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We agreed that such a beast could never have been killed by any assault of man, and that the gate must have been a fallen tusk, and one fallen near and recently. WE AGREED THAT SUCH A BEAST COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN KILLED BY ANY ASSAULT OF MAN AND THAT THE GATE MUST HAVE BEEN A FALLEN TUSK AND ONE FALLEN NEAR AND RECENTLY
e ivory gate. For a while I paused and admired it, then I came nearer and perceived the dreadful truth. The gate was carved out of one solid piece! I fled at once through the gateway and down to the ship, and even as I ran I thought that I heard far off on the hills behind me the tramp of the fearful beast by whom that mass of ivory was shed, who was perhaps even then looking for his other tusk. When I was on the ship again I felt safer, and I said nothing to the sailors of what I had seen. And now the captain was gradually awakening. Now night was rolling up from the East and North, and only the pinnacles of the towers of Perdóndaris still took the fallen sunlight. Then I went to the captain and told him quietly of the thing I had seen. And he questioned me at once about the gate, in a low voice, that the sailors might not know; and I told him how the weight of the thing was such that it could not have been brought from afar, and the captain knew that it had not been there a year ago. UDDENLY SAW IN IT A HUGE IVORY GATE FOR A WHILE I PAUSED AND ADMIRED IT THEN I CAME NEARER AND PERCEIVED THE DREADFUL TRUTH THE GATE WAS CARVED OUT OF ONE SOLID PEACE I FLED AT ONCE THROUGH THE GATEWAY AND DOWN TO THE SHIP AND EVEN AS I RAN I THOUGHT THAT I HEARD FAR OFF ON THE HILLS BEHIND ME THE TRAMP OF THE FEARFUL BEAST BY WHOM THAT MASS OF IVORY WAS SHED WHO WAS PERHAPS EVEN THEN LOOKING FOR HIS OTHER TUSK WHEN I WAS ON THE SHIP AGAIN I FELT SAFER AND I SAID NOTHING TO THE SAILORS OF WHAT I HAD SEEN AND NOW THE CAPTAIN WAS GRADUALLY AWAKENING NOW NIGHT WAS ROLLING UP FROM THE EAST AND NORTH AND ONLY THE PINNACLES OF THE TOWERS OF PREDON STILL TOOK THE FALLEN SUNLIGHT THEN I WENT TO THE CAPTAIN AND TOLD HIM QUIETLY OF THE THING I HAD SEEN AND HE QUESTIONED ME AT ONCE ABOUT THE GATE IN A LOW VOICE THAT THE SAILORS MIGHT NOT KNOW AND I TOLD HIM HOW THE WEIGHT OF THE THING WAS SUCH THAT IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM AFAR AND THE CAPTAIN KNEW THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN THERE A YEAR AGO
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