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But we shook our head, lying before them on the floor. And they departed. We counted each day and each night as it passed. Then, tonight, we knew that we must escape. For tomorrow the World Council of Scholars is to meet in our City. BUT WE SHOOK OUR HEAD LYING BEFORE THEM ON THE FLOOR AND THEY DEPARTED WE COUNTED EACH DAY AND EACH NIGHT AS IT PASSED THEN TO NIGHT WE KNEW THAT WE MUST ESCAPE FOR TOMORROW THE WORLD COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS IS TO MEET IN OUR CITY
und us. Then we knew nothing, save two voices snarling steadily, one after the other, even though we knew they were speaking many minutes apart: “Where have you been where have you been where have you been where have you been?...” And our lips moved, but the sound trickled back into our throat, and the sound was only: “The light... The light... The light....” Then we knew nothing. We opened our eyes, lying on our stomach on the brick floor of a cell. We looked upon two hands lying far before us on the bricks, and we moved them, and we knew that they were our hands. But we could not move our body. Then we smiled, for we thought of the light and that we had not betrayed it. We lay in our cell for many days. The door opened twice each day, once for the men who brought us bread and water, and once for the Judges. Many Judges came to our cell, first the humblest and then the most honored Judges of the City. They stood before us in their white togas, and they asked: “Are you ready to speak?” E SAW DROPS OF RED TWINKLING ON THE STONES AROUND US THEN WE KNEW NOTHING SAVE TWO VOICES SNARLING STEADILY ONE AFTER THE OTHER EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE SPEAKING MANY MINUTES APART WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN AND OUR LIPS MOVED BUT THE SOUND TRICKLED BACK IN OUR THROAT AND THE SOUND WAS ONLY THE LIGHT THE LIGHT THE LIGHT THEN WE KNEW NOTHING WE OPENED OUR EYES LYING ON OUR STOMACH ON THE BRICK FLOOR OF A CELL WE LOOKED UPON TWO HANDS LYING BEFORE US ON THE BRICKS AND WE MOVED THEM AND WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE OUR HANDS BUT WE COULD NOT MOVE OUR BODY THEN WE SMILED FOR WE THOUGHT OF THE LIGHT AND THAT WE HAD NOT BETRAYED IT WE LAY IN OUR CELLS FOR MANY DAYS THE DOOR OPENED TWICE EACH DAY ONCE FOR THE MEN WHO BROUGHT US BREAD AND WATER AND ONCE FOR THE JUDGES MANY JUDGES CAME TO OUR CELL FIRST THE HUMBLEST AND THEN THE MOST HONORED JUDGES OF THE CITY THEY STOOD BEFORE US IN THEIR WHITE TOGAS AND THEY ASKED ARE YOU READY TO SPEAK
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