large/9571/a_dreamers_tales_dm_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/dreamerstales_04_dunsany_64kb_40
large/9571/a_dreamers_tales_dm_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/dreamerstales_04_dunsany_64kb
English
9571
They took me down a stairway that was green with slimy things, and so came slowly to the terrible mud. There, in the territory of forsaken things, they dug a shallow grave. When they had finished they laid me in the grave, and suddenly they cast their tapers to the river. THEY TOOK ME DOWN A STAIRWAY THAT WAS GREEN WITH SLIMY THINGS AND SO CAME SLOWLY TO THE TERRIBLE MUD THERE IN THE TERRITORY OF FORSAKEN THINGS THEY DUG A SHALLOW GRAVE WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED THEY LAID ME IN THE GRAVE AND SUDDENLY THEY CAST THEIR TAPERS TO THE RIVER
carried me down here; and when I came to Andelsprutz it was, as you have perceived it, dead." WHERE THE TIDES EBB AND FLOW I dreamt that I had done a horrible thing, so that burial was to be denied me either in soil or sea, neither could there be any hell for me. I waited for some hours, knowing this. Then my friends came for me, and slew me secretly and with ancient rite, and lit great tapers, and carried me away. It was all in London that the thing was done, and they went furtively at dead of night along grey streets and among mean houses until they came to the river. And the river and the tide of the sea were grappling with one another between the mud-banks, and both of them were black and full of lights. A sudden wonder came in to the eyes of each, as my friends came near to them with their glaring tapers. All these things I saw as they carried me dead and stiffening, for my soul was still among my bones, because there was no hell for it, and because Christian burial was denied me.  WHERE THE TIDES EBB AND FLOW CHAPTER FOUR OF A DREAMER'S TALES BY LORD DUNSANI THIS LEPER BOX RECORDING AS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN I DREAMT THAT I HAD DONE A HORRIBLE THING SO THAT BURIAL WAS TO BE DENIED ME EITHER IN SOIL OR SEA NEITHER COULD THERE BE ANY HELL FOR ME I WAITED FOR SOME HOURS KNOWING THIS THEN MY FRIENDS CAME FOR ME AND SLEW ME SECRETLY AND WITH ANCIENT RIGHT AND LIT GREAT TAPERS AND CARRIED ME AWAY IT WAS ALL IN LONDON THAT THE THING WAS DONE AND THEY WENT FURTIVELY AT DEAD OF NIGHT ALONG GREY STREETS AND AMONG MEAN HOUSES UNTIL THEY CAME TO THE RIVER AND THE RIVER AND THE TIDE OF THE SEA WERE GRAPPLING WITH ONE ANOTHER BETWEEN THE MUDBANKS AND BOTH OF THEM WERE BLACK AND FULL OF LIGHTS A SUDDEN WONDER CAME INTO THE EYES OF EACH AS MY FRIENDS CAME NEAR TO THEM WITH THEIR GLARING TAPERS ALL THESE THINGS I SAW AS THEY CARRIED ME DEAD AND STIFFENING FOR MY SOUL WAS STILL AMONG MY BONES BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HELL FOR IT AND BECAUSE CHRISTIAN BURIAL WAS DENIED ME
large/9571/a_dreamers_tales_dm_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/dreamerstales_04_dunsany_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/9571/a_dreamers_tales_dm_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/dreamerstales_04_dunsany_64kb.flac