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Pegasus, v. 2, issue 1, Summer 1943
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Pegasus And the people lifted their eyes; and lo, the High Priest was not: but on the face of the pool were ripples and the water was troubled. Now when Evos heard, he went to the King and spake the thing that was in his mind. And the King summoned the wise men together. And they spake together of the evil that was come to the land from the Hill of Duorm, and of that which came in the night bringing a wetness and a chill, and of the glow like the eyes of cats, and of the single glow seen by the torchbearer, and of the well in the tower and the waxing and waning thereof, and of the waxing and waning of the Pool of the Moon, and of the position of the city in the valley between the Hill of Duorm and the Pool, and of the vanishing of the men in the tower, and of the vanishing of the High Priest. Of these and many other things spake the wise men and the King, and they pondered long the significance thereof. And it came to pass that the King sent forth a decree that all the people of the city of Cromaril should go forth from thence and return no more, and that no more should the Moon-Spirit be worshipped in the land. And the King and all the people went out from thence; and there came no man into the valley and the city of Cromaril between the Pool of the Moon and the Hill of Duorm from that time forward. And thus it is that in the land of Cromaril there came to be a legend, like to the ancient forgotten legend whispered of by the tellers of tales, concerning the Pool of the Moon, and the Hill of Duorm, and of the valley between: how that the place was accursed. And the legend told how the people ceased to worship the Moon-Spirit, deeming the Spirit evil, and fearing it, and fearing the river Moul, and whispering in awe concerning the curious waxing and waning of the currents thereof. And thenceforth it was known in the land that the region round about the city was evil; so that men shunned it, but knew not why. For the priests and sages kept secret the things that they knew or surmised. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now it came to pass that I dreamed. And it seemed to me that I stood on the crumbling stone roof of an ancient building like a palace, which was in the midst of ruins of stone; of fallen walls and broken pillars and uneven pavements cracked by trees and covered with patches of moss and fern. All about lay the ruins, and I perceived that I stood in a city of some forgotten age. Pale in the moonlight were the tottering walls and columns, and dim the shadows among them. And I saw a shape which moved among the shadows, and afar off another, and then more. Blurred and dim they were in the wan light; but it seemed to me that as they moved they left trails. And as I looked I saw that the trails glistened wetly in the moonlight like the tracks of snails. the end 11
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Pegasus And the people lifted their eyes; and lo, the High Priest was not: but on the face of the pool were ripples and the water was troubled. Now when Evos heard, he went to the King and spake the thing that was in his mind. And the King summoned the wise men together. And they spake together of the evil that was come to the land from the Hill of Duorm, and of that which came in the night bringing a wetness and a chill, and of the glow like the eyes of cats, and of the single glow seen by the torchbearer, and of the well in the tower and the waxing and waning thereof, and of the waxing and waning of the Pool of the Moon, and of the position of the city in the valley between the Hill of Duorm and the Pool, and of the vanishing of the men in the tower, and of the vanishing of the High Priest. Of these and many other things spake the wise men and the King, and they pondered long the significance thereof. And it came to pass that the King sent forth a decree that all the people of the city of Cromaril should go forth from thence and return no more, and that no more should the Moon-Spirit be worshipped in the land. And the King and all the people went out from thence; and there came no man into the valley and the city of Cromaril between the Pool of the Moon and the Hill of Duorm from that time forward. And thus it is that in the land of Cromaril there came to be a legend, like to the ancient forgotten legend whispered of by the tellers of tales, concerning the Pool of the Moon, and the Hill of Duorm, and of the valley between: how that the place was accursed. And the legend told how the people ceased to worship the Moon-Spirit, deeming the Spirit evil, and fearing it, and fearing the river Moul, and whispering in awe concerning the curious waxing and waning of the currents thereof. And thenceforth it was known in the land that the region round about the city was evil; so that men shunned it, but knew not why. For the priests and sages kept secret the things that they knew or surmised. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now it came to pass that I dreamed. And it seemed to me that I stood on the crumbling stone roof of an ancient building like a palace, which was in the midst of ruins of stone; of fallen walls and broken pillars and uneven pavements cracked by trees and covered with patches of moss and fern. All about lay the ruins, and I perceived that I stood in a city of some forgotten age. Pale in the moonlight were the tottering walls and columns, and dim the shadows among them. And I saw a shape which moved among the shadows, and afar off another, and then more. Blurred and dim they were in the wan light; but it seemed to me that as they moved they left trails. And as I looked I saw that the trails glistened wetly in the moonlight like the tracks of snails. the end 11
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