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large/10361/revolutions_time_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/revolutionsoftime_09_dunn_64kb
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Usually the Zards would arise before dawn and be about their business, but because of the great flames of the night before, they had no doubt had trouble sleeping, and therefore slept later than usual when they finally did fall into the lands beyond consciousness. USUALLY THE ZARDS WOULD ARISE BEFORE DAWN AND BE ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS BUT BECAUSE OF THE GREAT FLAMES OF THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY HAD NO DOUBT HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING AND THEREFORE SLEPT LATER THAN USUAL WHEN THEY FINALLY DID FALL INTO THE LANDS BEYOND CONSCIOUSNESS
e struck by the texture that the lights created on the glass of the walls, for when it shone through at just the right height, a previously invisible picture came to view. It was of a towering clipper ship with sails that stretched across their masts like skin over the bones of a pleasantly plump fellow, the wind billowing them about at a leisurely rate. Waves broke gently upon the ship's side as the crew rested peacefully on the various cables and nets, all except for the one-legged captain who was busy looking at the map and accompanying charts. It was a quaint and beautiful scene, though it soon passed away as the sun moved upwards in the sky, and I wouldn't have mentioned it, except that as it disappeared, I found myself looking at where it had been, but instead of the ship, I saw directly through the glass the inhabitants of Nunami arising and beginning their daily business, a scene which I might have missed since I was previously wholly absorbed by the picturesqueness of the sky. OM AND I WAS AWE STRUCK BY THE TEXTURE THAT THE LIGHTS CREATED ON THE GLASS OF THE WALLS FOR WHEN IT SHONE THROUGH AT JUST THE RIGHT HEIGHT A PREVIOUSLY INVISIBLE PICTURE CAME TO VIEW IT WAS OF A TOWERING CLIPPER SHIP WITH SAILS THAT STRETCHED ACROSS THEIR MASTS LIKE SKIN OVER THE BONES OF A PLEASANTLY PLUMP FELLOW THE WIND BILLOWING THEM ABOUT AT A LEISURELY RATE WAVES BROKE GENTLY UPON THE SHIP'S SIDE AS THE CREW RESTED PEACEFULLY ON THE VARIOUS CABLES AND NETS ALL EXCEPT FOR THE ONE LEGGED CAPTAIN WHO WAS BUSY LOOKING AT THE MAP AND ACCOMPANYING CHARTS IT WAS A QUAINT AND BEAUTIFUL SCENE THOUGH IT SOON PASSED AWAY AS THE SUN MOVED UPWARDS IN THE SKY AND I WOULDN'T MENTIONED IT EXCEPT THAT AS IT DISAPPEARED I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING AT WHERE IT HAD BEEN BUT INSTEAD OF THE SHIP I SAW DIRECTLY THROUGH THE GLASS THE INHABITANTS OF NUNE AND MI ARISING AND BEGINNING THEIR DAILY BUSINESS A SCENE WHICH I MIGHT HAVE MISSED SINCE I WAS PREVIOUSLY WHOLLY ABSORBED BY THE PICTURESQUENESS OF THE SKY
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