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Backwards and forwards they moved as the track wound lower and lower, three little specks of black against the snow. They were seen first in the very early morning up near the shoulder of Peol Jagganoth, and seemed to be coming out of Utnar Véhi. All day they came. BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS THEY MOVED AS THE TRACK WOUND LOWER AND LOWER THREE LITTLE SPECKS OF BLACK AGAINST THE SNOW THEY WERE SEEN FIRST IN THE VERY EARLY MORNING UP NEAR THE SHOULDER OF PALE JAGANOTH AND SEEMED TO BE COMING OUT OF UTNARVAHI ALL DAY THEY CAME
loom, and the snow shone upon the Hills of Hap. Outside the copper gates they crushed the grapes in vats to make the syrabub. It had been a goodly vintage. In the little gardens at the desert's edge men beat the tambang and the tittibuk, and blew melodiously the zootibar. All there was mirth and song and dance, because the vintage had been gathered in, and there would be ample syrabub for the winter months, and much left over to exchange for turquoises and emeralds with the merchants who come down from Oxuhahn. Thus they rejoiced all day over their vintage on the narrow strip of cultivated ground that lay between Bethmoora and the desert which meets the sky to the South. And when the heat of the day began to abate, and the sun drew near to the snows on the Hills of Hap, the note of the zootibar still rose clear from the gardens, and the brilliant dresses of the dancers still wound among the flowers. All that day three men on mules had been noticed crossing the face of the Hills of Hap. UBS WERE ALL IN BLOOM AND THE SNOW SHONE UPON THE HILLS OF HAP OUTSIDE THE COPPER GATES THEY CRUSHED THE GRAPES AND VATS TO MAKE THE SERABUB IT HAD BEEN A GOODLY VINTAGE IN THE LITTLE GARDENS AT THE DESERT'S EDGE MEN BEAT THE TOM BANG AND THE TITTABUCK AND BLEW MELODIOUSLY THE ZUDABAR ALL THERE WAS MIRTH AND SONG AND DANCE BECAUSE THE VINTAGE HAD BEEN GATHERED IN AND THERE WOULD BE AMPLE CERABUB FOR THE WINTER MONTHS AND MUCH LEFT OVER TO EXCHANGE FOR TURQUOISES AND EMERALDS WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO COME DOWN FROM OXUHAN THUS THEY REJOICED ALL DAY OVER THEIR VINTAGE ON THE NARROW STRIP OF CULTIVATED GROUND THAT LAY BETWEEN BETHMORA AND THE DESERT WHICH MEETS THE SKY TO THE SOUTH AND WHEN THE HEAT OF THE DAY BEGAN TO ABATE AND THE SUN DREW NEAR TO THE SNOWS ON THE HILLS OF HAP THE NOTE OF THE ZUDABAR STILL ROSE CLEAR FROM THE GARDENS AND THE BRILLIANT DRESSES OF THE DANCERS STILL WOUND AMONG THE FLOWERS ALL THAT DAY THREE MEN ON MULES HAD BEEN NOTICED CROSSING THE FACE OF THE HILLS OF HAP
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