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So he went slanting earthward through the evening with his sword stretched out before him, and he was like a javelin that some hunter hath hurled that returneth again to the earth: but just before he touched it he lifted his head and spread his wings with the under feathers forward, and alighted by the bank of the broad Flavro that divides the city of Nombros. SO HE WENT SLANTING EARTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING WITH HIS SWORD STRETCHED OUT BEFORE HIM AND HE WAS LIKE A JAVELIN THAT SOME HUNTER HATH HURLED THAT RETURNETH AGAIN TO THE EARTH BUT JUST BEFORE HE TOUCHED IT HE LIFTED HIS HEAD AND SPREAD HIS WINGS WITH UNDER FEATHERS FORWARD AND ALIGHTED BY THE BANK OF THE BROAD FLAVRO THAT DIVIDES THE CITY OF NAMBROS
hen 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. 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 God sent a destroying angel to show that He was God, saying unto him: 'Go into that city and slay half of the dwellers therein, yet spare a half of them that they may know that I am God.' "And at once the destroying angel put his hand to his sword, and the sword came out of the scabbard with a deep breath, like to the breath that a broad woodman takes before his first blow at some giant oak. Thereat the angel pointed his arms downwards, and bending his head between them, fell forward from Heaven's edge, and the spring of his ankles shot him downwards with his wings furled behind him. ROVES 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 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 GOD SENT A DESTROYING ANGEL TO SHOW THAT HE WAS GOD SAYING UNTO HIM GO INTO THAT CITY AND SLAY HALF OF THE DWELLERS THEREIN YET SPARE A HALF OF THEM THAT THEY MAY KNOW THAT I AM GOD AND AT ONCE THE DESTROYING ANGEL PUT HIS HAND TO HIS SWORD AND THE SWORD CAME OUT OF THE SCABBARD WITH A DEEP BREATH LIKE TO THE BREATH THAT A BROAD WOODMAN TAKES BEFORE HIS FIRST BLOW AT SOME GIANT OAK THEREAT THE ANGEL POINTED HIS ARM DOWNWARDS AND BENDING HIS HEAD BETWEEN THEM FELL FORWARD FROM HEAVEN'S EDGE AND THE SPRING OF HIS ANKLES SHOT HIM DOWNWARDS WITH HIS WINGS FURLED BEHIND HIM
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