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He took it and strode away, and his mother only sighed and let him go. She knew that today he would not drink at the stream coming down from the terraces of Varpa Niger, the inner land of the mountains, that today he would not wonder awhile at the sunset and afterwards trot back to the cavern again to sleep on rushes pulled by rivers that know not Man. HE TOOK IT AND STRODE AWAY AND HIS MOTHER ONLY SIGHED AND LET HIM GO SHE KNEW THAT TO DAY HE WOULD NOT DRINK AT THE STREAM COMING DOWN FROM THE TERRACES OF VARPARA NIGER THE INNER LAND OF THE MOUNTAINS THAT TO DAY HE WOULD NOT WONDER AWHILE AT THE SUNSET AND AFTERWARDS TROT BACK TO THE CAVERN AGAIN TO SLEEP ON RUSHES PULLED BY RIVERS THAT KNOW NOT MAN
e with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here. THE BRIDE OF THE MAN-HORSE In the morning of his two hundred and fiftieth year Shepperalk the centaur went to the golden coffer, wherein the treasure of the centaurs was, and taking from it the hoarded amulet that his father, Jyshak, in the years of his prime, had hammered from mountain gold and set with opals bartered from the gnomes, he put it upon his wrist, and said no word, but walked from his mother's cavern. And he took with him too that clarion of the centaurs, that famous silver horn, that in its time had summoned to surrender seventeen cities of Man, and for twenty years had brayed at star-girt walls in the Siege of Tholdenblarna, the citadel of the gods, what time the centaurs waged their fabulous war and were not broken by any force of arms, but retreated slowly in a cloud of dust before the final miracle of the gods that They brought in Their desperate need from Their ultimate armoury.  WEARY OF LONDON COME WITH ME AND THOSE THAT TIRE AT ALL OF THE WORLD WE KNOW FOR WE HAVE NEW WORLDS HERE THE BRIDE OF THE MAN HORSE IN THE MORNING OF HIS TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH YEAR SHEPPERALK THE CENTAUR WENT TO THE GOLDEN COFFER WHEREIN THE TREASURE OF THE CENTAURS WAS AND TAKING FROM IT THE HOARDED AMULLET THAT HIS FATHER JYSHAK IN THE YEAR OF HIS PRIME HAD HAMMERED FROM MOUNTAIN GOLD AND SET WITH OPALS BARTERED FROM THE GNOMES HE PUT IT UPON HIS WRIST AND SAID NO WORD BUT WALKED FROM HIS MOTHER'S CAVERN AND HE TOOK WITH HIM TOO THAT CLARION OF THE CENTAURS THAT FAMOUS SILVER HORN THAT IN ITS TIME HAD SUMMONED TO SURRENDER SEVENTEEN CITIES OF MAN AND FOR TWENTY YEARS HAD BRAYED AT STAR GIRT WALLS IN THE SIEGE OF THOLDENBLARNA THE CITADEL OF THE GODS WHAT TIME THE CENTAURS WAGED THEIR FABULOUS WAR AND WERE NOT BROKEN BY ANY FORCE OF ARMS BUT RETREATED SLOWLY IN A CLOUD OF DUST BEFORE THE FINAL MIRACLE OF THE GODS THAT THEY BROUGHT IN THEIR DESPERATE NEED FROM THEIR ULTIMATE ARMORY
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