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He smiled after that when people did not raise their hats to him in the street, as he walked from the station to Business; but he was sufficiently practical to recognize that it was better not to talk of this to those that only knew him as Mr. Shap. HE SMILED AFTER THAT WHEN PEOPLE DID NOT RAISE THEIR HATS TO HIM IN THE STREET AS HE WALKED FROM THE STATION TO BUSINESS BUT HE WAS SUFFICIENTLY PRACTICAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS BETTER NOT TO TALK OF THIS TO THOSE THAT ONLY KNEW HIM AS MISTER SHAP
ack 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. "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. He did not let his fancy roam too far until it perfectly knew its first surroundings. Particularly he avoided the jungle--he was not afraid to meet a tiger there (after all it was not real), but stranger things might crouch there. Slowly he built up Larkar: rampart by rampart, towers for archers, gateway of brass, and all. And then one day he argued, and quite rightly, that all the silk-clad people in its streets, their camels, their wares that came from Inkustahn, the city itself, were all the things of his will--and then he made himself King. HE 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 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 HE DID NOT LET HIS FANCY ROAM TOO FAR UNTIL IT PERFECTLY KNEW ITS FIRST SURROUNDINGS PARTICULARLY HE AVOIDED THE JUNGLE HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO MEET A TIGER THERE AFTER ALL IT WAS NOT REAL BUT STRANGER THINGS MIGHT CROUCH THERE SLOWLY HE BUILT UP LARCAR RAMPART BY RAMPART TOWERS FOR ARCHERS GATEWAYS OF BRASS AND ALL AND THEN ONE DAY HE ARGUED AND QUITE RIGHTLY THAT ALL THE SILK CLAD PEOPLE IN ITS STREETS THEIR CAMELS THEIR WARES THAT COME FROM INCOSTAN THE CITY ITSELF WERE ALL THE THINGS OF HIS WILL AND THEN HE MADE HIMSELF KING
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