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He went into the temple of the city of Zorra and stood some time there alone: all the priests kneeled to him when he came away. HE WENT INTO THE TEMPLE OF THE CITY OF ZORA AND STOOD SOME TIME THERE ALONE ALL THE PRIESTS KNEELED TO HIM WHEN HE CAME AWAY
seen by his fancy should play tricks at first with the memory of even so sane a man. He gave up reading the papers altogether, he lost all interest in politics, he cared less and less for things that were going on around him. This unfortunate missing of the morning train even occurred again, and the firm spoke to him severely about it. But he had his consolation. Were not Arathrion and Argun Zeerith and all the level coasts of Oora his? And even as the firm found fault with him his fancy watched the yaks on weary journeys, slow specks against the snow-fields, bringing tribute; and saw the green eyes of the mountain men who had looked at him strangely in the city of Nith when he had entered it by the desert door. Yet his logic did not forsake him; he knew well that his strange subjects did not exist, but he was prouder of having created them with his brain, than merely of ruling them only; thus in his pride he felt himself something more great than a king, he did not dare to think what!  THESE THINGS NOW NEWLY SEEN BY HIS FANCY SHOULD PLAY TRICKS AT FIRST WITH THE MEMORY OF EVEN SO SANE A MAN HE GAVE UP READING THE PAPERS ALTOGETHER HE LOST ALL INTEREST IN POLITICS HE CARED LESS AND LESS FOR THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AROUND HIM THIS UNFORTUNATE MISSING OF THE MORNING TRAIN EVEN OCCURRED AGAIN AND THE FIRM SPOKE TO HIM SEVERELY ABOUT IT BUT HE HAD HIS CONSOLATION WERNA ARA FRYON AND ARGUN ZORITH AND ALL THE LEVEL COASTS OF URA HIS AND EVEN AS THE FIRM FOUND FAULT WITH HIM HIS FANCY WATCHED THE AXE ON WEARY JOURNEYS SLOW SPECKS AGAINST THE SNOW FIELDS BRINGING TRIBUTE AND SAW THE GREEN EYES OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN WHO HAD LOOKED AT HIM STRANGELY IN THE CITY OF NITH WHEN HE HAD ENTERED IT BY THE DESERT DOOR YET HIS LOGIC DID NOT FORSAKE HIM HE KNEW WELL THAT HIS STRANGE SUBJECTS DID NOT EXIST BUT HE WAS PROUDER OF HAVING CREATED THEM WITH HIS BRAIN THAN MERELY OF RULING THEM ONLY THUS IN HIS PRIDE HE FELT HIMSELF SOMETHING MORE GREAT THAN A KING HE DID NOT DARE TO THINK WHAT
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