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Now there was present at this feast a diviner, one who knew the schemes of Fate, and he sat among the people of the Weald and had no place of honour, for Camorak and his men had no fear of Fate. And when the meat was eaten and the bones cast aside, the king rose up from his chair, and having drunken wine, and being in the glory of his youth and with all his knights about him, called to the diviner, saying, "Prophesy." NOW THERE WAS PRESENT AT THIS FEAST A DIVINER ONE WHO KNEW THE SCHEMES OF FATE AND HE SAT AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE WIELD AND HAD NO PLACE OF HONOR FOR CAMERACK AND HIS MEN HAD NO FEAR OF FATE AND WHEN THE MEAT WAS EATEN AND THE BONES CAST ASIDE THE KING ROSE UP FROM HIS CHAIR AND HAVING DRUNKEN WINE AND BEING IN THE GLORY OF HIS YOUTH AND WITH ALL HIS KNIGHTS ABOUT HIM CALLED TO THE DIVINER SAYING PROPHESY
 and the harps all round the hall were the painted figures of heroes of fabulous famous songs. Too trivial, because too easily surpassed by Camorak's men, seemed all the victories that the earth had known; neither was any trophy displayed of Camorak's seventy battles, for these were as nothing to his warriors or him compared with those things that their youth had dreamed and which they mightily purposed yet to do. Above the painted pictures there was darkness, for evening was closing in, and the candles swinging on their slender chain were not yet lit in the roof; it was as though a piece of the night had been builded into the edifice like a huge natural rock that juts into a house. And there sat all the warriors of Arn and the Weald-folk wondering at them; and none were more than thirty, and all were skilled in war. And Camorak sat at the head of all, exulting in his youth. We must wrestle with Time for some seven decades, and he is a weak and puny antagonist in the first three bouts. VE THE SHIELDS AND THE HARPS ALL ROUND THE HALL WERE THE PAINTED FIGURES OF HEROES OF FABULOUS FAMOUS SONGS TOO TRIVIAL BECAUSE TOO EASILY SURPASSED BY CAMERACK'S MEN SEEMED ALL THE VICTORIES THAT THE EARTH HAD KNOWN NEITHER WAS ANY TROPHY DISPLAYED OF CAMERACK'S SEVENTY BATTLES FOR THESE WERE AS NOTHING TO HIS WARRIORS OR HIM COMPARED WITH THOSE THINGS THAT THEIR YOUTH HAD DREAMED AND WHICH THEY MIGHTILY PURPOSED YET TO DO ABOVE THE PAINTED PICTURES THERE WAS DARKNESS FOR EVENING WAS CLOSING IN AND THE CANDLES SWINGING ON THEIR SLENDER CHAINS WERE NOT YET LIT IN THE ROOF IT WAS AS THOUGH A PIECE OF THE NIGHT HAD BEEN BUILT INTO THE EDIFICE LIKE A HUGE NATURAL ROCK THAT JUTS INTO A HOUSE AND THERE SAT ALL THE WARRIORS OF ARNE AND THE WHEEL FOLK WONDERING AT THEM AND NONE WERE MORE THAN THIRTY AND ALL WERE SKILLED IN WAR AND CAMERACK SAT AT THE HEAD OF ALL EXULTING IN HIS YOUTH WE MUST WRESTLE WITH TIME FOR SOME SEVEN DECADES AND HE IS A WEAK AND PUNY ANTAGONIST IN THE FIRST THREE BOUTS
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