This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...We hear him now. Queen. Yes! But nobody has seen him yet. My maidens have searched for him but they have not found him. Tharmia. Your Majesty, my husband heard him, and Ludibras, and while they live we know there is nothing to fear. If the King grew angry with them--because of any idle story that some jealous ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...We hear him now. Queen. Yes! But nobody has seen him yet. My maidens have searched for him but they have not found him. Tharmia. Your Majesty, my husband heard him, and Ludibras, and while they live we know there is nothing to fear. If the King grew angry with them--because of any idle story that some jealous man might tell--some criminal wishing to post pone his punishment--if the King were to grow angry with them they would open their veins; they would never survive his anger. Then we should all of us say, "Perhaps it was Gog-Owza that Ichtharion or Ludibras heard." QCEEX. The King will never grow angry with Ichtharion or Ludibras. Tharmia. Your Majesty would not sleep if the King grew angry with them. Queen. Oh, no. I should not sleep; it would be terrible. Tharmia. Your Majesty would be wakeful all night long and cry. Queen. Oh, yes. I should not sleep; I should cry all night. Arolind. She has no influence with the King. Tharmia. No. But he hates to hear her cry all night. Enter Ichtharion. I am sure that that Prophet will betray you. But we have spoken to the Queen. We have told her it would be dreadful if the King were angry with you, and she thinks she will cry all night if he is angry. ICHTHARION. Poor frightened brain! How strong are little fancies! She should be a beautiful Queen. But she goes about white and crying, in fear of the gods. The gods, that are no more than shadows in the moonlight. Man's fear rises weird and large in all this mystery and makes a shadow of himself upon the ground and Man jumps and says "the gods." Why, they are less than shadows; we have seen shadows; we have not seen the gods. Tharmia. O do not speak like that. There used to be gods. They overthrew Bleth dreadfully. And if they still live on in the dark of...
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