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"And then I followed the Emperor's rapt glance, and I saw the sailor lying on the floor, alive but hideously rent, and the royal torturers were at work all round him. AND THEN I FOLLOWED THE EMPEROR'S RAPT GLANCE AND I SAW THE SAILOR LYING ON THE FLOOR ALIVE BUT HIDEOUSLY RENT AND THE ROYAL TORTURERS WERE AT WORK ALL ROUND HIM
of accidents. After that I made up a good fire, and sat down and partook of the pot of dreams. I was going to the palace of Thuba Mleen. "I was kept back longer than usual by noises in the street, but suddenly I was up above the town; the European countries rushed by beneath me, and there appeared the thin white palace spires of horrible Thuba Mleen. I found him presently at the end of a little narrow room. A curtain of red leather hung behind him, on which all the names of God, written in Yannish, were worked with a golden thread. Three windows were small and high. The Emperor seemed no more than about twenty, and looked small and weak. No smiles came on his nasty yellow face, though he tittered continually. As I looked from his low forehead to his quivering under lip, I became aware that there was some horror about him, though I was not able to perceive what it was. And then I saw it--the man never blinked; and though later on I watched those eyes for a blink, it never happened once.  LEFT MY DOOR UNLOCKED IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS AFTER THAT I MADE UP A GOOD FIRE AND SAT DOWN AND PARTOOK OF THE POT OF DREAMS I WAS GOING TO THE PALACE OF THUBUMLEEN I WAS KEPT BACK LONGER THAN USUAL BY NOISES IN THE STREET BUT SUDDENLY I WAS UP ABOVE THE TOWN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES RUSHED BY BENEATH ME AND THERE APPEARED THE THIN WHITE PALACE SPIRES OF HORRIBLE THUBUMLINE I FOUND HIM PRESENTLY AT THE END OF A LITTLE NARROW ROOM A CURTAIN OF RED LEATHER HUNG BEHIND HIM ON WHICH ALL THE NAMES OF GOD WRITTEN IN JANNISH WERE WORKED WITH A GOLDEN THREAD THREE WINDOWS WERE SMALL AND HIGH THE EMPEROR SEEMED NO MORE THAN ABOUT TWENTY AND LOOKED SMALL AND WEAK NO SMILES CAME ON HIS NASTY YELLOW FACE THOUGH HE TITTERED CONTINUALLY AS I LOOKED FROM HIS LOW FOREHEAD TO HIS QUIVERING UNDER LIP I BECAME AWARE THAT THERE WAS SOME HORROR ABOUT HIM THOUGH I WAS NOT ABLE TO PERCEIVE WHAT IT WAS AND THEN I SAW IT THE MAN NEVER BLINKED AND THE LATER ON I WATCHED THOSE EYES FOR A BLINK IT NEVER HAPPENED ONCE
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