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And all the birds came in that home at night, and the bat was abroad, and the hour of the duck went by, and still no gariach came down to the pool; and Athelvok felt sure that none would come. AND ALL THE BIRDS CAME IN THAT HOME AT NIGHT AND THE BAT WAS ABROAD AND THE HOUR OF THE DUCK WENT BY AND STILL NO GORIAH CAME DOWN TO THE POOL AND ATHEL VAC FELT SURE THAT NONE WOULD COME
ll Ocean, and by the gods and their tiger, and by the doom of the worlds, that I will return again to the Inner Lands, having beheld the Sea." And that oath he swore with solemnity that very night in one of the temples of the Sea, but the three kings trusted more to the beauty of Hilnaric even than to the power of the oath. The next day Athelvok came to the palace of Arizim with the morning, over the fields to the East and out of the country of Toldees, and Hilnaric came out along her balcony and met him on the terraces. And she asked him if he had ever slain a gariach, and he said that he had slain three, and then he told her how he had killed his first down by the pool in the wood. For he had taken his father's spear and gone down to the edge of the pool, and had lain under the azaleas there waiting for the stars to shine, by whose first light the gariachs go to the pools to drink; and he had gone too early and had had long to wait, and the passing hours seemed longer than they were. ERRIATHAN WHICH MEN CALL OCEAN AND BY THE GODS AND THEIR TIGER AND BY THE DOOM OF THE WORLDS THAT I WILL RETURN AGAIN TO THE INNER LANDS HAVING BEHELD THE SEA AND THAT OATH HE SWORE WITH SOLEMNITY THAT VERY NIGHT IN ONE OF THE TEMPLES OF THE SEA BUT THE THREE KINGS TRUSTED MORE TO THE BEAUTY OF HILNARCH EVEN THAN TO THE POWER OF THE OATH THE NEXT DAY ATHELBA CAME TO THE PALACE OF ARISON WITH THE MORNING OVER THE FIELDS TO THE EAST AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY OF TOLDES AND HILARIC CAME OUT ALONG HER BALCONY AND MET HIM ON THE TERRACES AND SHE ASKED HIM IF HE HAD EVER SLAIN A GORIACH AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD SLAIN THREE AND THEN HE TOLD HER HOW HE HAD KILLED HIS FIRST DOWN BY THE POOL IN THE WOOD FOR HE HAD TAKEN HIS FATHER'S SPEAR AND GONE DOWN TO THE EDGE OF THE POOL AND HAD LAIN UNDER THE AZALEAS THERE WAITING FOR THE STARS TO SHINE BY WHOSE FIRST LIGHT THE GORIACKS GO TO THE POOLS TO DRINK AND HE HAD GONE TOO EARLY AND HAD HAD LONG TO WAIT AND THE PASSING HOURS SEEMED LONGER THAN THEY WERE
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