advice, but none appreciated the worth of his plan. He reasoned thus: for centuries men had been well advised and had gone by the cleverest way, while the Gibbelins came to expect them to come by boat and to look for them at the door whenever their larder was empty, even as a man looketh for a snipe in a marsh; but how, said Alderic, if a snipe should sit in the top of a tree, and would men find him there? Assuredly never! So Alderic decided to swim the river and not to go by the door, but to pick his way into the tower through the stone. Moreover, it was in his mind to work below the level of the ocean, the river (as Homer knew) that girdles the world, so that as soon as he made a hole in the wall the water should pour in, confounding the Gibbelins, and flooding the cellars, rumoured to be twenty feet in depth, and therein he would dive for emeralds as a diver dives for pearls. HAD REJECTED THE ADVICE OF THOSE THAT GAVE IT SOME SAID THAT THE KNIGHT WAS MAD AND OTHERS SAID HE WAS GREATER THAN THOSE WHAT GAVE THE ADVICE BUT NONE APPRECIATED THE WORTH OF HIS PLAN HE REASONED THUS FOR CENTURIES MEN HAD BEEN WELL ADVISED AND HAD GONE BY THE CLEVEREST WAY WHILE THE GIBBLINS CAME TO EXPECT THEM TO COME BY BOAT AND TO LOOK FOR THEM AT THE DOOR WHENEVER THEIR LARDER WAS EMPTY EVEN AS A MAN LOOKETH FOR A SNIPE IN A MARSH BUT HOW SAID ELDRIC IF A SNIPE SHOULD SIT IN THE TOP OF A TREE AND WOULD MEN FIND HIM THERE ASSUREDLY NEVER SO ELDRIC DECIDED TO SWIM THE RIVER AND NOT TO GO BY THE DOOR BUT TO PICK HIS WAY INTO THE TOWER THROUGH THE STONE MOREOVER IT WAS IN HIS MIND TO WORK BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE OCEAN THE RIVER AS HOMER KNEW THAT GIRDLES THE WORLD SO THAT AS SOON AS HE MADE A HOLE IN THE WALL THE WATER SHOULD POUR IN CONFOUNDING THE GIBBELLINS AND FLOODING THE CELLARS RUMOUR TO BE TWENTY FEET IN DEPTH AND THEREIN HE WOULD DIVE FOR EMERALDS AS A DIVER DIVED FOR PEARLS
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