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Moreover, it was in his mind to work below the level of the ocean, the river (as Homer knew) that girdles the world, so that as soon as he made a hole in the wall the water should pour in, confounding the Gibbelins, and flooding the cellars, rumoured to be twenty feet in depth, and therein he would dive for emeralds as a diver dives for pearls. MOREOVER IT WAS IN HIS MIND TO WORK BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE OCEAN THE RIVER AS HOMER KNEW THAT GIRDLES THE WORLD SO THAT AS SOON AS HE MADE A HOLE IN THE WALL THE WATER SHOULD POUR IN CONFOUNDING THE GIBBELLINS AND FLOODING THE CELLARS RUMOUR TO BE TWENTY FEET IN DEPTH AND THEREIN HE WOULD DIVE FOR EMERALDS AS A DIVER DIVED FOR PEARLS
gh he was already a conqueror, and what pleased them more than the good that they hoped he would do to the world was that he scattered gold as he rode away; for he would not need it, he said, if he found the Gibbelins' hoard, and he would not need it more if he smoked on the Gibbelins' table. When they heard that he had rejected the advice of those that gave it, some said that the knight was mad, and others said he was greater than those what gave the advice, but none appreciated the worth of his plan. He reasoned thus: for centuries men had been well advised and had gone by the cleverest way, while the Gibbelins came to expect them to come by boat and to look for them at the door whenever their larder was empty, even as a man looketh for a snipe in a marsh; but how, said Alderic, if a snipe should sit in the top of a tree, and would men find him there? Assuredly never! So Alderic decided to swim the river and not to go by the door, but to pick his way into the tower through the stone. NTED HIS DRAGON AS THOUGH HE WAS ALREADY A CONQUEROR AND WHAT PLEASED THEM MORE THAN THE GOOD THAT THEY HOPED HE WOULD DO TO THE WORLD WAS THAT HE SCATTERED GOLD AS HE RODE AWAY FOR HE WOULD NOT NEED IT HE SAID IF HE FOUND THE GIBBELINE'S HOARD AND HE WOULD NOT NEED IT MORE IF HE SMOKED ON THE GIBBELINDS TABLE WHEN THEY HEARD THAT HE HAD REJECTED THE ADVICE OF THOSE THAT GAVE IT SOME SAID THAT THE KNIGHT WAS MAD AND OTHERS SAID HE WAS GREATER THAN THOSE WHAT GAVE THE ADVICE BUT NONE APPRECIATED THE WORTH OF HIS PLAN HE REASONED THUS FOR CENTURIES MEN HAD BEEN WELL ADVISED AND HAD GONE BY THE CLEVEREST WAY WHILE THE GIBBLINS CAME TO EXPECT THEM TO COME BY BOAT AND TO LOOK FOR THEM AT THE DOOR WHENEVER THEIR LARDER WAS EMPTY EVEN AS A MAN LOOKETH FOR A SNIPE IN A MARSH BUT HOW SAID ELDRIC IF A SNIPE SHOULD SIT IN THE TOP OF A TREE AND WOULD MEN FIND HIM THERE ASSUREDLY NEVER SO ELDRIC DECIDED TO SWIM THE RIVER AND NOT TO GO BY THE DOOR BUT TO PICK HIS WAY INTO THE TOWER THROUGH THE STONE
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