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The next day Athelvok came to the palace of Arizim with the morning, over the fields to the East and out of the country of Toldees, and Hilnaric came out along her balcony and met him on the terraces. THE NEXT DAY ATHELBA CAME TO THE PALACE OF ARISON WITH THE MORNING OVER THE FIELDS TO THE EAST AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY OF TOLDES AND HILARIC CAME OUT ALONG HER BALCONY AND MET HIM ON THE TERRACES
 wilt go up Poltarnees and come back, as none have come, and report to us what lure or magic is in the Sea, we will pardon thy blasphemy, and thou shalt have the Princess to wife and sit among the Council of Kings." And gladly thereunto the young man consented. And the Princess spoke to him, and asked him his name. And he told her that his name was Athelvok, and great joy arose in him at the sound of her voice. And to the three kings he promised to set out on the third day to scale the slope of Poltarnees and to return again, and this was the oath by which they bound him to return: "I swear by the Sea that bears the worlds away, by the river of Oriathon, which men call Ocean, and by the gods and their tiger, and by the doom of the worlds, that I will return again to the Inner Lands, having beheld the Sea." And that oath he swore with solemnity that very night in one of the temples of the Sea, but the three kings trusted more to the beauty of Hilnaric even than to the power of the oath. ATCHER BY THE POOL IF THOU WILT GO UP POLTARNES AND COME BACK AS NONE HAVE COME AND REPORT TO US WHAT LURE OR MAGIC IS IN THE SEA WE WILL PARDON THY BLASPHEMY AND THOU SHALT HAVE THE PRINCESS TO WIFE AND SIT AMONG THE COUNCIL OF KINGS AND GLADLY THEREUNTO THE YOUNG MAN CONSENTED AND THE PRINCESS SPOKE TO HIM AND ASKED HIM HIS NAME AND HE TOLD HER THAT HIS NAME WAS ATHELVAK AND GREAT JOY AROSE IN HIM AT THE SOUND OF HER VOICE AND TO THE THREE KINGS HE PROMISED TO SET OUT ON THE THIRD DAY TO SCALE THE SLOPE OF PALTARNES AND TO RETURN AGAIN AND THIS WAS THE OATH BY WHICH THEY BOUND HIM TO RETURN I SWEAR BY THE SEA THAT BEARS THE WORLDS AWAY BY THE RIVER OVERRIATHAN WHICH MEN CALL OCEAN AND BY THE GODS AND THEIR TIGER AND BY THE DOOM OF THE WORLDS THAT I WILL RETURN AGAIN TO THE INNER LANDS HAVING BEHELD THE SEA AND THAT OATH HE SWORE WITH SOLEMNITY THAT VERY NIGHT IN ONE OF THE TEMPLES OF THE SEA BUT THE THREE KINGS TRUSTED MORE TO THE BEAUTY OF HILNARCH EVEN THAN TO THE POWER OF THE OATH
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