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Here they all halted and lighted a fire of branches, striking sparks from flint into a heap of bracken. HERE THEY ALL HALTED AND LIGHTED A FIRE OF BRANCHES STRIKING SPARKS FROM FLINT INTO A HEAP OF BRACKEN
on and his inspiration failed. It failed slowly. Gradually he grew less sure of the way to Carcassonne. Awhile he stopped to think, and remembered the way again; but his clear certainty was gone, and in its place were efforts in his mind to recall old prophecies and shepherd's songs that told of the marvelous city. Then as he said over carefully to himself a song that a wanderer had learnt from a goatherd's boy far up the lower slope of ultimate southern mountains, fatigue came down upon his toiling mind like snow on the winding ways of a city noisy by night, stilling all. He stood, and the warriors closed up to him. For long they had passed by great oaks standing solitary here and there, like giants taking huge breaths of the night air before doing some furious deed; now they had come to the verge of a black forest; the tree-trunks stood like those great columns in an Egyptian hall whence God in an older mood received the praise of men; the top of it sloped the way of an ancient wind. INESS CAME UPON OUR LEON AND HIS INSPIRATION FAILED IT FAILED SLOWLY GRADUALLY HE GREW LESS SURE OF THE WAY TO CARCASSINY A WHILE HE STOPPED TO THINK AND REMEMBERED THE WAY AGAIN BUT HIS CLEAR CERTAINTY WAS GONE AND IN ITS PLACE WERE EFFORTS IN HIS MIND TO RECALL OLD PROPHECIES AND SHEPHERD SONGS THAT WERE TOLD OF A MARVELLOUS CITY THEN AS HE SAID OVER CAREFULLY TO HIMSELF A SONG THAT A WANDERER HAD LEARNT FROM A GOATHERD'S BOY FAR UP THE SLOPE OF ULTIMATE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS FATIGUE CAME DOWN UPON HIS TOILING MIND LIKE SNOW ON THE WINDING WAYS OF A CITY NOISY BY NIGHT STILLING ALL HE STOOD AND THE WARRIORS CLOSED UP TO HIM FOR LONG THEY HAD PASSED BY GREAT OAKS STANDING SOLITARY HERE AND THERE LIKE GIANTS TAKING HUGE BREATHS OF THE NIGHT AIR BEFORE DOING SOME FURIOUS DEED NOW THEY HAD COME TO THE VERGE OF A BLACK FOREST THE TREE TRUNK STOOD LIKE THOSE GREAT COLUMNS IN AN EGYPTIAN HALL WHENCE GOD IN AN OLDER MOOD RECEIVED THE PRAISE OF MEN THE TOP OF IT SLOPED THE WAY OF AN ANCIENT WIND
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