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Thence there came dancing out a company with instruments, and made a melody all around the wall; that morning Mr. Shap, the bodily Shap in London, forgot the train to town. THENCE THERE CAME DANCING OUT A COMPANY WITH INSTRUMENTS AND MADE A MELODY ALL AROUND THE WALL THAT MORNING MISTER SHAP THE BODILY SHAP IN LONDON FORGOT THE TRAIN TO TOWN
he concentration that he gave to this inordinate progress through countries of which history is ignorant and cities so fantastic in their bulwarks that, though their inhabitants were human, yet the foe that they feared seemed something less or more; the amazement with which he beheld gates and towers unknown even to art, and furtive people thronging intricate ways to acclaim him as their sovereign--all these things began to affect his capacity for Business. He knew as well as any that his fancy could not rule these beautiful lands unless that other Shap, however unimportant, were well sheltered and fed: and shelter and food meant money, and money, Business. His was more like the mistake of some gambler with cunning schemes who overlooks human greed. One day his fancy, riding in the morning, came to a city gorgeous as the sunrise, in whose opalescent wall were gates of gold, so huge that a river poured between the bars, floating in, when the gates were opened, large galleons under sail.  INTO THE HOLY UNKNOWN THE CONCENTRATION THAT HE GAVE TO THIS INORDINATE PROGRESS THROUGH COUNTRIES OF WHICH HISTORY IS IGNORANT AND CITIES SO FANTASTIC IN THEIR BULWARKS THAT THOUGH THEIR INHABITANTS WERE HUMAN YET THE FOE THAT THEY FEARED SEEMED SOMETHING LESS OR MORE THE AMAZEMENT WITH WHICH HE BEHELD GATES AND TOWERS UNKNOWN EVEN TO ART AND FURTIVE PEOPLE THRONGING INTRICATE WAYS TO ACCLAIM HIM AS THEIR SOVEREIGN ALL THESE THINGS BEGAN TO AFFECT HIS CAPACITY FOR BUSINESS HE KNEW AS WELL AS ANY THAT HIS FANCY COULD NOT RULE THESE BEAUTIFUL LANDS UNLESS THAT OTHER SHAP HOWEVER UNIMPORTANT WERE WELL SHELTERED AND FED AND SHELTER AND FOOD MEANT MONEY AND MONEY BUSINESS HIS WAS MORE LIKE THE MISTAKE OF SOME GAMBLER WITH CUNNING SCHEMES WHO OVERLOOKS HUMAN GREED ONE DAY' FANCY RIDING IN THE MORNING CAME TO A CITY GORGEOUS AS THE SUNRISE IN WHOSE OPALESCENT WALL WERE GATES OF GOLD SO HUGE THAT A RIVER POURED BETWEEN THE BARS FLOATING IN WHEN THE GATES WERE OPENED LARGE GALLEONS UNDER SAIL
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