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There all men worship Hlo hlo; though they are willing to believe in other gods, as missionaries attest, but only as creatures of the chase for the hunting of Hlo hlo, who wears Their halos, so these people say, on golden hooks along his hunting belt. THERE ALL MEN WORSHIP ALLAH ALLAH THOUGH THEY WERE WILLING TO BELIEVE IN OTHER GODS AS MISSIONARIES ATTEST BUT ONLY AS CREATURES OF THE CHASE FOR THE HUNTING OF ALLAH ALLAH WHO WEARS THEIR HALOS SO THESE PEOPLE SAY ON GOLDEN HOOKS ALONG HIS HUNTING BELT
brind knew this, but he was no common jeweller and hoped to outwit Hlo-hlo, perceiving not the trend of ambition and lust and that they are vanity. How nimbly he threaded his way through he pits of Snood!--now like a botanist, scrutinising the ground; now like a dancer, leaping from crumbling edges. It was quite dark when he went by the towers of Tor, where archers shoot ivory arrows at strangers lest any foreigner should alter their laws, which are bad, but not to be altered by mere aliens. At night they shoot by the sound of the strangers' feet. O, Thangobrind, Thangobrind, was ever a jeweller like you! He dragged two stones behind him by long cords, and at these the archers shot. Tempting indeed was the snare that they set in Woth, the emeralds loose-set in the city's gate; but Thangobrind discerned the golden cord that climbed the wall from each and the weights that would topple upon him if he touched one, and so he left them, though he left them weeping, and at last came to Theth. N TO THE LAP OF ALLAH ALLAH THINGOBRANE KNEW THIS BUT HE WAS NO COMMON JEWELLER AND HOPED TO OUTWIT HALLA ALLAH PERCEIVING NOT THE TREND OF AMBITION AND LUST AND THAT THEY ARE VANITY HOW NIMBLY HE THREADED HIS WAY THROUGH THE PITS OF SNOOD NOW LIKE A BOTANIST SCRUTINIZING THE GROUND NOW LIKE A DANCER LEAPING FROM CRUMBLING EDGES IT WAS QUITE DARK WHEN HE WENT BY THE TOWERS OF TOUR WHERE ARCHERS SHOOT IVORY ARROWS AT STRANGERS LEST ANY FOREIGNER SHOULD ALTER THEIR LAWS WHICH ARE BAD BUT NOT TO BE ALTERED BY MERE ALIENS AT NIGHT THEY SHOOT BY THE SOUND OF THE STRANGER'S FEET O THINGOBRINE WAS EVER A JEWELLER LIKE YOU HE DRAGGED TWO STONES BEHIND HIM BY LONG CORDS AND AT THESE THE ARCHERS SHOT TEMPTING INDEED WAS THE SNARE THAT THEY SET IN WH THE EMERALDS LOOSE SET IN THE CITY'S GATE BUT THINGOBRINE DISCERNED THE GOLDEN CORD THAT CLIMBED THE WALL FROM EACH AND THE WEIGHTS THAT WOULD TOPPLE UPON HIM IF HE TOUCHED ONE AND SO HE LEFT THEM THOUGH HE LEFT THEM WEEPING AND AT LAST CAME TO THETH
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