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Tempting indeed was the snare that they set in Woth, the emeralds loose set in the city's gate; but Thangobrind discerned the golden cord that climbed the wall from each and the weights that would topple upon him if he touched one, and so he left them, though he left them weeping, and at last came to Theth. TEMPTING INDEED WAS THE SNARE THAT THEY SET IN WH THE EMERALDS LOOSE SET IN THE CITY'S GATE BUT THINGOBRINE DISCERNED THE GOLDEN CORD THAT CLIMBED THE WALL FROM EACH AND THE WEIGHTS THAT WOULD TOPPLE UPON HIM IF HE TOUCHED ONE AND SO HE LEFT THEM THOUGH HE LEFT THEM WEEPING AND AT LAST CAME TO THETH
 that he sought still lay on the lap of Hlo-hlo, where it had been for the last two million years since Hlo-hlo created the world and gave unto it all things except that precious stone called Dead Man's Diamond. The jewel was often stolen, but it had a knack of coming back again to the lap of Hlo-hlo. Thangobrind knew this, but he was no common jeweller and hoped to outwit Hlo-hlo, perceiving not the trend of ambition and lust and that they are vanity. How nimbly he threaded his way through he pits of Snood!--now like a botanist, scrutinising the ground; now like a dancer, leaping from crumbling edges. It was quite dark when he went by the towers of Tor, where archers shoot ivory arrows at strangers lest any foreigner should alter their laws, which are bad, but not to be altered by mere aliens. At night they shoot by the sound of the strangers' feet. O, Thangobrind, Thangobrind, was ever a jeweller like you! He dragged two stones behind him by long cords, and at these the archers shot.  BUSINESS AND THE DIAMOND THAT HE SOUGHT STILL LAY ON THE LAP OF LA HALLAH WHERE HAD BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO MILLION YEARS SINCE LA HALLAH CREATED THE WORLD AND GAVE UNTO IT ALL THINGS EXCEPT THAT PRECIOUS STONE CALLED DEAD MAN'S DIAMOND THE JEWEL WAS OFTEN STOLEN BUT IT HAD A KNACK OF COMING BACK AGAIN TO THE LAP OF ALLAH ALLAH THINGOBRANE KNEW THIS BUT HE WAS NO COMMON JEWELLER AND HOPED TO OUTWIT HALLA ALLAH PERCEIVING NOT THE TREND OF AMBITION AND LUST AND THAT THEY ARE VANITY HOW NIMBLY HE THREADED HIS WAY THROUGH THE PITS OF SNOOD NOW LIKE A BOTANIST SCRUTINIZING THE GROUND NOW LIKE A DANCER LEAPING FROM CRUMBLING EDGES IT WAS QUITE DARK WHEN HE WENT BY THE TOWERS OF TOUR WHERE ARCHERS SHOOT IVORY ARROWS AT STRANGERS LEST ANY FOREIGNER SHOULD ALTER THEIR LAWS WHICH ARE BAD BUT NOT TO BE ALTERED BY MERE ALIENS AT NIGHT THEY SHOOT BY THE SOUND OF THE STRANGER'S FEET O THINGOBRINE WAS EVER A JEWELLER LIKE YOU HE DRAGGED TWO STONES BEHIND HIM BY LONG CORDS AND AT THESE THE ARCHERS SHOT
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