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Something so huge that it seemed unfair to man that it should move so softly stalked splendidly by them, and only so barely did they escape its notice that one word rang and echoed through their three imaginations  "If  if  if." SOMETHING SO HUGE THAT IT SEEMED UNFAIR TO MAN THAT IT SHOULD MOVE SO SOFTLY STOP SPLENDIDLY BY THEM AND ONLY SO BARELY DID THEY ESCAPE ITS NOTICE THAT ONE WORD RAN AND ECHOED THROUGH THEIR THREE IMAGINATIONS IF IF
beasts, as well the three thieves knew, all flesh was meat, whether it were the flesh of fish or man. There the thieves drew idolatrously from their pockets each one a separate god and prayed for protection in the unfortunate wood, and hoped therefrom for a threefold chance of escape, since if anything should eat one of them it were certain to eat them all, and they confided that the corollary might be true and all should escape if one did. Whether one of these gods was propitious and awake, or whether all of the three, or whether it was chance that brought them through the forest unmouthed by detestable beasts, none knoweth; but certainly neither the emissaries of the god that most they feared, nor the wrath of the topical god of that ominous place, brought their doom to the three adventurers there or then. And so it was that they came to Rumbly Heath, in the heart of the Dubious Land, whose stormy hillocks were the ground-swell and the after-wash of the earthquake lulled for a while. T TO WHOSE NATIVE BEASTS AS WELL THE THREE THIEVES KNEW ALL FLESH WAS MEAT WHETHER IT WERE THE FLESH OF FISH OR MAN THERE THE THIEVES DREW IDOLATROUSLY FROM THEIR POCKETS EACH ONE A SEPARATE GOD AND PRAYED FOR PROTECTION IN THE UNFORTUNATE WOOD AND HOPED THEREFROM FOR A THREEFOLD CHANCE OF ESCAPE SINCE IF ANYTHING SHOULD EAT ONE OF THEM IT WERE CERTAIN TO EAT THEM ALL AND THEY CONFIDED THAT THE COROLLARY MIGHT BE TRUE AND ALL SHOULD ESCAPE IF ONE DID WHETHER ONE OF THESE GODS WAS PROPITIOUS AND AWAKE OR WHETHER ALL OF THE THREE OR WHETHER IT WAS CHANCE THAT BROUGHT THEM THROUGH THE FOREST UNMOUTHED BY DETESTABLE BEASTS NONE KNOWETH BUT CERTAINLY NEITHER THE EMISSARIES OF THE GOD THAT MOST THEY FEARED NOR THE WRATH OF THE TOPICAL GOD OF THAT OMINOUS PLACE BROUGHT THEIR DOOM TO THE THREE ADVENTURERS THERE OR THEN AND SO IT WAS THAT THEY CAME TO RUMBLY HEATH IN THE HEART OF THE DUBIOUS LAND WHOSE STORMY HILLOCKS WHERE THE GROUND SWELL AND THE AFTERWASH OF THE EARTHQUAKE LULLED FOR A WHILE
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