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But they sent back a Death, who bore a scythe, saying to it: 'Slay half in the city that forsook us, but half of them spare alive that they may yet remember their old forsaken gods.' BUT THEY SENT BACK A DEATH WHO BORE A SCYTHE SAYING TO IT SLAY HALF IN THE CITY THAT FORSOOK US BUT HALF OF THEM SPARE ALIVE THAT THEY MAY YET REMEMBER THEIR OLD FORSAKEN GODS
ed. And listening to them some calmer mood would come upon the king, and listening still he would lie down again and at last fall asleep, and all the watchers silently would arise and steal away from the chamber. A while ago wandering, I came to the gate of that city. And even as I came a man stood up to pay his toll to the watchers. They were seated cross-legged on the ground between him and the gate, and each one held a spear. Near him two other travellers sat on the warm sand waiting. And the man said: "Now the city of Nombros forsook the worship of the gods and turned towards God. So the gods threw their cloaks over their faces and strode away from the city, and going into the haze among the hills passed through the trunks of the olive groves into the sunset. But when they had already left the Earth, they turned and looked through the gleaming folds of the twilight for the last time at their city; and they looked half in anger and half in regret, then turned and went away for ever. HAT THEY HAD GATHERED AND LISTENING TO THEM SOME CALMER MOOD WOULD COME UPON THE KING AND LISTENING STILL HE WOULD LIE DOWN AGAIN AND AT LAST FALL ASLEEP AND ALL THE WATCHERS SILENTLY WOULD ARISE AND STEAL AWAY FROM THE CHAMBER A WHILE AGO WANDERING I CAME TO THE GATE OF THAT CITY AND EVEN AS I CAME A MAN STOOD UP TO PAY HIS TOLL TO THE WATCHERS THEY WERE SEATED CROSS LEGGED ON THE GROUND BETWEEN HIM AND THE GATE AND EACH ONE HELD A SPEAR NEAR HIM TWO OTHER TRAVELLERS SAT ON THE WARM SAND WAITING AND THE MAN SAID NOW THE CITY OF NAMBROS FORSOOK THE WORSHIP OF THE GODS AND TURNED TOWARDS GOD SO THE GODS THREW THEIR CLOAKS OVER THEIR FACES AND STRODE AWAY FROM THE CITY AND GOING INTO THE HAZE AMONG THE HILLS PASSED THROUGH THE TRUNKS OF THE OLIVE GROVES INTO THE SUNSET BUT WHEN THEY HAD ALREADY LEFT THE EARTH THEY TURNED AND LOOKED THROUGH THE GLEAMING FOLDS OF THE TWILIGHT FOR THE LAST TIME AT THEIR CITY AND THEY LOOKED HALF IN ANGER AND HALF IN REGRET THEN TURNED AND WENT AWAY FOR EVER
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