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They stepped back, and their eyes were wide and still. "Speak these words again," they whispered. "Which words?" we asked. But they did not answer, and we knew it. "Our dearest one," we whispered. THEY STEPPED BACK AND THEIR EYES WERE WIDE AND STILL SPEAK THOSE WORDS AGAIN THEY WHISPERED WHICH WORDS WE ASKED BUT THEY DID NOT ANSWER AND WE KNEW IT OUR DEAREST ONE WE WHISPERED
thout breath, and the dust of the road was white in the glow. So the women of the field were weary, and they tarried over their work, and they were far from the road when we came. But the Golden One stood alone at the hedge, waiting. We stopped and we saw that their eyes, so hard and scornful to the world, were looking at us as if they would obey any word we might speak. And we said: “We have given you a name in our thoughts, Liberty 5-3000.” “What is our name?” they asked. “The Golden One.” “Nor do we call you Equality 7-2521 when we think of you.” “What name have you given us?” They looked straight into our eyes and they held their head high and they answered: “The Unconquered.” For a long time we could not speak. Then we said: “Such thoughts as these are forbidden, Golden One.” “But you think such thoughts as these and you wish us to think them.” We looked into their eyes and we could not lie. “Yes,” we whispered, and they smiled, and then we said: “Our dearest one, do not obey us.” HE AIR AND THE FIELDS LAY STILL WITHOUT BREATH AND THE DUST OF THE ROAD WAS WHITE IN THE GLOW SO THE WOMEN OF THE FIELD WERE WEARY AND THEY TARRIED OVER THEIR WORK AND THEY WERE FAR FROM THE ROAD WHEN WE CAME BUT THE GOLDEN ONE STOOD ALONE AT THE HEDGE WAITING WE STOPPED AND WE SAW THAT THEIR EYES SO HARD AND SCORNFUL TO THE WORLD WERE LOOKING AT US AS IF THEY WOULD OBEY ANY WORD WE MIGHT SPEAK AND WE SAID WE HAVE GIVEN YOU A NAME IN OUR THOUGHTS LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND WHAT IS OUR NAME THEY ASKED THE GOLDEN ONE NOR DO WE CALL YOU EQUALITY SEVEN TO FIVE TO ONE WHEN WE THINK OF YOU WHAT NAME HAVE YOU GIVEN US THEY LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO OUR EYES AND THEY HELD THEIR HEAD HIGH AND THEY ANSWERED THE UNCONQUERED FOR A LONG TIME WE COULD NOT SPEAK THEN WE SAID SUCH THOUGHTS ARE FORBIDDEN GOLDEN ONE BUT YOU THINK SUCH THOUGHTS AS THESE AND YOU WISH US TO THINK THEM WE LOOKED INTO THEIR EYES AND WE COULD NOT LIE YES WE WHISPERED AND THEY SMILED AND THEN WE SAID OUR DEAREST ONE DO NOT OBEY US
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