Q: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
A line drawn in rainand clay and the roots of wild broom--behind it the makings of a city,beyond it rumours of a nation--by Dalkey and Kilternan and Balallythrough two ways of saying their names.
A:
A line drawn in rain and clay and the roots of wild broom--behind it a city, then rumours of a nation--by Dalkey and Kilternan and Balallythrough.