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It was late in the day when he neared it, and clouds coloured with evening rolled low on the plain before him; he galloped on into their golden mist, and when it hid from his eyes the sight of things, the dreams in his heart awoke and romantically he pondered all those rumours that used to come to him from Sombelenë, because of the fellowship of fabulous things. IT WAS LATE IN THE DAY WHEN HE NEARED IT AND CLOUDS COLOURED WITH EVENING ROLLED LOW ON THE PLAIN BEFORE HIM HE GALLOPED ON INTO THEIR GOLDEN MIST AND WHEN IT HID FROM HIS EYES THE SIGHT OF THINGS THE DREAMS IN HIS HEART AWOKE AND ROMANTICALLY HE PONDERED ALL THOSE RUMOURS THAT USED TO COME TO HIM FROM SOMBELENE BECAUSE OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF FABULOUS THINGS
hem, and more cities of men, and always the old companion, the glorious wind. Kingdom by kingdom slipt by, and still his breath was even. "It is a golden thing to gallop on good turf in one's youth," said the young man-horse, the centaur. "Ha, ha," said the wind of the hills, and the winds of the plain answered. Bells pealed in frantic towers, wise men consulted parchments, astrologers sought of the portent from the stars, the aged made subtle prophecies. "Is he not swift?" said the young. "How glad he is," said children. Night after night brought him sleep, and day after day lit his gallop, till he came to the lands of the Athalonian men who live by the edges of the mundane plain, and from them he came to the lands of legend again such as those in which he was cradled on the other side of the world, and which fringe the marge of the world and mix with the twilight. And there a mighty thought came into his untired heart, for he knew that he neared Zretazoola now, the city of Sombelenë. NEW HILLS AND THEN NEW LANDS BEYOND THEM AND MORE CITIES OF MEN AND ALWAYS THE OLD COMPANION THE GLORIOUS WIND KINGDOM BY KINGDOM SLIPT BY AND STILL HIS BREATH WAS EVEN IT IS A GOLDEN THING TO GALLOP ON GOOD TURF IN ONE'S YOUTH SAID THE YOUNG MAN HORSE THE CENTAUR HA HA SAID THE WIND OF THE HILLS AND THE WINDS OF THE PLAIN ANSWERED BELLS PEALED IN FRANTIC TOWERS WISE MEN CONSULTED PARCHMENTS ASTROLOGERS SOUGHT OF THE PORTENT FROM THE STARS THE AGED MADE SUBTLE PROPHECIES IS HE NOT SWIFT SAID THE YOUNG HOW GLAD HE IS SAID CHILDREN NIGHT AFTER NIGHT BROUGHT HIM SLEEP AND DAY AFTER DAY LIT HIS GALLOP TILL HE CAME TO THE LANDS OF THE ATHALONIAN MEN WHO LIVE BY THE EDGES OF THE MUNDANE PLAIN AND FROM THEM HE CAME TO THE LANDS OF LEGEND AGAIN SUCH AS THOSE IN WHICH HE WAS CRADLED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AND WHICH FRINGE THE MARGE OF THE WORLD AND MIX WITH THE TWILIGHT AND THERE A MIGHTY THOUGHT CAME INTO HIS UNTIRED HEART FOR HE KNEW THAT HE NEARED ZRETAZOOLA NOW THE CITY OF SOMBELENE
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