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"Then," he said, "you will go by Lonely House and under the bridge that leads from the House to Nowhere, and whose purpose is not guessed; thence past Maharrion, the god of flowers, and his high priest, who is neither bird nor cat; and so you will come to the little idol Duth, the disreputable god that will grant your prayer." THEN HE SAID YOU WILL GO BY LONELY HOUSE AND UNDER THE BRIDGE THAT LEADS FROM THE HOUSE TO NOWHERE AND WHOSE PURPOSE IS NOT GUESSED THENCE PASS MAHARION THE GOD OF FLOWERS AND HIS HIGH PRIEST WHO IS NEITHER BIRD NOR CAT AND SO YOU WILL COME TO THE LITTLE IDLE DUKE THE DISREPUTABLE GOD THAT WILL GRANT YOUR PRAYER
and granted prayers that no respectable god would ever consent to hear. When Pombo heard this he took two handfuls of the arch-idolater's beard and kissed them joyfully, and dried his tears and became his old impertinent self again. And he that carved from jasper the usurper of Wosh explained how in the village of World's End, at the furthest end of Last Street, there is a hole that you take to be a well, close by the garden wall, but that if you lower yourself by your hands over the edge of the hole, and feel about with your feet till they find a ledge, that is the top step of a flight of stairs that takes you down over the edge of the World. "For all that men know, those stairs may have a purpose and even a bottom step," said the arch-idolater, "but discussion about the lower flights is idle." Then the teeth of Pombo chattered, for he feared the darkness, but he that made idols of his own explained that those stairs were always lit by the faint blue gloaming in which the World spins. OTHING OF ETIQUETTE AND GRANT HIM PRAYERS THAT NO RESPECTABLE GOD WOULD EVER CONSENT TO HEAR WHEN POMBO HEARD THIS HE TOOK TWO HANDFULS OF THE ARCH IDOLATER'S BEARD AND KISSED THEM JOYFULLY AND DRIED HIS TEARS AND BECAME HIS OLD IMPERTINENT SELF AGAIN AND HE THAT CARVED FROM JASPER THE USURPER OF VOSH EXPLAINED HOW IN THE VILLAGE OF WORLD'S END AT THE FURTHEST END OF LAST STREET THERE IS A HOLE THAT YOU TAKE TO BE A WELL CLOSE BY THE GARDEN WALL SO THAT IF YOU LOWER YOURSELF BY YOUR HANDS OVER THE EDGE OF THE HOLE AND FEEL ABOUT WITH YOUR FEET TILL THEY FIND A LEDGE THAT IS THE TOP STEP OF A FLIGHT OF STAIRS THAT TAKES YOU DOWN OVER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD FOR ALL THAT MEN KNOW THOSE STAIRS MAY HAVE A PURPOSE AND EVEN A BOTTOM STEP SAID THE ARCH IDOLATER BUT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LOWER FLIGHTS IS IDLE THEN THE TEETH OF POMBO CHATTERED FOR HE FEARED THE DARKNESS BUT HE THAT MADE IDOLS OF HIS OWN EXPLAINED THAT THOSE STAIRS WERE ALWAYS LIT BY THE FAINT BLUE GLOAMING IN WHICH THE WORLD SPINS
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