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And shadows over their faces moved like curious thoughts as the torches flickered and the dull dawn crossed the fields. And the colours began to change in the chandeliers. When the last lutanist fell asleep the birds began to sing. AND SHADOWS OVER THEIR FACES MOVED LIKE CURIOUS THOUGHTS AS THE TORCHES FLICKERED AND THE DULL DAWN CROSSED THE FIELDS AND THE COLOURS BEGAN TO CHANGE IN THE CHANDELIERS WHEN THE LAST LUTEANOUS FELL ASLEEP THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING
s the queens besought the King to send for another prophet. And the heralds brought a singer, and placed him before the King; and the singer was a young man with a harp. And he swept the strings of it, and when there was silence he sang of the iniquity of the King. And he foretold the onrush of the Zeedians, and the fall and the forgetting of Zaccarath, and the coming again of the desert to its own, and the playing about of little lion cubs where the courts of the palace had stood. "Of what is he singing?" said a queen to a queen. "He is singing of everlasting Zaccarath." As the singer ceased the assemblage beat listlessly on the floor, and the King nodded to him, and he departed. When all the prophets had prophesied to them and all the singers sung, that royal company arose and went to other chambers, leaving the hall of festival to the pale and lonely dawn. And alone were left the lion-headed gods that were carven out of the walls; silent they stood, and their rocky arms were folded.  THEIR PALMS AND AFTERWARDS THE QUEENS BESSOUGHT THE KING TO SEND FOR ANOTHER PROPHET AND THE HERALDS BROUGHT A SINGER AND PLACED HIM BEFORE THE KING AND THE SINGER WAS A YOUNG MAN WITH A HARP AND HE SWEPT THE STRINGS OF IT AND WHEN THERE WAS SILENCE HE SANG OF THE INIQUITY OF THE KING AND HE FORETOLD THE ONRUSH OF THE ZIDIANS AND THE FALL AND THE FORGETTING OF ZACHARATH AND THE COMING AGAIN OF THE DESERT TO ITS OWN AND THE PLAYING ABOUT OF LITTLE LION CUBS WHERE THE COURTS OF THE PALACE HAD STOOD OF WHAT IS HE SINGING SAID A QUEEN TO A QUEEN HE IS SINGING OF EVERLASTING ZACHARATH AS THE SINGER CEASED THE ASSEMBLAGE BEAT LISTLESSLY ON THE FLOOR AND THE KING NODDED TO HIM AND HE DEPARTED WHEN ALL THE PROPHETS HAD PROPHESIED TO THEM AND ALL THE SINGERS SUNG THAT ROYAL COMPANY AROSE AND WENT TO OTHER CHAMBERS LEAVING THE HALL OF FESTIVAL TO THE PALE AND LONELY DAWN AND ALONE WERE LEFT THE LION HEADED GODS THAT WERE CARVEN OUT OF THE WALLS SILENT THEY STOOD AND THEIR ROCKY ARMS WERE FOLDED
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