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There was a necklace there of rose pink pearls beyond the art of the dreamer to imagine. THERE WAS A NECKLACE THERE OF ROSE PINK PEARS BEYOND THE ART OF THE DREAMER TO IMAGINE
, and that Fate has conquered us, and that our quest has failed." And after this they were silent. Then they drew their swords, and side by side went down into the forest, still seeking Carcassonne. I think they got not far; for there were deadly marshes in that forest, and gloom that outlasted the nights, and fearful beasts accustomed to its ways. Neither is there any legend, either in verse or among the songs of the people of the fields, of any having come to Carcassonne. IN ZACCARATH "Come," said the King in sacred Zaccarath, "and let our prophets prophesy before us." A far-seen jewel of light was the holy palace, a wonder to the nomads on the plains. There was the King with all his underlords, and the lesser kings that did him vassalage, and there were all his queens with all their jewels upon them. Who shall tell of the splendour in which they sat; of the thousand lights and the answering emeralds; of the dangerous beauty of that hoard of queens, or the flash of their laden necks?  IN ZACHARAS CHAPTER THIRTEEN OF A DREAMER'S TALES BY LORD DUNSANI THIS LEPER BOX RECORDING AS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN COME SAID THE KING IN SACRED SACARAS AND LET OUR PROPHETS PROPHESY BEFORE US A FAR SEEN JEWEL OF LIGHT WAS THE HOLY PALACE A WONDER TO THE NOMADS ON THE PLAINS THERE WAS THE KING WITH ALL HIS UNDER LORDS AND THE LESSER KINGS THAT DID HIM VASSALAGE AND THERE WERE ALL HIS QUEENS WITH ALL THEIR JEWELS UPON THEM WHO SHALL TELL OF THE SPLENDOUR IN WHICH THEY SAT OF THE THOUSAND LIGHTS AND THE ANSWERING EMERALDS OF THE DANGEROUS BEAUTY OF THAT HORDE OF QUEENS OR THE FLASH OF THEIR LADEN NECKS
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