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Of course I remembered the tale. It was about a beautiful Oriental city that was suddenly deserted in a day  nobody quite knew why. OF COURSE I REMEMBERED THE TALE IT WAS ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL ORIENTAL CITY THAT WAS SUDDENLY DESERTED IN A DAY NOBODY QUITE KNEW WHY
ief twilight gone, and ghostly silences were rising from far and darkening hills. A stillness hung over that city's gate. And the great silence of the solemn night was more acceptable to the watchers in the gate than any sound of man. Therefore they beckoned to us, and motioned with their hands that we should pass untaxed into the city. And softly we went up over the sand, and between the high rock pillars of the gate, and a deep stillness settled among the watchers, and the stars over them twinkled undisturbed. For how short a while man speaks, and withal how vainly. And for how long he is silent. Only the other day I met a king in Thebes, who had been silent already for four thousand years. THE HASHISH MAN I was at a dinner in London the other day. The ladies had gone upstairs, and no one sat on my right; on my left there was a man I did not know, but he knew my name somehow apparently, for he turned to me after a while, and said, "I read a story of yours about Bethmoora in a review.  THE HASHISH MAN CHAPTER NINE OF A DREAMER'S TALES BY LORD DUNSANI THE SLEEPER FOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN I WAS AT A DINNER IN LONDON THE OTHER DAY THE LADIES HAD GONE UPSTAIRS AND NO ONE SAT ON MY RIGHT ON MY LEFT THERE WAS A MAN I DID NOT KNOW BUT HE KNEW MY NAME SOMEHOW APPARENTLY FOR HE TURNED TO ME AFTER A WHILE AND SAID I READ A STORY OF YOURS ABOUT BETHMORA IN A REVIEW
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