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Nevertheless when they perceived that that war for which they watched was not now come upon them, they lowered their spears and suffered him to enter, and he passed whirring through the earthward gateway. NEVERTHELESS WHEN THEY PERCEIVED THAT THAT WAR FOR WHICH THEY WATCHED WAS NOT NOW COME UPON THEM THEY LOWERED THEIR SPEARS AND SUFFERED HIM TO ENTER AND HE PASSED WHIRRING THROUGH THE EARTHWARD GATEWAY
hence it had come, as a wounded beast goes home. But when they came to the heights that venturous rider saw huge and fair to the left of him the destined City of Never, and he beheld the towers of Lel and Lek, Neerib and Akathooma, and the cliffs of Toldenarba a-glistening in the twilight like an alabaster statue of the Evening. Towards them he wrenched the halter, towards Toldenarba and the Under Pits; the wings of the hippogriff roared as the halter turned him. Of the Under Pits who shall tell? Their mystery is secret. It is held by some that they are the sources of night, and that darkness pours from them at evening upon the world; while others hint that knowledge of these might undo our civilization. There watched him ceaselessly from the Under Pits those eyes whose duty it is; from further within and deeper, the bats that dwell there arose when they saw the surprise in the eyes; the sentinels on the bulwarks beheld that stream of bats and lifted up their spears as it were for war.  FOR THE HEIGHTS WHENCE IT HAD COME AS A WOUNDED BEAST GOES HOME BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO THE HEIGHTS THAT VENTUROUS RIDER SAW HUGE AND FAIR TO THE LEFT OF HIM THE DESTINED CITY OF NEVER AND HE BEHELD THE TOWERS OF LEL AND LEK NEAR IT AND ACCATUMA AND THE CLIFFS OF TOLDENARBA A GLISTENING IN THE TWILIGHT LIKE AN ALABASTER STATUE OF THE EVENING TOWARDS THEM HE WRENCHED THE HALTER TOWARDS TOLDENARBA AND THE UNDER PITS THE WINGS OF THE HIPPOGRIFF ROARED AS THE HALTER TURNED HIM OF THE UNDER PITS WHO SHALL TELL THEIR MYSTERY IS SECRET IT IS HELD BY SOME THAT THEY ARE THE SOURCES OF NIGHT AND THAT DARKNESS POURS FROM THEM AT EVENING UPON THE WORLD WHILE OTHERS HINT THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THESE MIGHT UNDO OUR CIVILIZATION THERE WATCHED HIM CEASELESSLY FROM THE UNDER PITS THOSE EYES WHOSE DUTY IT IS FROM FURTHER WITHIN AND DEEPER THE BATS WHAT DWELL THERE AROSE WHEN THEY SAW THE SURPRISE IN THE EYES THE SENTINELS ON THE BULWARKS BEHELD THAT STREAM OF BATS AND LIFTED UP THEIR SPEARS AS IT WERE FOR WAR
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