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There are cities with their faces to heaven, and some with their faces to earth; some have a way of looking at the past and others look at the future; some notice you if you come among them, others glance at you, others let you go by. THERE ARE CITIES WITH FACES TO HEAVEN AND SOME WITH THEIR FACES TO EARTH SOME HAVE A WAY OF LOOKING AT THE PAST AND OTHERS LOOK AT THE FUTURE SOME NOTICE YOU IF YOU COME AMONG THEM OTHERS GLANCE AT YOU OTHERS LET YOU GO BY
 sharp and spiky at the end, said, "Saladin is in this desert with all his paynims, and I am Coeur de Lion." After a while the other boy said: "Now let me kill Saladin too." But Blagdaross in his wooden heart, that exulted with thoughts of battle, said: "I am Blagdaross yet!" THE MADNESS OF ANDELSPRUTZ I first saw the city of Andelsprutz on an afternoon in spring. The day was full of sunshine as I came by the way of the fields, and all that morning I had said, "There will be sunlight on it when I see for the first time the beautiful conquered city whose fame has so often made for me lovely dreams." Suddenly I saw its fortifications lifting out of the fields, and behind them stood its belfries. I went in by a gate and saw its houses and streets, and a great disappointment came upon me. For there is an air about a city, and it has a way with it, whereby a man may recognized one from another at once. There are cities full of happiness and cities full of pleasure, and cities full of gloom.  THE MADNESS OF ONDUL SPRUTES CHAPTER THREE OF A DREAMER'S TALES BY LORD DUNSANI THIS LEPER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN I FIRST SAW THE CITY OF ONDO SPRUTES ON AN AFTERNOON IN SPRING THE DAY WAS FULL OF SUNSHINE AS I CAME BY THE WAY OF THE FIELDS AND ALL THAT MORNING I HAD SAID THERE WILL BE SUNLIGHT ON IT WHEN I SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME THE BEAUTIFUL CONQUERED CITY WHOSE FAME HAS SO OFTEN MADE FOR ME LOVELY DREAMS SUDDENLY I SAW ITS FORTIFICATIONS LIFTING OUT OF THE FIELDS AND BEHIND THEM STOOD ITS BELFRIES I WENT IN BY A GATE AND SAW ITS HOUSES AND STREETS AND A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT CAME UPON ME FOR THERE IS AN AIR ABOUT A CITY AND IT HAS A WAY WITH IT WHEREBY A MAN MAY RECOGNIZE ONE FROM ANOTHER AT ONCE THERE ARE CITIES FULL OF HAPPINESS AND CITIES FULL OF PLEASURE AND CITIES FULL OF GLOOM
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