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They were not soft and rolled, they had hard shells of cloth and leather; and the letters on their pages were so small and so even that we wondered at the men who had such handwriting. THEY WERE NOT SOFT AND ROLLED THEY HAD HARD SHELLS OF CLOTH AND LEATHER AND THE LETTERS ON THEIR PAGES WERE SMALL AND SO EVEN THAT WE WONDERED AT THE MEN WHO HAD SUCH HANDWRITING
of a lake. There were strange things which we had never seen and the use of which we do not know. And there were globes of glass everywhere, in each room, the globes with the metal cobwebs inside, such as we had seen in our tunnel. We found the sleeping hall and we stood in awe upon its threshold. For it was a small room and there were only two beds in it. We found no other beds in the house, and then we knew that only two had lived here, and this passes understanding. What kind of world did they have, the men of the Unmentionable Times? We found garments, and the Golden One gasped at the sight of them. For they were not white tunics, nor white togas; they were of all colors, no two of them alike. Some crumbled to dust as we touched them. But others were of heavier cloth, and they felt soft and new in our fingers. We found a room with walls made of shelves, which held rows of manuscripts, from the floor to the ceiling. Never had we seen such a number of them, nor of such strange shape. GS BEHIND US AS ON THE FACE OF A LAKE THERE WERE STRANGE THINGS WHICH WE HAD NEVER SEEN AND THE USE OF WHICH WE DO NOT KNOW AND THERE WERE GLOBES OF GLASS EVERYWHERE IN EACH ROOM THE GLOBES WITH THE METAL COBWEBS INSIDE SUCH AS WE HAD SEEN IN OUR TUNNEL WE FOUND THE SLEEPING HALL AND WE STOOD AN AWE UPON ITS THRESHOLD FOR IT WAS A SMALL ROOM AND THERE WERE ONLY TWO BEDS IN IT WE FOUND NO OTHER BEDS IN THE HOUSE AND THEN WE KNEW THAT ONLY TWO HAD LIVED HERE AND THIS PASSES UNDERSTANDING WHAT KIND OF WORLD DID THEY HAVE THE MEN OF THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES WE FOUND GARMENTS AND THE GOLDEN ONE GASPED AT THE SIGHT OF THEM FOR THEY WERE NOT WHITE TUNICS NOR WHITE TOGAS THEY WERE OF ALL COLOR NO TWO OF THEM ALIKE SOME CRUMBLED TO DUST AS WE TOUCHED THEM BUT OTHERS WERE OF HEAVIER CLOTH AND THEY FELT SOFT AND NEW IN OUR FINGERS WE FOUND A ROOM WITH WALLS MADE OF SHELVES WHICH HELD ROWS OF MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE FLOOR TO THE CEILING NEVER HAD WE SEEN SUCH A NUMBER OF THEM NOR OF SUCH STRANGE SHAPE
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