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Three blasts he gave as he went upon that silver horn that is the world old treasure of the centaurs. These were his wedding bells. THREE BLASTS HE GAVE AS HE WENT UPON THAT SILVER HORN THAT IS THE WORLD OLD TREASURE OF THE CENTAURS THESE WERE HIS WEDDING BELLS
vening. Swiftly and craftily he bounded down by the upper end of the cleft, and entering Zretazoola by the outer gate which looks out sheer on the stars, he galloped suddenly down the narrow streets. Many that rushed out on to balconies as he went clattering by, many that put their heads from glittering windows, are told of in olden song. Shepperalk did not tarry to give greetings or to answer challenges from martial towers, he was down through the earthward gateway like the thunderbolt of his sires, and, like Leviathan who has leapt at an eagle, he surged into the water between temple and tomb. He galloped with half-shut eyes up the temple-steps, and, only seeing dimly through his lashes, seized Sombelenë by the hair, undazzled as yet by her beauty, and so haled her away; and, leaping with her over the floorless chasm where the waters of the lake fall unremembered away into a hole in the world, took her we know not where, to be her slave for all centuries that are allowed to his race. ING HERSELF IN THE EVENING SWIFTLY AND CRAFTILY HE BOUNDED DOWN BY THE UPPER END OF THE CLEFT AND ENTERING ZRETAZOOLA BY THE OUTER GATE WHICH LOOKS OUT SHEER ON THE STARS HE GALLOPED SUDDENLY DOWN THE NARROW STREETS MANY THAT RUSHED OUT ON TO BALCONIES AS HE WENT CLATTERING BY MANY THAT PUT THEIR HEADS FROM GLITTERING WINDOWS ARE TOLD OF IN OLDEN SONG SHEPPERALK DID NOT TARRY TO GIVE GREETINGS OR TO ANSWER CHALLENGES FROM MARTIAL TOWERS HE WAS DOWN THROUGH THE EARTHWARD GATEWAY LIKE THE THUNDERBOLT OF HIS SIRES AND LIKE THE WYATHAN WHO HAS LEAPT AT AN EAGLE HE SURGED INTO THE WATER BETWEEN TEMPLE AND TOMB HE GALLOPED WITH HALF SHUT EYES UP THE TEMPLE STEPS AND ONLY SEEING DIMLY THROUGH HIS LASHES SEIZED SOMBELENE BY THE HAIR UNDAZZLED AS YET BY HER BEAUTY AND SO HALED HER AWAY AND LEAPING WITH HER OVER THE FLOORLESS CHASM WHERE THE WATERS OF THE LAKE FALL UNREMEMBERED AWAY INTO A HOLE IN THE WORLD TOOK HER WE KNOW NOT WHERE TO BE HER SLAVE FOR ALL CENTURIES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO HIS RACE
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