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And he had not seen Athelvok, for the great bull was on the far side of the little pool, and Athelvok could not creep round to him for fear of meeting the wind (for the gariachs, who can see little in the dark forests, rely on hearing and smell). AND HE HAD NOT SEEN A FELVOC FOR THE GREAT BULL WAS ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE LITTLE POOL AND ATHELVOC COULD NOT CREEP ROUND TO HIM FOR FEAR OF MEETING THE WIND FOR THE GARIACKS WHO CAN SEE LITTLE IN THE DARK FORESTS RELY ON HEARING AND SMELL
e out along her balcony and met him on the terraces. And she asked him if he had ever slain a gariach, and he said that he had slain three, and then he told her how he had killed his first down by the pool in the wood. For he had taken his father's spear and gone down to the edge of the pool, and had lain under the azaleas there waiting for the stars to shine, by whose first light the gariachs go to the pools to drink; and he had gone too early and had had long to wait, and the passing hours seemed longer than they were. And all the birds came in that home at night, and the bat was abroad, and the hour of the duck went by, and still no gariach came down to the pool; and Athelvok felt sure that none would come. And just as this grew to a certainty in his mind the thicket parted noiselessly and a huge bull gariach stood facing him on the edge of the water, and his great horns swept out sideways from his head, and at the ends curved upwards, and were four strides in width from tip to tip. LDES AND HILARIC CAME OUT ALONG HER BALCONY AND MET HIM ON THE TERRACES AND SHE ASKED HIM IF HE HAD EVER SLAIN A GORIACH AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD SLAIN THREE AND THEN HE TOLD HER HOW HE HAD KILLED HIS FIRST DOWN BY THE POOL IN THE WOOD FOR HE HAD TAKEN HIS FATHER'S SPEAR AND GONE DOWN TO THE EDGE OF THE POOL AND HAD LAIN UNDER THE AZALEAS THERE WAITING FOR THE STARS TO SHINE BY WHOSE FIRST LIGHT THE GORIACKS GO TO THE POOLS TO DRINK AND HE HAD GONE TOO EARLY AND HAD HAD LONG TO WAIT AND THE PASSING HOURS SEEMED LONGER THAN THEY WERE AND ALL THE BIRDS CAME IN THAT HOME AT NIGHT AND THE BAT WAS ABROAD AND THE HOUR OF THE DUCK WENT BY AND STILL NO GORIAH CAME DOWN TO THE POOL AND ATHEL VAC FELT SURE THAT NONE WOULD COME AND JUST AS THIS GREW TO A CERTAINTY IN HIS MIND THE THICKET PARTED NOISELESSLY AND A HUGE BULL GORIAK STOOD FACING HIM ON THE EDGE OF THE WATER AND HIS GREAT HORN SWEPT OUT SIDEWAYS FROM HIS HEAD AND AT THE ENDS CURVED UPWARDS AND WERE FOUR STRIDES IN WIDTH FROM TIP TO TIP
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