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For he hates the sound and the sight of men in his old evil heart, and he would have Bethmoora silent and undisturbed, save for the weird love he whispers to her gates. FOR HE HATES THE SOUND AND THE SIGHT OF MEN AND HIS OLD EVIL HEART AND HE WOULD HAVE BETHMORA SILENT AND UNDISTURBED SAVE FOR THE WEIRD LOVE HE WHISPERS TO HER GATES
from adverse ones they know not. And others hold that the Plague was ravaging a line of cities over in Utnar Véhi, following the South-west wind which for many weeks had been blowing across them towards Bethmoora. Some say that the terrible gnousar sickness was upon the three travellers, and that their very mules were dripping with it, and suppose that they were driven to the city by hunger, but suggest no better reason for so terrible a crime. But most believe that it was a message from the desert himself, who owns all the Earth to the southwards, spoken with his peculiar cry to those three who knew his voice--men who had been out on the sand-wastes without tents by night, who had been by day without water, men who had been out there where the desert mutters, and had grown to know his needs and his malevolence. They say that the desert had a need for Bethmoora, that he wished to come into her lovely streets, and to send into her temples and her houses his storm-winds draped with sand. M FRIENDLY GODS OR FROM ADVERSE ONES THEY KNOW NOT AND OTHERS HOLD THAT THE PLAGUE WAS RAVAGING A LINE OF CITIES OVER IN UTNAR VALLEY FOLLOWING THE SOUTH WEST WIND WHICH FOR MANY WEEKS HAD BEEN BLOWING ACROSS THEM TOWARDS BETHMORRA SOME SAY THAT THE TERRIBLE NUZSAR SICKNESS WAS UPON THE THREE TRAVELLERS AND THAT THEIR VERY MULES WERE DRIPPING WITH IT AND SUPPOSED THAT THEY WERE DRIVEN TO THE CITY BY HUNGER BUT SUGGEST NO BETTER REASON FOR SO TERRIBLE A CRIME BUT MOST BELIEVED THAT IT WAS A MESSAGE FROM THE DESERT HIMSELF WHO OWNS ALL THE EARTH TO THE SOUTHWARDS SPOKEN WITH HIS PECULIAR CRY TO THOSE THREE WHO KNEW HIS VOICE MEN WHO HAD BEEN OUT ON THE SANDWAYS WITHOUT TENTS BY NIGHT WHO HAD BEEN BY DAY WITHOUT WATER MEN WHO HAD BEEN OUT THERE WERE THE DESERT MUTTERS AND HAD GROWN TO KNOW HIS NEEDS AND HIS MALEVOLENCE THEY SAY THAT THE DESERT HAD A NEED FOR BETHMORA THAT HE WISHED TO COME INTO HER LOVELY STREETS AND TO SEND INTO HER TEMPLES AND HER HOUSES HIS STORM WINDS DRAPED WITH SAND
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