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Thereat the angel pointed his arms downwards, and bending his head between them, fell forward from Heaven's edge, and the spring of his ankles shot him downwards with his wings furled behind him. THEREAT THE ANGEL POINTED HIS ARM DOWNWARDS AND BENDING HIS HEAD BETWEEN THEM FELL FORWARD FROM HEAVEN'S EDGE AND THE SPRING OF HIS ANKLES SHOT HIM DOWNWARDS WITH HIS WINGS FURLED BEHIND HIM
rds God. So the gods threw their cloaks over their faces and strode away from the city, and going into the haze among the hills passed through the trunks of the olive groves into the sunset. But when they had already left the Earth, they turned and looked through the gleaming folds of the twilight for the last time at their city; and they looked half in anger and half in regret, then turned and went away for ever. But they sent back a Death, who bore a scythe, saying to it: 'Slay half in the city that forsook us, but half of them spare alive that they may yet remember their old forsaken gods.' "But God sent a destroying angel to show that He was God, saying unto him: 'Go into that city and slay half of the dwellers therein, yet spare a half of them that they may know that I am God.' "And at once the destroying angel put his hand to his sword, and the sword came out of the scabbard with a deep breath, like to the breath that a broad woodman takes before his first blow at some giant oak.  THE GODS AND TURNED TOWARDS GOD SO THE GODS THREW THEIR CLOAKS OVER THEIR FACES AND STRODE AWAY FROM THE CITY AND GOING INTO THE HAZE AMONG THE HILLS PASSED THROUGH THE TRUNKS OF THE OLIVE GROVES INTO THE SUNSET BUT WHEN THEY HAD ALREADY LEFT THE EARTH THEY TURNED AND LOOKED THROUGH THE GLEAMING FOLDS OF THE TWILIGHT FOR THE LAST TIME AT THEIR CITY AND THEY LOOKED HALF IN ANGER AND HALF IN REGRET THEN TURNED AND WENT AWAY FOR EVER BUT THEY SENT BACK A DEATH WHO BORE A SCYTHE SAYING TO IT SLAY HALF IN THE CITY THAT FORSOOK US BUT HALF OF THEM SPARE ALIVE THAT THEY MAY YET REMEMBER THEIR OLD FORSAKEN GODS BUT GOD SENT A DESTROYING ANGEL TO SHOW THAT HE WAS GOD SAYING UNTO HIM GO INTO THAT CITY AND SLAY HALF OF THE DWELLERS THEREIN YET SPARE A HALF OF THEM THAT THEY MAY KNOW THAT I AM GOD AND AT ONCE THE DESTROYING ANGEL PUT HIS HAND TO HIS SWORD AND THE SWORD CAME OUT OF THE SCABBARD WITH A DEEP BREATH LIKE TO THE BREATH THAT A BROAD WOODMAN TAKES BEFORE HIS FIRST BLOW AT SOME GIANT OAK
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