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They walked to the pyre, and their step did not falter. And of all the faces on that square, of all the faces which shrieked and screamed and spat curses upon them, theirs was the calmest and the happiest face. THEY WALKED TO THE PYRE AND THEIR STEP DID NOT FALTER AND OF ALL THE FACES IN THAT SQUARE OF ALL THE FACES WHICH SHRIEKED AND SCREAMED AND SPAT CURSES UPON THEM THEIRS WAS THE CALMEST AND HAPPIEST FACE
t which had been. And this is the Unspeakable Word, which no men may speak nor hear. But sometimes, and it is rare, sometimes, somewhere, one among men find that word. They find it upon scraps of old manuscripts or cut into the fragments of ancient stones. But when they speak it they are put to death. There is no crime punished by death in this world, save this one crime of speaking the Unspeakable Word. We have seen one of such men burned alive in the square of the City. And it was a sight which has stayed with us through the years, and it haunts us, and follows us, and it gives us no rest. We were a child then, ten years old. And we stood in the great square with all the children and all the men of the City, sent to behold the burning. They brought the Transgressor out into the square and they led them to the pyre. They had torn out the tongue of the Transgressor, so that they could speak no longer. The Transgressor were young and tall. They had hair of gold and eyes blue as morning.  IN THE LANGUAGE OF MEN BUT WHICH HAS BEEN AND THIS IS THE UNSPEAKABLE WORD WHICH NO MEN MAY SPEAK NOR HEAR BUT SOMETIMES AND IT IS RARE SOMETIMES SOMEWHERE ONE AMONG MEN FIND THAT WORD THEY FIND IT UPON SCRAPS OF OLD MANUSCRIPTS ARE CUT INTO THE FRAGMENTS OF ANCIENT STONES BUT WHEN THEY SPEAK IT THEY ARE PUT TO DEATH THERE IS NO CRIME PUNISHED BY DEATH IN THIS WORLD SAVE THIS ONE CRIME OF SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE WORD WE HAVE SEEN ONE OF SUCH MEN BURNED ALIVE IN THE SQUARE OF THE CITY AND IT WAS A SIGHT WHICH HAS STAYED WITH US THROUGH THE YEARS AND IT HAUNTS US AND FOLLOWS US AND IT GIVES US NO REST WE WERE A CHILD THEN TEN YEARS OLD AND WE STOOD IN THE GREAT SQUARE WITH ALL THE CHILDREN AND ALL THE MEN OF THE CITY SENT TO BEHOLD THE BURNING THEY BROUGHT THE TRANSGRESSOR OUT INTO THE SQUARE AND LED HIM INTO THE PYRE THEY HAD TORN OUT THE TONGUE OF THE TRANSGRESSOR SO THAT THEY COULD SPEAK NO LONGER THE TRANSGRESSOR WERE YOUNG AND TALL THEY HAD HAIR OF GOLD AND EYES OF BLUE AS MORNING
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