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Even so they came to the windy house of thatch where dwells the Old Man Who Looks After Fairyland sitting by parlour windows that look away from the world. EVEN SO THEY CAME TO THE WINDY HOUSE OF THATCH WHERE DWELLS THE OLD MAN WHO LOOKS AFTER FAIRYLAND SITTING BY PARLOUR WINDOWS THAT LOOK AWAY FROM THE WORLD
dered in this wise: that if he could obtain the tears of the Gladsome Beast by means of his art, withholding him from violence by the spell of music, and if a friend should slay the Gladsome Beast before his weeping ceased--for an end must come to weeping even with men--that so he might get safe away with the tears, and drink them before the Queen of the Woods and move her to tears of joy. He sought out therefore a humble knightly man who cared not for the beauty of Sylvia, Queen of the Woods, but had found a woodland maiden of his own once long ago in summer. And the man's name was Arrath, a subject of Ackronnion, a knight-at-arms of the spear-guard: and together they set out through the fields of fable until they came to Fairyland, a kingdom sunning itself (as all men know) for leagues along the edges of the world. And by a strange old pathway they came to the land they sought, through a wind blowing up the pathway sheer from space with a kind of metallic taste from the roving stars. USIC NOW ACRONIENT PONDERED IN THIS WISE THAT IF HE COULD OBTAIN THE TEARS OF THE GLADSOME BEAST BY MEANS OF HIS ART WITHHOLDING HIM FROM VIOLENCE BY THE SPELL OF MUSIC AND IF A FRIEND SHOULD SLAY THE GLADSOME BEAST BEFORE HIS WEEPING CEASED FOR AN END MUST COME TO WEEPING EVEN WITH MEN THAT SO HE MIGHT GET SAFE AWAY WITH THE TEARS AND DRINK THEM BEFORE THE QUEEN OF THE WOODS AND MOVE HER TO TEARS OF JOY HE SOUGHT OUT THEREFORE A HUMBLE KNIGHTLY MAN WHO CARED NOT FOR THE BEAUTY OF SYLVIA QUEEN OF THE WOODS BUT HAD FOUND A WOODLAND MAIDEN OF HIS OWN ONCE LONG AGO IN SUMMER AND THE MAN'S NAME WAS ERETH A SUBJECT OF ACRONIAN A KNIGHT AT ARMS OF THE SPEAR GUARD AND TOGETHER THEY SET OUT THROUGH THE FIELDS OF FABLE UNTIL THEY CAME TO FAIRYLAND A KINGDOM SUNNING ITSELF AS ALL MEN KNOW FOR LEAGUES ALONG THE EDGES OF THE WORLD AND BY A STRANGE OLD PATHWAY THEY CAME TO THE LAND THEY SOUGHT THROUGH A WIND BLOWING UP THE PATHWAY SHEER FROM SPACE WITH A KIND OF METALLIC TASTE FROM THE ROVING STARS
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