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All the domes were of copper, but the spires on their summits were gold. Little steps of onyx ran all this way and that. With cobbled agates were its streets a glory. ALL THE DOMES WERE OF COPPER BUT THE SPIRES ON THEIR SUMMITS WERE GOLD LITTLE STEPS OF ONYX RAN ALL THIS WAY AND THAT WITH COBBLED AGATES WERE ITS STREETS A GLORY
renched the halter, towards Toldenarba and the Under Pits; the wings of the hippogriff roared as the halter turned him. Of the Under Pits who shall tell? Their mystery is secret. It is held by some that they are the sources of night, and that darkness pours from them at evening upon the world; while others hint that knowledge of these might undo our civilization. There watched him ceaselessly from the Under Pits those eyes whose duty it is; from further within and deeper, the bats that dwell there arose when they saw the surprise in the eyes; the sentinels on the bulwarks beheld that stream of bats and lifted up their spears as it were for war. Nevertheless when they perceived that that war for which they watched was not now come upon them, they lowered their spears and suffered him to enter, and he passed whirring through the earthward gateway. Even so he came, as foretold, to the City of Never perched upon Toldenarba, and saw late twilight on those pinnacles that know no other light. G TOWARDS THEM HE WRENCHED THE HALTER TOWARDS TOLDENARBA AND THE UNDER PITS THE WINGS OF THE HIPPOGRIFF ROARED AS THE HALTER TURNED HIM OF THE UNDER PITS WHO SHALL TELL THEIR MYSTERY IS SECRET IT IS HELD BY SOME THAT THEY ARE THE SOURCES OF NIGHT AND THAT DARKNESS POURS FROM THEM AT EVENING UPON THE WORLD WHILE OTHERS HINT THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THESE MIGHT UNDO OUR CIVILIZATION THERE WATCHED HIM CEASELESSLY FROM THE UNDER PITS THOSE EYES WHOSE DUTY IT IS FROM FURTHER WITHIN AND DEEPER THE BATS WHAT DWELL THERE AROSE WHEN THEY SAW THE SURPRISE IN THE EYES THE SENTINELS ON THE BULWARKS BEHELD THAT STREAM OF BATS AND LIFTED UP THEIR SPEARS AS IT WERE FOR WAR NEVERTHELESS WHEN THEY PERCEIVED THAT THAT WAR FOR WHICH THEY WATCHED WAS NOT NOW COME UPON THEM THEY LOWERED THEIR SPEARS AND SUFFERED HIM TO ENTER AND HE PASSED WHIRRING THROUGH THE EARTHWARD GATEWAY EVEN SO HE CAME AS FORETOLD TO THE CITY OF NEVER PERCHED UPON TOLDENARBA AND SAW LATE TWILIGHT ON THOSE PINNACLES THAT KNOW NO OTHER LIGHT
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