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H'h 'ha delicate ruH'y aroma that Con
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e'ins.ns about March lie said moth.
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him
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field COMPASS beside o. Tholr dIff.
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sug - the twisted formation ~ desert
surfaces Zach crooked line ~ rise
or dip W.sl,l The eye and the clmels
persisted To- staying IDw. rrefrrr.us 10
pass around O h.ll rather than take
The saf" straight l.Uc across Il.
March was vutfhful usually silent.
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'itse valley weIge. out ~ The gale.
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Ike gray SNOW. but this was preferable
70 facing the whip of Il ou the levels
above
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formation % rock. Closer. Il showed
~ De- the collapse of city. yet one
IN 90 wise related 10 the Villages they
lad left behind. for these buildings
had once been Of solid gray rock.
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de 81 slab came the greenish yellow
line Of a flame. II WIS gas from the
depths Of he world, and Il burned
slowly waving llk" transparent
plume in the sheltered place. Of al
that city Of long ago. this eternal fame
remained.
The walls lad been shaken down
with terrible age every block of stone
vas rounded smoothly by the blowing
gand The original level Of the city
had been much below the present.
Lexington shIvercd He felt around /,
him the faded life oF another time. |
lingering human shadows tied 10 the |
stones. March moved sOlcnnly over |
the tnmbicd pile pauslng before the !
langIId green fire issuing from the
rock ia the emptiness overhead they |
saw bird, high up and black, sailing
steadily, watching these two white In
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walt with perfect patience until they
should perish and leave 10 him once
more the crumbIlns. forgotten empire.
Now, the black bag contained a say.
Ing grace-the razor holy lnstru.
ment. keen With dccency Con rubbed
a bill Of fnt over his jaws and scraped
with unctlOn. Water was too precious
TO waste In !ather The oil was toler-
nble and cleansing. His cheeks were
laut, the line Of chin and jaw vividly
marked. Sometimes his thoughts
seemed about 10 surprise the ending
Df the story that Bin the cook had not
finished that night in Elopura harhor,
he talked to March Of the
mother he had never known. Yearn.
ng came TO the surface. eagerness for