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Then Athelvok went into the haven city; there he met many who had left the Inner Lands before him; none of them wished to return to the people who had not seen the Sea; many of them had forgotten the three little kingdoms, and it was rumoured that one man, who had once tried to return, had found the shifting, crumbled slope impossible to climb. Hilnaric never married. THEN ATELVOC WENT INTO THE HAVEN CITY THERE HE MET MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD LEFT THE INNER LANDS BEFORE HIM NONE OF THEM WISHED TO RETURN TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT SEEN THE SEA MANY OF THEM HAD FORGOTTEN THE THREE LITTLE KINGDOMS AND IT WAS RUMORED THAT ONE MAN WHO HAD ONCE TRIED TO RETURN HAD FOUND THE SHIFTING CRUMPLED SLOPE IMPOSSIBLE TO CLIMB HILNARIC NEVER MARRIED
he bones that he had strewn afar. And Athelvok turned and set one foot upon the crumbled slope, and then another, and walked a little way to be nearer to the Sea, and then a dream came upon him and he felt that men had wronged the lovely Sea because he had been angry a little, because he had been sometimes cruel; he felt that there was trouble among the tides of the Sea because he had loved the galleons who were dead. Still he walked on and the crumbled stones rolled with him, and just as the twilight faded and a star appeared he came to the golden shore, and walked on till the surges were about his knees, and he heard the prayer-like blessings of the Sea. Long he stood thus, while the stars came out above him and shone again in the surges; more stars came wheeling in their courses up from the Sea, lights twinkled out through all the haven city, lanterns were slung from the ships, the purple night burned on; and Earth, to the eyes of the gods as they sat afar, glowed as with one flame. NDS BECAUSE HE HAD LOVED THE BONES THAT HE HAD STREWN AFAR AND ATELVOC TURNED AND SET ONE FOOT UPON THE CRUMBLED SLOPE AND THEN ANOTHER AND WALKED A LITTLE WAY TO BE NEARER TO THE SEA AND THEN A DREAM CAME UPON HIM AND HE FELT THAT MEN HAD WRONGED THE LOVELY SEA BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ANGRY A LITTLE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SOMETIMES CRUEL HE FELT THERE WAS TROUBLE AMONG THE TIDES OF THE SEA BECAUSE HE HAD LOVED THE GALLEONS WHO WERE DEAD STILL HE WALKED ON AND THE CRUMBLED STONES ROLLED WITH HIM AND JUST AS THE TWILIGHT FADED AND A STAR APPEARED HE CAME TO THE GOLDEN SHORE AND WALKED ON TILL THE SURGES WERE ABOUT HIS KNEES AND HE HEARD THE PRAYER LIKE BLESSINGS OF THE SEA LONG HE STOOD THUS WHILE THE STARS CAME OUT ABOVE HIM AND SHONE AGAIN IN THE SURGES MORE STARS CAME WHEELING IN THEIR COURSES UP FROM THE SEA LIGHTS TWINKLED OUT THROUGH ALL THE HAVEN CITY LANTERNS WERE SLUNG FROM THE SHIPS THE PURPLE NIGHT BURNED ON AND EARTH TO THE EYES OF THE GODS AS THEY SET AFAR GLOWED AS WITH ONE FLAME
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