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Only their eyes grew wider, and there was triumph in their eyes, and it was not triumph over us, but over things we could not guess. Then they asked: "What is your name?" ONLY THEIR EYES GREW WIDER AND THERE WAS A TRIUMPH IN THEIR EYES AND IT WAS NOT TRIUMPH OVER US BUT OVER THINGS WE COULD NOT GUESS THEN THEY ASKED WHAT IS YOUR NAME
 the road. The Golden One were kneeling alone at the moat which runs through the field. And the drops of water falling from their hands, as they raised the water to their lips, were like sparks of fire in the sun. Then the Golden One saw us, and they did not move, kneeling there, looking at us, and circles of light played upon their white tunic, from the sun on the water of the moat, and one sparkling drop fell from a finger of their hand held as frozen in the air. Then the Golden One rose and walked to the hedge, as if they had heard a command in our eyes. The two other Street Sweepers of our brigade were a hundred paces away down the road. And we thought that International 4-8818 would not betray us, and Union 5-3992 would not understand. So we looked straight upon the Golden One, and we saw the shadows of their lashes on their white cheeks and the sparks of sun on their lips. And we said: “You are beautiful, Liberty 5-3000.” Their face did not move and they did not avert their eyes. E WERE KNEELING ALONG THE MOAT WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE FIELD AND THE DROPS OF WATER FALLING FROM THEIR HANDS AS THEY RAISED THE WATER TO THEIR LIPS WERE LIKE SPARKS OF FIRE IN THE SUN THEN THE GOLDEN ONE SAW US AND THEY DID NOT MOVE KNEELING THERE LOOKING AT US AND CIRCLES OF LIGHT PLAYED UPON THEIR WHITE TUNIC FROM THE SUN ON THE WATER OF THE MOAT AND ONE SPARKLING DROP FELL FROM A FINGER OF THEIR HAND HELD AS FROZEN IN THE AIR THEN THE GOLDEN ONE ROSE AND WALKED TO THE HEDGE AS IF THEY HAD HEARD A COMMAND IN OUR EYES THE TWO OTHER STREET SWEEPERS OF OUR BRIGADE WERE A HUNDRED PACES AWAY DOWN THE ROAD AND WE THOUGHT THAT INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT WOULD NOT BETRAY US AND UNION FIVE THREE NINE NINE TWO WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND SO WE LOOKED STRAIGHT UPON THE GOLDEN ONE AND WE SAW THE SHADOWS OF THEIR LASHES ON THEIR WHITE CHEEKS AND THE SPARKS OF SUN ON THEIR LIPS AND WE SAID YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND THEIR FACE DID NOT MOVE AND THEY DID NOT AVERT THEIR EYES
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