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If it was all a dream, it was a dream that knew no morning and no fading away. IF IT WAS ALL A DREAM IT WAS A DREAM THAT KNEW NO MORNING AND NO FADING AWAY
kull-and-cross-bones of the pirateers, and the tiny nautilus setting out to sea, and ships of heroes trafficking in romance or of princes seeking for enchanted isles. It was not by chains that the dragon kept her there, but by one of the spells of old. To one to whom the facilities of the daily Press had for so long been accorded spells would have palled--you would have said--and galleons after a time and all things out-of-date. After a time. But whether the centuries passed her or whether the years or whether no time at all, she did not know. If anything indicated the passing of time it was the rhythm of elfin horns blowing upon the heights. If the centuries went by her the spell that bound her gave her also perennial youth, and kept alight for ever the lantern by her side, and saved from decay the marble palace facing the mystical sea. And if no time went by her there at all, her single moment on those marvellous coasts was turned as it were to a crystal reflecting a thousand scenes. MADRID AND THE MERRY SCULLING CROSSBONES OF THE PIRATEERS AND THE TINY NAUTILUS SETTING OUT TO SEA AND SHIPS OF HEROES TRAFFICKING IN ROMANCE OR OF PRINCES SEEKING FOR ENCHANTED ISLES IT WAS NOT BY CHAINS THAT THE DRAGON KEPT HER THERE BUT BY ONE OF THE SPELLS OF OLD TO ONE TO WHOM THE FACILITIES OF THE DAILY PRESS HAD FOR SO LONG BEEN ACCORDED SPELLS WOULD HAVE PALLED YOU WOULD HAVE SAID AND GALLEONS AFTER A TIME AND ALL THINGS OUT OF DATE AFTER A TIME BUT WHETHER THE CENTURIES PASSED HER OR WHETHER THE YEARS OR WHETHER NO TIME AT ALL SHE DID NOT KNOW IF ANYTHING INDICATED THE PASSING OF TIME IT WAS THE RHYTHM OF ELFIN HORNS BLOWING UPON THE HEIGHTS IF THE CENTURIES WENT BY HER THE SPELL THAT BOUND HER GAVE HER ALSO PERENNIAL YOUTH AND KEPT ALIGHT FOREVER THE LANTERN BY HER SIDE AND SAVE FROM DECAY THE MARBLE PALACE FACING THE MYSTICAL SEA AND IF NO TIME WENT BY HER THERE AT ALL HER SINGLE MOMENT ON THOSE MARVELOUS COASTS WAS TURNED AS IT WERE TO A CRYSTAL REFLECTING A THOUSAND SCENES
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