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Through their gates he passed with his three silken regiments, the light blue regiment of the camel guards being upon his right and the green regiment riding at his left, the lilac regiment going on before. When he had gone through the streets of any city and observed the ways of its people, and had seen the way that the sunlight struck its towers, he would proclaim himself King there, and then ride on in fancy. THROUGH THEIR GATES HE PASSED WITH HIS THREE SILKEN REGIMENTS THE LIGHT BLUE REGIMENT OF THE CAMEL GUARDS BEING UPON HIS RIGHT AND THE GREEN REGIMENT RIDING AT HIS LEFT THE LILAC REGIMENT GOING ON BEFORE WHEN HE HAD GONE THROUGH THE STREETS OF ANY CITY AND OBSERVED THE WAYS OF ITS PEOPLE AND HAD SEEN THE WAY THAT THE SUNLIGHT STRUCK ITS TOWERS HE WOULD PROCLAIM HIMSELF KING THERE AND THEN RIDE ON IN FANCY
al), but stranger things might crouch there. Slowly he built up Larkar: rampart by rampart, towers for archers, gateway of brass, and all. And then one day he argued, and quite rightly, that all the silk-clad people in its streets, their camels, their wares that came from Inkustahn, the city itself, were all the things of his will--and then he made himself King. He smiled after that when people did not raise their hats to him in the street, as he walked from the station to Business; but he was sufficiently practical to recognize that it was better not to talk of this to those that only knew him as Mr. Shap. Now that he was King in the city of Larkar and in all the desert that lay to the East and North he sent his fancy to wander further afield. He took the regiments of his camel-guards and went jingling out of Larkar, with little silver bells under the camels' chins, and came to other cities far-off on the yellow sand, with clear white walls and towers, uplifting themselves in the sun. AFTER ALL IT WAS NOT REAL BUT STRANGER THINGS MIGHT CROUCH THERE SLOWLY HE BUILT UP LARCAR RAMPART BY RAMPART TOWERS FOR ARCHERS GATEWAYS OF BRASS AND ALL AND THEN ONE DAY HE ARGUED AND QUITE RIGHTLY THAT ALL THE SILK CLAD PEOPLE IN ITS STREETS THEIR CAMELS THEIR WARES THAT COME FROM INCOSTAN THE CITY ITSELF WERE ALL THE THINGS OF HIS WILL AND THEN HE MADE HIMSELF KING HE SMILED AFTER THAT WHEN PEOPLE DID NOT RAISE THEIR HATS TO HIM IN THE STREET AS HE WALKED FROM THE STATION TO BUSINESS BUT HE WAS SUFFICIENTLY PRACTICAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS BETTER NOT TO TALK OF THIS TO THOSE THAT ONLY KNEW HIM AS MISTER SHAP NOW THAT HE WAS KING IN THE CITY OF LARKAR AND IN ALL THE DESERT THAT LAY TO THE EAST AND NORTH HE SENT HIS FANCY TO WANDER FURTHER AFIELD HE TOOK THE REGIMENTS OF HIS CAMEL GUARD AND WENT JINGLING OUT OF LARKAR WITH LITTLE SILVER BELLS UNDER THE CAMEL'S CHINS AND CAME TO OTHER CITIES FAR OFF ON THE YELLOW SAND WITH CLEAR WHITE WALLS AND TOWERS UPLIFTING THEMSELVES IN THE SUN
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