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Landed the other side, he began to work at once, and all went well with him. LANDED THE OTHER SIDE HE BEGAN TO WORK AT ONCE AND ALL WENT WELL WITH HIM
it in his mouth, and earning no gentler reward than a spurthrust where he was softest. And so they came to the swart arboreal precipice of the unpassable forest. The dragon rose at it with a rattle of wings. Many a farmer near the edge of the world saw him up there where yet the twilight lingered, a faint, black, wavering line; and mistaking him for a row of geese going inland from the ocean, went into their houses cheerily rubbing their hands and saying that winter was coming, and that we should soon have snow. Soon even there the twilight faded away, and when they descended at the edge of the world it was night and the moon was shining. Ocean, the ancient river, narrow and shallow there, flowed by and made no murmur. Whether the Gibbelins banqueted or whether they watched by the door, they also made no murmur. And Alderic dismounted and took his armour off, and saying one prayer to his lady, swam with his pickaxe. He did not part from his sword, for fear that he meet with a Gibbelin.  EAT THEM BECAUSE OF THE BIT IN HIS MOUTH AND EARNING NO GENTLER REWARD THAN A SPUR THRUST WHERE HE WAS SOFTEST AND SO THEY CAME TO THE SWART ARBOREAL PRECIPICE OF THE IMPASSABLE FOREST THE DRAGON ROSE AT IT WITH A RATTLE OF WINGS MANY A FARMER NEAR THE EDGE OF THE WORLDS SAW HIM UP THERE WHERE YET THE TWILIGHT LINGERED A FAINT BLACK WAVERING LINE AND MISTAKING HIM FOR A ROW OF GEESE GOING INLAND FROM THE OCEAN WENT INTO THEIR HOUSES CHEERILY RUBBING THEIR HANDS AND SAYING THAT WINTER WAS COMING AND THAT WE SHOULD SOON HAVE SNOW SOON EVEN THERE THE TWILIGHT FADED AWAY AND WHEN THEY DESCENDED AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD IT WAS NIGHT AND THE MOON WAS SHINING OCEAN THE ANCIENT RIVER NARROW AND SHALLOW THERE FLOWED BY AND MADE NO MURMUR WHETHER THE GIBELONS BANQUETED OR WHETHER THEY WATCHED BY THE DOOR THEY ALSO MADE NO MURMUR AND ELDRIC DISMOUNTED AND TOOK HIS ARMOR OFF AND SAYING ONE PRAYER TO HIS LADY SWAM WITH HIS PICKAXE HE DID NOT PART FROM HIS SWORD FOR FEAR THAT HE MET WITH A GIBBELON
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