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Now, all their temples lay open to the west, resting upon pillars, that the breeze from the Sea might enter them, and they lay open on pillars to the east that the breezes of the Sea might not be hindered by pass onward wherever the Sea list. NOW ALL THEIR TEMPLES LAY OPEN TO THE WEST RESTING UPON PILLARS THAT THE BREEZE FROM THE SEA MIGHT ENTER THEM AND THEY LAY OPEN ON PILLARS TO THE EAST THAT THE BREEZES OF THE SEA MIGHT NOT BE HINDERED BY PASS ONWARD WHEREVER THE SEA LIST
s that are named the Inner Lands the young men stole constantly away. One by one they went, and no one knew why they went save that they had a longing to behold the Sea. Of this longing they spoke little, but a young man would become silent for a few days, and then, one morning very early, he would slip away and slowly climb Poltarnee's difficult slope, and having attained the top pass over and never return. A few stayed behind in the Inner Lands and became the old men, but none that had ever climbed Poltarnees from the very earliest times had ever come back again. Many had gone up Poltarnees sworn to return. Once a king sent all his courtiers, one by one, to report the mystery to him, and then went himself; none ever returned. Now, it was the wont of the folk of the Inner Lands to worship rumours and legends of the Sea, and all that their prophets discovered of the Sea was writ in a sacred book, and with deep devotion on days of festival or mourning read in the temples by the priests. HREE LITTLE KINGDOMS THAT ARE NAMED THE INNER LANDS THE YOUNG MEN STOLE CONSTANTLY AWAY ONE BY ONE THEY WENT AND NO ONE KNEW WHY THEY WENT SAVE THAT THEY HAD A LONGING TO BEHOLD THE SEA OF THIS LONGING THEY SPOKE LITTLE BUT A YOUNG MAN WOULD BECOME SILENT FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN ONE MORNING VERY EARLY HE WOULD SLIP AWAY AND SLOWLY CLIMB POLTARNEY'S DIFFICULT SLOPE AND HAVING ATTAINED THE TOP PASS OVER AND NEVER RETURN A FEW STAYED BEHIND IN THE INNER LANDS AND BECAME THE OLD MEN BUT NONE THAT HAD EVER CLIMBED POLTARNEY'S FROM THE VERY EARLIEST TIMES HAD EVER COME BACK AGAIN MANY HAD GONE UP POLTARNEY'S SWORN TO RETURN ONCE A KING SENT ALL HIS COURTIERS ONE BY ONE TO REPORT THE MYSTERY TO HIM AND THEN WENT HIMSELF NONE EVER RETURNED NOW IT WAS THE WONT OF THE FOLK OF THE INNER LANDS TO WORSHIP RUMOURS AND LEGENDS OF THE SEA AND ALL THAT THEIR PROPHETS DISCOVERED OF THE SEA WAS WRIT IN A SACRED BOOK AND WITH DEEP DEVOTION ON DAYS OF FESTIVAL OR MOURNING READ IN THE TEMPLES BY THE PRIESTS
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