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It may be thought that, as the years went on and men came by fearful ends on that tower's wall, fewer and fewer would come to the Gibbelins' table: but the Gibbelins found otherwise. IT MAY BE THOUGHT THAT AS THE YEARS WENT ON AND MEN CAME BY FEARFUL ENDS ON THAT TOWER'S WALL FEWER AND FEWER WOULD COME TO THE GIBBELLON'S TABLE BUT THE GIBBLINS FOUND OTHERWISE
 Homer--_ho rhoos okeanoio_, as he called it--which surrounds the world. And where the river is narrow and fordable the tower was built by the Gibbelins' gluttonous sires, for they liked to see burglars rowing easily to their steps. Some nourishment that common soil has not the huge trees drained there with their colossal roots from both banks of the river. There the Gibbelins lived and discreditably fed. Alderic, Knight of the Order of the City and the Assault, hereditary Guardian of the King's Peace of Mind, a man not unremembered among makers of myth, pondered so long upon the Gibbelins' hoard that by now he deemed it his. Alas that I should say of so perilous a venture, undertaken at dead of night by a valorous man, that its motive was sheer avarice! Yet upon avarice only the Gibbelins relied to keep their larders full, and once in every hundred years sent spies into the cities of men to see how avarice did, and always the spies returned again to the tower saying that all was well. E OF THAT RIVER KNOWN TO HOMER HORUS OCEANOIO AS HE CALLED IT WHICH SURROUNDS THE WORLD AND WHERE THE RIVER IS NARROW AND FORDABLE THE TOWER WAS BUILT BY THE GIBBELLON'S GLUTTONOUS SIRES FOR THEY LIKED TO SEE BURGLARS ROWING EASILY TO THEIR STEPS SOME NOURISHMENT THAT COMMON SOIL HAS NOT THE HUGE TREES DRAINED THERE WITH THEIR COLOSSAL ROOTS FROM BOTH BANKS OF THE RIVER THERE THE GIBBELLONS LIVED AND DISCREDITABLY FED ALDRIC KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF THE CITY AND THE ASSAULT HEREDITARY GUARDIAN OF THE KING'S PEACE OF MIND A MAN NOT UNREMEMBERED AMONG MAKERS OF MYTH PONDERED SO LONG UPON THE GIBBELLON'S HOARD THAT BY NOW HE DEEMED IT HIS ALAS THAT I SHOULD SAY OF SO PERILOUS A VENTURE UNDERTAKEN AT DEAD OF NIGHT BY A VALOROUS MAN THAT ITS MOTIVE WAS SHEER AVARICE YET UPON AVARICE ONLY THE GIBLINS RELIED TO KEEP THEIR LARDERS FULL AND ONCE IN EVERY HUNDRED YEARS SENT SPIES INTO THE CITIES OF MEN TO SEE HOW AVARICE DID AND ALWAYS THE SPIES RETURNED AGAIN TO THE TOWER SAYING THAT ALL WAS WELL
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