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Then night came down and hid the silver spires, and Shard slipped on through the gathering darkness until by midnight the piratic ship lay under the seaward battlements. THEN NIGHT CAME DOWN AND HID THE SILVER SPIRES AND CHARGE SLIPPED ON THROUGH THE GATHERING DARKNESS UNTIL BY MIDNIGHT THE PIRATIC SHIP LAY UNDER THE SEAWARD BATTLEMENTS
eacoast Bombasharna, and had always envied its opulence from the sea. So they set all sail, and often altered their course, and dodged and fled from strange lights till dawn appeared, and all day long fled southwards. And by evening they saw the silver spires of slender Bombasharna, a city that was the glory of the coast. And in the midst of it, far away though they were, they saw the palace of the Queen of the South; and it was so full of windows all looking toward the sea, and they were so full of light, both from the sunset that was fading upon the water and from candles that maids were lighting one by one, that it looked far off like a pearl, shimmering still in its haliotis shell, still wet from the sea. So Captain Shard and his pirates saw it, at evening over the water, and thought of rumours that said that Bombasharna was the loveliest city of the coasts of the world, and that its palace was lovelier even than Bombasharna; but for the Queen of the South rumour had no comparison. OR OFTEN THEY HAD SEEN SEA COAST BOMBASHARNA AND HAD ALWAYS ENVIED ITS OPULENCE FROM THE SEA SO THEY SET ALL SAIL AND OFTEN ALTERED THEIR COURSE AND DODGED AND FLED FROM STRANGE LIGHTS TILL DAWN APPEARED AND ALL DAY LONG FLED SOUTHWARDS AND BY EVENING THEY SAW THE SILVER SPIRES OF SLENDER BAMASHARNA A CITY THAT WAS THE GLORY OF THE COAST AND IN THE MIDST OF IT FAR AWAY THOUGH THEY WERE THEY SAW THE PALACE OF THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH AND IT WAS SO FULL OF WINDOWS ALL LOOKING TOWARD THE SEA AND THEY WERE SO FULL OF LIGHT BOTH FROM THE SUNSET THAT WAS FADING UPON THE WATER AND FROM CANDLES THAT MAIDS WERE LIGHTING ONE BY ONE THAT HAD LOOKED FAR OFF LIKE A PEARL SHIMMERING STILL IN ITS HELIOTOUS SHELL STILL WET FROM THE SEA SO CAPTAIN CHARD AND HIS PIRATES SAW IT AT EVENING OVER THE WATER AND THOUGHT OF RUMORS THAT SAID THAT BOMBASHANA WAS THE LOVELIEST CITY OF THE COASTS OF THE WORLD AND THAT ITS PALACE WAS LOVELIER EVEN THAN BOMASHARNA BUT FOR THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH RUMOR HAD NO COMPARISON
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