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"After all, the fancy is as real as the body," he said with perfect logic. It was a dangerous theory. For that other life that he led he realized, as in Business, the importance and value of method. AFTER ALL THE FANCY IS AS REAL AS THE BODY HE SAID WITH PERFECT LOGIC IT WAS A DANGEROUS THEORY FOR THAT OTHER LIFE THAT HE LED HE REALIZED AS IN BUSINESS THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF METHOD
 him still, and it had often discovered beautiful things away where it went, southeast at the edge of the twilight. And he had a matter-of-fact and logical mind, so that he often said, "Why should I pay my twopence at the electric theatre when I can see all sorts of things quite easily without?" Whatever he did was logical before anything else, and those that knew him always spoke of Shap as "a sound, sane, level-headed man." On far the most important day of his life he went as usual to town by the early train to sell plausible articles to customers, while the spiritual Shap roamed off to fanciful lands. As he walked from the station, dreamy but wide awake, it suddenly struck him that the real Shap was not the one walking to Business in black and ugly clothes, but he who roamed along a jungle's edge near the ramparts of an old and Eastern city that rose up sheer from the sand, and against which the desert lapped with one eternal wave. He used to fancy the name of that city was Larkar.  TION WAS ALL NEW TO HIM STILL AND IT HAD OFTEN DISCOVERED BEAUTIFUL THINGS AWAY WHERE IT WENT SOUTHEAST AT THE EDGE OF THE TWILIGHT AND HE HAD HAD A MATTER OF FACT IN LOGICAL MIND SO THAT HE OFTEN SAID WHY SHOULD I PAY MY TWOPENCE AT THE ELECTRIC THEATRE WHEN I CAN SEE ALL SORTS OF THINGS QUITE EASILY WITHOUT WHATEVER HE DID WAS LOGICAL BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE AND THOSE THAT KNEW HIM ALWAYS SPOKE OF SHAP AS A SOUND SANE LEVEL HEADED MAN ON FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF HIS LIFE HE WENT AS USUAL TO TOWN BY THE EARLY TRAIN TO SELL PLAUSIBLE ARTICLES TO CUSTOMERS WHILE THE SPIRITUAL SHOP ROAMED OFF TO FANCIFUL LANDS AS HE WALKED FROM THE STATION DREAMY BUT WIDE AWAKE IT SUDDENLY STRUCK HIM THAT THE REAL SHAP WAS NOT THE ONE WALKING TO BUSINESS IN BLACK AND UGLY CLOTHES BUT HE WHO ROAMED ALONG A JUNGLE'S EDGE NEAR THE RAMPARTS OF AN OLD AND EASTERN CITY THAT ROSE UP SHEER FROM THE SAND AND AGAINST WHICH THE DESERT LAPPED WITH ONE ETERNAL WAVE HE USED TO FANCY THE NAME OF THAT CITY WAS LARKAR 
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