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And Sippy very unwisely attempted flight, and Slorg even as unwisely tried to hide; but Slith, knowing well why that light was lit in that secret upper chamber and _who_ it was that lit it, leaped over the edge of the World and is falling from us still through the unreverberate blackness of the abyss. AND SIPPI VERY UNWISELY ATTEMPTED FLIGHT AND SLORED EVEN AS UNWISELY TRYING TO HIDE BUT SLITH KNOWING WELL WHY THAT LIGHT WAS LIT IN THAT SECRET CHAMBER AND WHO IT WAS THAT LIT IT LEAPED OVER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD AND IS FALLING FROM US STILL THROUGH THE UNREVERBERANT BLACKNESS OF THE ABYSS
hem again, for they gave happy tears to a man and memories of dear things done in infancy, and brought sweet voices from far sepulchres; but Slith pointed imperiously to the way by which they had come, and extinguished the light; and Slorg and Sippy sighed, then took the box. The guardian still slept the sleep that survived a thousand years. As they came away they saw that indulgent chair close by the edge of the World in which Owner of the Box had lately sat reading selfishly and alone the most beautiful songs and verses that poet ever dreamed. They came in silence to the foot of the stairs; and then it befell that as they drew near safely, in the night's most secret hour, some hand in an upper chamber lit a shocking light, lit it and made no sound. For a moment it might have been an ordinary light, fatal as even that could very well be at such a moment as this; but when it began to follow them like an eye and to grow redder and redder as it watched them, then even optimism despaired. ULD HAVE READ THEM AGAIN FOR THEY GAVE HAPPY TEARS TO A MAN IN MEMORIES OF DEAR THINGS DONE IN INFANCY AND BROUGHT SWEET VOICES FROM FAR SEPULTERS BUT SLITH POINTED IMPERIOUSLY TO THE WAY BY WHICH THEY HAD COME AND EXTINGUISHED THE LIGHT AND SLORG AND SIPPI SIGHED THEN TOOK THE BOX THE GUARDIANS STILL SLEPT A SLEEP THAT SURVIVED A THOUSAND YEARS AS THEY CAME AWAY THEY SAW THAT INDULGENT CHAIR CLOSE BY THE EDGE OF THE WORLD IN WHICH THE OWNER OF THE BOX HAD LATELY SAT READING SELFISHLY AND ALONE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS AND VERSES THAT POET EVER DREAMED THEY CAME IN SILENCE TO THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS AND THEN IT BEFELL THAT AS THEY DREW NEARER SAFETY IN THE NIGHT'S MOST SECRET HOUR SOME HAND IN AN UPPER CHAMBER LIT A SHOCKING LIGHT LIT IT AND MADE NO SOUND FOR A MOMENT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ORDINARY LIGHT FATAL AS EVEN THAT COULD VERY WELL BE AT SUCH A MOMENT AS THIS BUT WHEN IT BEGAN TO FOLLOW THEM LIKE AN EYE AND TO GROW REDDER AND REDDER AS IT WATCHED THEM THEN EVEN OPTIMISM DESPAIRED
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