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I awoke before dawn with a feeling that I was unhappy before I remembered why. I AWOKE BEFORE DAWN WITH A FEELING THAT I WAS UNHAPPY BEFORE I REMEMBERED WHY
ad plucked up near the mountain's summit from some celestial garden of the Sun. Then she went away seawards with the huge grey Yann and the ravine widened, and opened upon the world, and our rocking ship came through to the light of the day. And all that morning and all the afternoon we passed through the marshes of Pondoovery; and Yann widened there, and flowed solemnly and slowly, and the captain bade the sailors beat on bells to overcome the dreariness of the marshes. At last the Irusian mountains came in sight, nursing the villages of Pen-Kai and Blut, and the wandering streets of Mlo, where priests propitiate the avalanche with wine and maize. Then night came down over the plains of Tlun, and we saw the lights of Cappadarnia. We heard the Pathnites beating upon drums as we passed Imaut and Golzunda, then all but the helmsman slept. And villages scattered along the banks of the Yann heard all that night in the helmsman's unknown tongue the little songs of cities that they knew not. E AND SMALL THAT SHE HAD PLUCKED UP NEAR THE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT FROM SOME CELESTIAL GARDEN OF THE SUN THEN SHE WENT AWAY SEAWARDS WITH A HUGE GREY YAWN AND THE RAVINE WIDENED AND OPENED UPON THE WORLD AND OUR ROCKING SHIP CAME THROUGH TO THE LIGHT OF THE DAY AND ALL THAT MORNING AND ALL THE AFTERNOON WE PASSED THROUGH THE MARSHES OF PONDUVERY AND YAWN WIDENED THERE AND FLOWED SOLEMNLY AND SLOWLY AND THE CAPTAIN BADE THE SAILORS BEAT ON BELLS TO OVERCOME THE DREARINESS OF THE MARSHES AT LAST THE ERUSIAN MOUNTAINS CAME IN SIGHT NURSING THE VILLAGES OF PENKAI AND BLUT AND THE WANDERING STREETS OF LO WHERE PRIESTS PROPITIATE THE AVALANCHE WITH WINE AND MAIZE THEN NIGHT CAME DOWN OVER THE PLAINS OF TLOON AND WE SAW THE LIGHTS OF COPADARNIA WE HEARD THE PATHNIGHTS BEATING UPON DRUMS AS WE PASSED HIM OUT AND GOLZUNDA THEN ALL BUT THE HELMSMEN SLEPT AND VILLAGES SCATTERED ALONG THE BANKS OF THE YAN HEARD ALL THAT NIGHT IN THE HELMSMAN'S UNKNOWN TONGUE THE LITTLE SONGS OF CITIES THAT THEY KNEW NOT
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