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And he spake to the King, and spake thus: "Woe unto thee, King, and woe unto Zaccarath. AND HE SPAKE TO THE KING AND SPAKE THUS WOE UNTO THEE KING AND WOE UNTO ZACARATH
and its breath is a swift poison. This it does even by day if the snows are disturbed about it. No plant of this has ever been captured alive by a hunter.) Enough to say that when the dawn came up it appeared by contrast pallid and unlovely and stripped bare of all its glory, so that it hid itself with rolling clouds. "Come," said the King, "let our prophets prophesy." Then the heralds stepped through the ranks of the King's silk-clad warriors who lay oiled and scented upon velvet cloaks, with a pleasant breeze among them caused by the fans of slaves; even their casting-spears were set with jewels; through their ranks the heralds went with mincing steps, and came to the prophets, clad in brown and black, and one of them they brought and set him before the King. And the King looked at him and said, "Prophesy unto us." And the prophet lifted his head, so that his beard came clear from his brown cloak, and the fans of the slaves that fanned the warriors wafted the tip of it a little awry. LS AND IS HEARD TO BREATHE AND ITS BREATH IS A SWIFT POISON THIS IT DOES EVEN BY DAY IF THE SNOWS ARE DISTURBED ABOUT IT NO PLANT OF THIS HAS EVER BEEN CAPTURED ALIVE BY A HUNTER ENOUGH TO SAY THAT WHEN THE DAWN CAME UP IT APPEARED BY CONTRAST PALLID AND UNLOVELY AND STRIPPED BARE OF ALL ITS GLORY SO THAT IT HID ITSELF WITH ROLLING CLOUDS COME SAID THE KING LET OUR PROPHETS PROPHESY THEN THE HERALDS STEPPED THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE KING'S SILK CLAD WARRIORS WHO LAY OILED AND SCENTED UPON VELVET CLOAKS WITH A PLEASANT BREEZE AMONG THEM CAUSED BY THE FANS OF SLAVES EVEN THEIR CASTING SPEARS WERE SET WITH JEWELS THROUGH THEIR RANKS THE HERALDS WENT WITH MINCING STEPS AND CAME TO THE PROPHETS CLAD IN BROWN AND BLACK AND ONE OF THEM THEY BROUGHT AND SET HIM BEFORE THE KING AND THE KING LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID PROPHESY UNTO US AND THE PROPHET LIFTED HIS HEAD SO THAT HIS BEARD CAME CLEAR FROM HIS BROWN CLOAK AND THE FANS OF THE SLAVES THAT FANNED THE WARRIORS WAFTED THE TIP OF IT A LITTLE AWRY
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