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Through the small door in the King's Hall one goes by one hundred steps and many sloping corridors into the cool of the earth where lies a cavern vaster than the Hall. THROUGH THE SMALL DOOR IN THE KING'S HALL ONE GOES BY ONE HUNDRED STEPS AND MANY SLOPING CORRIDORS INTO THE COOL OF THE EARTH WHERE LIES A CAVERN VASTER THAN THE HALL
ll to set out in search of some new Kingdom, and they were peering between the houses and up the long grey street to see for the last time the palace of King Ebalon; and Pattering Leaves, the dancer, cried: “Not any more, not any more at all shall we drift up the carven hall to dance before the King. He that now watches the magic of his prophets will behold no more the wonder of the dance, and among ancient parchments, strange and wise, he shall forget the swirl of drapery when we swing together through the Dance of the Myriad Steps.” And with her were Silvern Fountain and Summer Lightning and Dream of the Sea, each lamenting that they should dance no more to please the eyes of the King. And Intahn who had carried at the banquet for fifty years the goblet of the King set with its four sapphires each as large as an eye, said as he spread his hands towards the palace making the sign of farewell: “Not all the magic of prophecy nor yet foreseeing nor perceiving may equal the power of wine. ORNING THEY WERE ALL TO SET OUT IN SEARCH OF SOME NEW KINGDOM AND THEY WERE PEERING BETWEEN THE HOUSES AND UP THE LONG GRAY STREET TO SEE FOR THE LAST TIME THE PALACE OF KING EBALON AND PATTERING LEAVES THE DANCER CRIED NOT ANY MORE NOT ANY MORE AT ALL SHALL WE DRIFT UP THE CARVEN HALL TO DANCE BEFORE THE KING HE THAT NOW WATCHES THE MAGIC OF HIS PROPHETS WILL BEHOLD NO MORE THE WONDER OF THE DANCE AND AMONG ANCIENT PARCHMENTS STRANGE AND WISE HE SHALL FORGET THE SWIRL OF DRAPERY WHEN WE SWING TOGETHER THROUGH THE DANCE OF THE MYRIAD STEPS AND WITH HER WHERE SILVERN FOUNTAIN AND SUMMER LIGHTNING AND DREAM OF THE SEA EACH LAMENTING THAT THEY SHOULD DANCE NO MORE TO PLEASE THE EYES OF THE KING AND IN TAN WHO HAD CARRIED AT THE BANQUET FOR FIFTY YEARS THE GOBLET OF THE KING SET WITH ITS FOUR SAPPHIRES EACH AS LARGE AS AN EYE SAID AS HE SPREAD HIS HANDS TOWARDS THE PALACE MAKING THE SIGN OF FAREWELL NOT ALL THE MAGIC OF PROPHECY NOR YET FORESEEING NOR PERCEIVING MAY EQUAL THE POWER OF WINE
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