TEXT: if we could get the addlebrained old idiot to come home and hold the festival , you would revive ; you would be filled with the life of all of those in babylon who would see you on the processional way . ' '' ' that 's a nice idea , azriel , and there 's some truth in it , but i have no love for the new year 's festival , for residing in the statue and holding hands with the king . i get tempted in the very middle of it , to knock the king down and away from me and right to the gutters of the processional
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