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Pegasus, v. 2, issue 1, Summer 1943
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Pegasus in the night, being disquieted in spirit; and there was a chill in the air. And it seemed to me that one stood on the roof above my head, near to the door on the roof. And I was afraid, for I thought that that which stood there was not one which should wait outside the dwellings of men in the night. And in the morning I climbed through the door of the roof; and there was a wetness by the door, and on the steps outside the house which lead to the roof there was wetness." Then spake the mother, Lahni, being sore troubled: "O King, the tower hath swallowed my son, and now my husband is gone. For one came in the night and stood by the window; and I awoke, and my husband with me, saying that the wind blew cold in the window. And we perceived the form of one that stood without; and my husband called, asking who stood there: but none answered. And he seized a staff, and bade me be of good heart, and went forth; and he hath not returned. And in the morning there was a wetness beneath the window, and a trail leading thence as of a thing that had been dragged. Wherefore, O King, close the door of the tower lest evil come to all." And the King was troubled; and he sent them away with gifts, and summoned Evos and told him what was come to pass. And Evos ceased from his meditation and said: "Woe to the people of Cromaril, and to thee, O King: for the evil which I feared is come upon us. Now unless thou cause to be sealed the door of the tower there is naught to save thee and us from nameless fate, for I have no knowledge to turn aside that which doth threaten, and can but surmise what it may be." But the King replied: "So long as the drought remaineth the well shall be open to the people, that they may drink and live." And Evos said: "Then guard thyself, O King, and go not out of the palace in the night. And do thou cause men to stand all about the palace at night bearing torches; and adjure them to watch diligently, nor suffer their torches to be put out." And the counsel of Evos was done; and all the night men stood in a ring about the palace, and it was circled with fire. And the morning came, but the sun was hid, for clouds covered the sky. And the afternoon came, and the light grew dim, and there was the sound of thunder afar. And the wind blew cold, and the thunder was loud, and the clouds were split by fire. And rain fell slow and scanty, and anon came thicker and heavier. And night came: and the rain fell like the falls of Shaoudoom on the river Amarthais, and the storm spirits fought and roared with voices of thunder, and the fire leaped and danced in the air, and the breath of the storm shook the earth. And the torches of them who guarded the palace were put out, and none could light them. And the King's bodyguard came and stood without his chamber with drawn swords, that none might pass.
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Pegasus in the night, being disquieted in spirit; and there was a chill in the air. And it seemed to me that one stood on the roof above my head, near to the door on the roof. And I was afraid, for I thought that that which stood there was not one which should wait outside the dwellings of men in the night. And in the morning I climbed through the door of the roof; and there was a wetness by the door, and on the steps outside the house which lead to the roof there was wetness." Then spake the mother, Lahni, being sore troubled: "O King, the tower hath swallowed my son, and now my husband is gone. For one came in the night and stood by the window; and I awoke, and my husband with me, saying that the wind blew cold in the window. And we perceived the form of one that stood without; and my husband called, asking who stood there: but none answered. And he seized a staff, and bade me be of good heart, and went forth; and he hath not returned. And in the morning there was a wetness beneath the window, and a trail leading thence as of a thing that had been dragged. Wherefore, O King, close the door of the tower lest evil come to all." And the King was troubled; and he sent them away with gifts, and summoned Evos and told him what was come to pass. And Evos ceased from his meditation and said: "Woe to the people of Cromaril, and to thee, O King: for the evil which I feared is come upon us. Now unless thou cause to be sealed the door of the tower there is naught to save thee and us from nameless fate, for I have no knowledge to turn aside that which doth threaten, and can but surmise what it may be." But the King replied: "So long as the drought remaineth the well shall be open to the people, that they may drink and live." And Evos said: "Then guard thyself, O King, and go not out of the palace in the night. And do thou cause men to stand all about the palace at night bearing torches; and adjure them to watch diligently, nor suffer their torches to be put out." And the counsel of Evos was done; and all the night men stood in a ring about the palace, and it was circled with fire. And the morning came, but the sun was hid, for clouds covered the sky. And the afternoon came, and the light grew dim, and there was the sound of thunder afar. And the wind blew cold, and the thunder was loud, and the clouds were split by fire. And rain fell slow and scanty, and anon came thicker and heavier. And night came: and the rain fell like the falls of Shaoudoom on the river Amarthais, and the storm spirits fought and roared with voices of thunder, and the fire leaped and danced in the air, and the breath of the storm shook the earth. And the torches of them who guarded the palace were put out, and none could light them. And the King's bodyguard came and stood without his chamber with drawn swords, that none might pass.
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