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As Pombo hesitated, chilly with fear, he heard those voices grow louder in Lonely House, and at that he stealthily moved a few steps lower, and then rushed past the beast. AS POMBO HESITATED CHILLY WITH FEAR HE HEARD THOSE VOICES GROW LOUDER IN LONELY HOUSE AND AT THAT HE STEALTHILY MOVED A FEW STEPS LOWER AND THEN RUSHED PAST THE BEAST
all those thoughts was one that said the gods were laughing at him through the mouth of the arch-idolater, their prophet, and the thought beat in his head till it ached like his wrists ... and then he found the step. And Pombo walked downstairs. There, sure enough, was the gloaming in which the world spins, and stars shone far off in it faintly; there was nothing before him as he went downstairs but that strange blue waste of gloaming, with its multitudes of stars, and comets plunging through it on outward journeys and comets returning home. And then he saw the lights of the bridge to Nowhere, and all of a sudden he was in the glare of the shimmering parlour-window of Lonely House; and he heard voices there pronouncing words, and the voices were nowise human, and but for his bitter need he had screamed and fled. Halfway between the voices and Maharrion, whom he now saw standing out from the world, covered in rainbow halos, he perceived the weird grey beast that is neither cat nor bird. EDGE BUT CHIEFEST OF ALL THOSE THOUGHTS WAS ONE THAT SAID THE GODS WERE LAUGHING AT HIM THROUGH THE MOUTH OF THE ARCH IDOLPTER THEIR PROPHET AND THE THOUGHT BEAT IN HIS HEAD TILL IT ACHED LIKE HIS WRISTS AND THEN HE FOUND THE STEP AND POMBU WALKED DOWNSTAIRS THERE SURE ENOUGH WAS THE GLOAMING IN WHICH THE WORLD SPINS AND THE STARS SHONE FAR OFF IN IT FAINTLY THERE WAS NOTHING BEFORE HIM AS HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS BUT THAT STRANGE BLUE WASTE OF GLOAMING WITH ITS MULTITUDE OF STARS AND COMETS PLUNGING THROUGH IT ON OUTWARD JOURNEYS AND COMETS RETURNING HOME AND THEN HE SAW THE LIGHTS OF THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE WAS IN THE GLARE OF THE SHIMMERING PARLOUR WINDOW OF LONELY HOUSE AND HE HEARD VOICES THERE PRONOUNCING WORDS AND THE VOICES WERE NO WISE HUMAN AND BUT FOR HIS BITTER NEED HE HAD SCREAMED AND FLED HALFWAY BETWEEN THE VOICES AND MAHARION WHOM HE NOW SAW STANDING OUT FROM THE WORLD COVERED IN RAINBOW HALOS HE PERCEIVED THE WEIRD GRAY BEAST THAT IS NEITHER CAT NOR BIRD
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