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Certain it was that he headed from the first for the city of Zretazoola, where Sombelenë in her temple dwelt; though all the mundane plain, its rivers and mountains, lay between Shepperalk's home and the city he sought. CERTAIN IT WAS THAT HE HEADED FROM THE FIRST FOR THE CITY OF ZRETAZOOLA WHERE SOMBELENE IN HER TEMPLE DWELT THOUGH ALL THE MUNDANE PLAIN ITS RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS LAY BETWEEN SHEPPERALK'S HOME AND THE CITY HE SOUGHT
, and left behind him for ever the Athraminaurian mountains. His goal was Zretazoola, the city of Sombelenë. What legend of Sombelenë's inhuman beauty or of the wonder of her mystery had ever floated over the mundane plain to the fabulous cradle of the centaurs' race, the Athraminaurian mountains, I do not know. Yet in the blood of man there is a tide, an old sea-current rather, that is somehow akin to the twilight, which brings him rumours of beauty from however far away, as driftwood is found at sea from islands not yet discovered: and this spring-tide of current that visits the blood of man comes from the fabulous quarter of his lineage, from the legendary, the old; it takes him out to the woodlands, out to the hills; he listens to ancient song. So it may be that Shepperalk's fabulous blood stirred in those lonely mountains away at the edge of the world to rumours that only the airy twilight knew and only confided secretly to the bat, for Shepperalk was more legendary even than man. O THE WANDERING LEAGUES OF THE PLAIN AND LEFT BEHIND HIM FOREVER THE ATHROMINARIAN MOUNTAINS HIS GOAL WAS ZRETAZOOLA THE CITY OF SOMBELENE WHAT LEGEND OF SOMBELENE'S INHUMAN BEAUTY OR OF THE WONDER OF HER MYSTERY HAD EVER FLOATED OVER THE MUNDANE PLAIN TO THE CRADLE OF THE CENTAUR'S RACE THE ATHUMINARIAN MOUNTAINS I DO NOT KNOW YET IN THE BLOOD OF MAN THERE IS A TIDE AN OLD SEA CURRENT RATHER THAT IS SOMEHOW AKIN TO THE TWILIGHT WHICH BRINGS HIM RUMOURS OF BEAUTY FROM HOWEVER FAR AWAY AS DRIFTWOOD IS FOUND AT SEA FROM ISLANDS NOT YET DISCOVERED AND THIS SPRINGTIDE OF CURRENT THAT VISITS THE BLOOD OF MAN COMES FROM THE FABULOUS QUARTER OF HIS LINEAGE FROM THE LEGENDARY OF OLD IT TAKES HIM OUT TO THE WOODLANDS OUT TO THE HILLS HE LISTENS TO ANCIENT SONG SO IT MAY BE THAT SHEPPERALK'S FABULOUS BLOOD STIRRED IN THOSE LONELY MOUNTAINS AWAY AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD TO RUMORS THAT ONLY THE AIRY TWILIGHT KNEW AND ONLY CONFIDED SECRETLY TO THE BAT FOR SHEPPERALK WAS MORE LEGENDARY EVEN THAN MAN
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