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The nearest village was some miles away with the backs of all its houses turned to the wood, and without one window at all facing in that direction. They did not speak of it there, and elsewhere it is unheard of. THE NEAREST VILLAGE WAS SOME MILES AWAY WITH THE BACKS OF ALL ITS HOUSES TURNED TO THE WOOD AND WITHOUT ONE WINDOW AT ALL FACING IN THAT DIRECTION THEY DID NOT SPEAK OF IT THERE AND ELSEWHERE IT IS UNHEARD OF
 air found him and Nuth drawing near to the dreadful wood. Nuth, by weighing little emeralds against pieces of common rock, had ascertained the probable weight of those house-ornaments that the gnoles are believed to possess in the narrow, lofty house wherein they have dwelt from of old. They decided to steal two emeralds and to carry them between them on a cloak; but if they should be too heavy one must be dropped at once. Nuth warned young Tonker against greed, and explained that the emeralds were worth less than cheese until they were safe away from the dreadful wood. Everything had been planned, and they walked now in silence. No track led up to the sinister gloom of the trees, either of men or cattle; not even a poacher had been there snaring elves for over a hundred years. You did not trespass twice in the dells of the gnoles. And, apart from the things that were done there, the trees themselves were a warning, and did not wear the wholesome look of those that we plant ourselves. ITH A MENACE IN THE AIR FOUND HIM AND NUTH DRAWING NEAR TO THE DREADFUL WOOD NUTH BY WEIGHING LITTLE EMERALDS AGAINST PIECES OF COMMON ROCK HAD ASCERTAINED THE PROBABLE WEIGHT OF THOSE HOUSE ORNAMENTS THAT THE GNOLES ARE BELIEVED TO POSSESS IN THE NARROW LOFTY HOUSE WHEREIN THEY HAVE DWELT FROM OF OLD THEY DECIDED TO STEAL TWO EMERALDS AND TO CARRY THEM BETWEEN THEM ON A CLOAK BUT IF THEY SHOULD BE TOO HEAVY ONE MUST BE DROPPED AT ONCE NUTH WARNED YOUNG TONKER AGAINST GREED AND EXPLAINED THAT THE EMERALDS WERE WORTH LESS THAN CHEESE UNTIL THEY WERE SAFE AWAY FROM THE DREADFUL WOOD EVERYTHING HAD BEEN PLANNED AND THEY WALKED NOW IN SILENCE NO TRACK LED UP TO THE SINISTER GLOOM OF THE TREES EITHER OF MEN OR CATTLE NOT EVEN A POACHER HAD BEEN THERE SNARING ELVES FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS YOU DID NOT TRESPASS TWICE IN THE DELLS OF THE GNOLES AND APART FROM THE THINGS THAT WERE DONE THERE THE TREES THEMSELVES WERE A WARNING AND DID NOT WEAR THE WHOLESOME LOOK OF THOSE THAT WE PLANT OURSELVES
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