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And night came down and cloaked Perdóndaris and hid it from our eyes, which as things have happened will never see it again; for I have heard since that something swift and wonderful has suddenly wrecked Perdóndaris in a day  towers, walls and people. AND NIGHT CAME DOWN AND CLOAKED PREDONDERAS AND HID IT FROM OUR EYES WHICH AS THINGS HAVE HAPPENED WILL NEVER SEE IT AGAIN FOR I HAVE HEARD SINCE THAT SOMETHING SWIFT AND WONDERFUL HAS SUDDENLY WRECKED PREDANDERAS IN A DAY TOWERS WALLS AND PEOPLE
n I felt safer, and I said nothing to the sailors of what I had seen. And now the captain was gradually awakening. Now night was rolling up from the East and North, and only the pinnacles of the towers of Perdóndaris still took the fallen sunlight. Then I went to the captain and told him quietly of the thing I had seen. And he questioned me at once about the gate, in a low voice, that the sailors might not know; and I told him how the weight of the thing was such that it could not have been brought from afar, and the captain knew that it had not been there a year ago. We agreed that such a beast could never have been killed by any assault of man, and that the gate must have been a fallen tusk, and one fallen near and recently. Therefore he decided that it were better to flee at once; so he commanded, and the sailors went to the sails, and others raised the anchor to the deck, and just as the highest pinnacle of marble lost the last rays of the sun we left Perdóndaris, that famous city. EN I WAS ON THE SHIP AGAIN I FELT SAFER AND I SAID NOTHING TO THE SAILORS OF WHAT I HAD SEEN AND NOW THE CAPTAIN WAS GRADUALLY AWAKENING NOW NIGHT WAS ROLLING UP FROM THE EAST AND NORTH AND ONLY THE PINNACLES OF THE TOWERS OF PREDON STILL TOOK THE FALLEN SUNLIGHT THEN I WENT TO THE CAPTAIN AND TOLD HIM QUIETLY OF THE THING I HAD SEEN AND HE QUESTIONED ME AT ONCE ABOUT THE GATE IN A LOW VOICE THAT THE SAILORS MIGHT NOT KNOW AND I TOLD HIM HOW THE WEIGHT OF THE THING WAS SUCH THAT IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM AFAR AND THE CAPTAIN KNEW THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN THERE A YEAR AGO WE AGREED THAT SUCH A BEAST COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN KILLED BY ANY ASSAULT OF MAN AND THAT THE GATE MUST HAVE BEEN A FALLEN TUSK AND ONE FALLEN NEAR AND RECENTLY THEREFORE HE DECIDED THAT IT WERE BETTER TO FLEE AT ONCE SO HE COMMANDED AND THE SAILORS WENT TO THE SAILS AND OTHERS RAISED THE ANCHOR TO THE DECK AND JUST AS THE HIGHEST PINNACLE OF MARBLE LOST THE LAST RAYS OF THE SUN WE LEFT PREDONDERAS THAT FAMOUS CITY
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