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Pegasus, v. 2, issue 1, Summer 1943
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Pegasus Now when the King beheld the fury of the storm and the rain pouring down he rejoiced; and he stood by a window and watched, saying, "Rain is come once more to Cromaril, and the land will live again, and the people will thirst no more. Now thanks be to the gods, who thus gave us life." And it came to pass as the guard watched without the chamber of the King that one came in haste, holding in his hand an extinguished torch, and crying out, "The King, The King is attached. To the King; defend him, defend him." And the captain of the guard raised his sword, saying, "How now, what babbling is this? Stand back: none approach the chamber of the King." And the torchbearer cried again, "Defend him, defend him." And the captain of the guard said, "Stand back. Declare thyself now: what dost thou here?" And the torchbearer said, "Behold, I stood without the palace trying to light my torch. And there came a flash of sky-fire; and I beheld in a window of the palace two forms that seemed to struggle. And I cried out and ran toward the palace, and as I ran, one went past me; and I turned; and as the sky-fire flickered I saw dimly the form of one who dragged a thing; and I saw a glow like to the eyes of a cat, save that there was but one." And when the captain of the guard heard, he hastened to the King's chambers. And there was no one; but there was a wetness on the floor. And in the land of Cromaril the King was known no more, and his son reigned over the land. And he caused the door of the tower to be sealed with stone and mortar, and the people went no more to the Hell of Duorum. And the rivers flowed again, and the well were full, and the earth bore fruit once more. And in the season of the full moon, when the Pool of the Moon, brimming and still, received the Moon-Spirit, the people gathered to do the Rite of the Renewing of the Waters in gratitude to the Moon-Spirit for that rain had come again to the land. But Evos went not unto the pool, saying that it was not good that the people should go there and invoke the Moon-Spirit. And he remained in his chamber meditating, for a thought troubled him again. And the priests and people performed the Rite; and the High Priest bade the people bow down for the Invocation. And the bowed their faces to the ground and hid their eyes, for no man must behold the communion of the Moon-Spirit with the High Priest. And the High Priest spake the Invocation, and anon his voice was stilled for the response. And his voice remained still; and the people waited and still he spoke not.
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Pegasus Now when the King beheld the fury of the storm and the rain pouring down he rejoiced; and he stood by a window and watched, saying, "Rain is come once more to Cromaril, and the land will live again, and the people will thirst no more. Now thanks be to the gods, who thus gave us life." And it came to pass as the guard watched without the chamber of the King that one came in haste, holding in his hand an extinguished torch, and crying out, "The King, The King is attached. To the King; defend him, defend him." And the captain of the guard raised his sword, saying, "How now, what babbling is this? Stand back: none approach the chamber of the King." And the torchbearer cried again, "Defend him, defend him." And the captain of the guard said, "Stand back. Declare thyself now: what dost thou here?" And the torchbearer said, "Behold, I stood without the palace trying to light my torch. And there came a flash of sky-fire; and I beheld in a window of the palace two forms that seemed to struggle. And I cried out and ran toward the palace, and as I ran, one went past me; and I turned; and as the sky-fire flickered I saw dimly the form of one who dragged a thing; and I saw a glow like to the eyes of a cat, save that there was but one." And when the captain of the guard heard, he hastened to the King's chambers. And there was no one; but there was a wetness on the floor. And in the land of Cromaril the King was known no more, and his son reigned over the land. And he caused the door of the tower to be sealed with stone and mortar, and the people went no more to the Hell of Duorum. And the rivers flowed again, and the well were full, and the earth bore fruit once more. And in the season of the full moon, when the Pool of the Moon, brimming and still, received the Moon-Spirit, the people gathered to do the Rite of the Renewing of the Waters in gratitude to the Moon-Spirit for that rain had come again to the land. But Evos went not unto the pool, saying that it was not good that the people should go there and invoke the Moon-Spirit. And he remained in his chamber meditating, for a thought troubled him again. And the priests and people performed the Rite; and the High Priest bade the people bow down for the Invocation. And the bowed their faces to the ground and hid their eyes, for no man must behold the communion of the Moon-Spirit with the High Priest. And the High Priest spake the Invocation, and anon his voice was stilled for the response. And his voice remained still; and the people waited and still he spoke not.
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