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So it may be that Shepperalk's fabulous blood stirred in those lonely mountains away at the edge of the world to rumours that only the airy twilight knew and only confided secretly to the bat, for Shepperalk was more legendary even than man. SO IT MAY BE THAT SHEPPERALK'S FABULOUS BLOOD STIRRED IN THOSE LONELY MOUNTAINS AWAY AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD TO RUMORS THAT ONLY THE AIRY TWILIGHT KNEW AND ONLY CONFIDED SECRETLY TO THE BAT FOR SHEPPERALK WAS MORE LEGENDARY EVEN THAN MAN
s naked flanks. He raised his head and snorted. "I am a man-horse now!" he shouted aloud; and leaping from crag to crag he galloped by valley and chasm, by torrent-bed and scar of avalanche, until he came to the wandering leagues of the plain, and left behind him for ever the Athraminaurian mountains. His goal was Zretazoola, the city of Sombelenë. What legend of Sombelenë's inhuman beauty or of the wonder of her mystery had ever floated over the mundane plain to the fabulous cradle of the centaurs' race, the Athraminaurian mountains, I do not know. Yet in the blood of man there is a tide, an old sea-current rather, that is somehow akin to the twilight, which brings him rumours of beauty from however far away, as driftwood is found at sea from islands not yet discovered: and this spring-tide of current that visits the blood of man comes from the fabulous quarter of his lineage, from the legendary, the old; it takes him out to the woodlands, out to the hills; he listens to ancient song. HE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAIN BEAT COLD ON HIS NAKED FLANKS HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND SNORTED I AM A MAN HORSE NOW HE SHOUTED ALOUD AND LEAPING FROM CRAG TO CRAG HE GALLOPED BY VALLEY AND CHASM BY TORRENT BED AND SCAR OF AVALANCHE UNTIL HE CAME TO THE WANDERING LEAGUES OF THE PLAIN AND LEFT BEHIND HIM FOREVER THE ATHROMINARIAN MOUNTAINS HIS GOAL WAS ZRETAZOOLA THE CITY OF SOMBELENE WHAT LEGEND OF SOMBELENE'S INHUMAN BEAUTY OR OF THE WONDER OF HER MYSTERY HAD EVER FLOATED OVER THE MUNDANE PLAIN TO THE CRADLE OF THE CENTAUR'S RACE THE ATHUMINARIAN MOUNTAINS I DO NOT KNOW YET IN THE BLOOD OF MAN THERE IS A TIDE AN OLD SEA CURRENT RATHER THAT IS SOMEHOW AKIN TO THE TWILIGHT WHICH BRINGS HIM RUMOURS OF BEAUTY FROM HOWEVER FAR AWAY AS DRIFTWOOD IS FOUND AT SEA FROM ISLANDS NOT YET DISCOVERED AND THIS SPRINGTIDE OF CURRENT THAT VISITS THE BLOOD OF MAN COMES FROM THE FABULOUS QUARTER OF HIS LINEAGE FROM THE LEGENDARY OF OLD IT TAKES HIM OUT TO THE WOODLANDS OUT TO THE HILLS HE LISTENS TO ANCIENT SONG
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