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And there a mighty thought came into his untired heart, for he knew that he neared Zretazoola now, the city of Sombelenë. AND THERE A MIGHTY THOUGHT CAME INTO HIS UNTIRED HEART FOR HE KNEW THAT HE NEARED ZRETAZOOLA NOW THE CITY OF SOMBELENE
en and their little cities; and, after that, great rivers and waste spaces and huge new hills, and then new lands beyond them, and more cities of men, and always the old companion, the glorious wind. Kingdom by kingdom slipt by, and still his breath was even. "It is a golden thing to gallop on good turf in one's youth," said the young man-horse, the centaur. "Ha, ha," said the wind of the hills, and the winds of the plain answered. Bells pealed in frantic towers, wise men consulted parchments, astrologers sought of the portent from the stars, the aged made subtle prophecies. "Is he not swift?" said the young. "How glad he is," said children. Night after night brought him sleep, and day after day lit his gallop, till he came to the lands of the Athalonian men who live by the edges of the mundane plain, and from them he came to the lands of legend again such as those in which he was cradled on the other side of the world, and which fringe the marge of the world and mix with the twilight. UGHING WIND AND MEN AND THE FEARS OF MEN AND THEIR LITTLE CITIES AND AFTER THAT GREAT RIVERS AND WASTE SPACES AND HUGE NEW HILLS AND THEN NEW LANDS BEYOND THEM AND MORE CITIES OF MEN AND ALWAYS THE OLD COMPANION THE GLORIOUS WIND KINGDOM BY KINGDOM SLIPT BY AND STILL HIS BREATH WAS EVEN IT IS A GOLDEN THING TO GALLOP ON GOOD TURF IN ONE'S YOUTH SAID THE YOUNG MAN HORSE THE CENTAUR HA HA SAID THE WIND OF THE HILLS AND THE WINDS OF THE PLAIN ANSWERED BELLS PEALED IN FRANTIC TOWERS WISE MEN CONSULTED PARCHMENTS ASTROLOGERS SOUGHT OF THE PORTENT FROM THE STARS THE AGED MADE SUBTLE PROPHECIES IS HE NOT SWIFT SAID THE YOUNG HOW GLAD HE IS SAID CHILDREN NIGHT AFTER NIGHT BROUGHT HIM SLEEP AND DAY AFTER DAY LIT HIS GALLOP TILL HE CAME TO THE LANDS OF THE ATHALONIAN MEN WHO LIVE BY THE EDGES OF THE MUNDANE PLAIN AND FROM THEM HE CAME TO THE LANDS OF LEGEND AGAIN SUCH AS THOSE IN WHICH HE WAS CRADLED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AND WHICH FRINGE THE MARGE OF THE WORLD AND MIX WITH THE TWILIGHT
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