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vegetation�察�do you not see this is a ghost I am con´ ducting�察�a dweller in 

the   ice   cliffs�察  �a   spirit   ten   thousand   years   old�拭  �Put   by   your   sling   lest   he 

wither you with a glance。;           And�察�very reasonably�察�surprised�察�the aborigine 

did as he was bid and cautiously advanced to inspect me。 

     The news soon spread over the countryside that my jewel´ hunter was 

bringing   a   live   ;spook;   along   with   him�察  �con´   siderable   curiosity   mixed 

with     an   awe    all  to  my    advantage      characterising      the   people    we    met 

thereafter。      Yet    the   won´    der   was    not   so  great    as  might     have    been 

expected�察  �for   these   people   were   accustomed   to   meeting   the   tags   of   lost 

races�察  �and   though   they   stared   hard�察  �their   interest   was   chiefly   in   hearing 

how�察�when�察�and where I had been found�察�whether I bit or kicked�察�or had 

any other vices�察�and if I possessed any commercial value。 

     My guide's throat must have ached with the repetition of the narrative�察�

but   as   he   made   the   story   redound   greatly   to   his   own   glory�察  �he   put   up 

cheerfully with the hoarseness。 In this way�察�walking and talking alternately�察�

we    travelled    during     daylight    through     a  country    which     slowly    lost   its 

rugged   features   and   became   more   and   more   inhabited�察  �the   hardy  people 

living    in  scattered    villages   in   contradiction      to   the  debased     city´loving 

Hither folk。 

     About nightfall we came to a sea´fishers' hamlet�察�where�察�after the old 

man   had   explained   my   exalted   nature   and   ven´   erable   antiquity�察  �I   was 

offered shelter for the night。 

     My   host   was   the   headman�察  �and   I   must   say   his   bearing   towards   the 

supernatural was most unaffected。               If it had been an Avenue hotel I could 

not have found more handsome treatment than in that reed´thatched hut。 

They made me wash and rest�察�and then were all agog for my history�察�but 

that I postponed�察�contenting myself with telling them I had been lately in 

Seth�察�and had come thence to see them via the ice valleyto all of which 

they   listened   with   the   simplicity   of   children。       Afterwards   I   turned   on 

them�察�and openly mar´ velled that so small a geographical distance as there 

was   between   that   land   and   this   could   make   so   vast   a   human   difference。 

;The truth�察�O dweller in blue shadows of primordial ice�察�is�察─�said the most 

intelligent of the Thither folk as we sat over fried deer´steak in his hut that 

evening�察 �we who are MEN�察�not Peri´zad�察�not overstayed fairies like those 



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you have been amongst�察�are newcomers here on this shore。                    We came but 

a few generations ago from where the gold curtains of the sun lie behind 

the   westward   pine´trees�察  �and   as   we   came   we   drove�察  �year   by   year�察  �those 

fays�察�those spent triflers�察�back before us。            All this land was theirs once�察�

and more and more towards our old home。                   You may still see traces of 

harbours dug and cities built thousands of years ago�察�when the Hither folk 

were living men and women not their shadows。                   The big water outside 

stops us for a space�察�but�察─�he added�察�laughing gruffly and taking a draught 

of a strong beer he had been heating by the fire�察 �King Ar´hap has their 

pretty noses between his fingers�察�he takes tribute and girls while he gets 

readythey say he is nearly ready this summer�察�and if he is�察�it will not be 

much of an excuse he will need to lick up the last of those triflers�察�those 

pretences of manhood。; 

     Then we fell to talking of Ar´hap�察�his subjects and town�察�and I learned 

the tides had swept me a long way to the northward of the proper route 

between   the   capitals   of   the   two   races�察  �that   day   they  carried   me   into   the 

Dead´Men's Ice�察�as these entertainers of mine called the northern snows。 

To   get   back   to   the   place   previously   aimed   at�察  �where   the   woodmen   road 

came     out   on   the  seashore�察   �it  was   necessary     to  go  either   by   boat�察  �a 

roundabout way through a maze of channels�察 �as tangled as the grass roots 

in   autumn;�察  �or�察  �secondly�察  �by   a   couple   of   days'   marching   due   southward 

across the base of the great peninsula we were on�察�and so strike blue water 

again at the long´sought´for harbour。 

     As I lay dozing and dreaming on a pile of strange furs in the corner of 

the hut that evening I made up my mind for the land journey tomorrow�察�

having had enough for the mo´ ment of nautical Martian adventures�察�and 

this point settled�察�fell again to wondering what made me follow so reckless 

a quest in the way I was doing�察�asking myself again and again what was 

gazelle´eyed Heru to me after all�察�and why should it matter even as much 

as the value of a brass waist´ coat button whether Hath had her or Ar´hap�拭�

What   a   fool   I   was   to   risk   myself   day   by   day   in   quaint   and   dangerous 

adventures�察  �wearing   out   good   Government   shoe´leather   in   other   men's 

quarrels�察  �all   for   a   silly   slip   of   royal   girlhood   who�察  �by   this   time�察 �was 

probably making herself comfortable and forgetting both Hath and me in 



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the arms of her rough new lord。 

     And from Heru my mind drifted back dreamily to poor An�察�and Seth�察�

the city of fallen magnificence�察�where the spent masters of a strange planet 

now lived on suffer´ ancethe ghosts of their former selves。               Where was 

An�察  �where   the   revellers   on   the   morningso   long   ago   it   seemed��when 

first   that   infernal   rug   of   mine   translated   a   chance   wish   into   a   horrible 

reality and shot me down here�察�a stranger and an outcast�拭�Where was the 

magic rug itself�拭�Where my steak and tomato supper�拭�Who had eaten it�拭�

Who was drawing my pay�拭�If I could but find the rug when I got back to 

Seth�察�gods� �but I would try if it would not return whence I had come�察�and 

as swiftly�察�out of all these silly coils and adventuring。 

     So musing�察�presently the firelight died down�察�and bulky forms of hide´ 

wrapped woodmen sleeping on the floor slowly disappeared in obscurity 

like ranges of mountains disappearing in the darkness of night。                All those 

uncouth forms�察�and the throb of the sea outside�察�presently faded upon my 

senses�察�and I slept the heavy sleep of one whose wakefulness gives way 

before an   imperious physical   demand。 All through the   long hours   of the 

night�察   �while   the   waves    outside    champed     upon    the   gravels�察  �and   the 

woodmen snored and grunted uneasily as they simultaneously dreamt   of 

the day's hunting and digested its proceeds�察�I slept�察�and then when dawn 

began   to   break   I   passed   from   that   heavy  stupor   into   another   and   lighter 

realm�察�wherein fancy again rose superior to bodily fatigue�察�and events of 

the last few days passed in procession through my mind。 

     I dreamt I was lunching at a fashionable seaside resort with Polly at 

my side�察�and An kept bringing us melons�察�which grew so monstrous every 

time a knife was put into them that poor Polly screamed aloud。                  I dreamt 

I was afloat on a raft�察�hotly pursued by my tailor�察�whose bare and shiny 

headmay Providence be good to him��was garlanded with roses�察�while 

in his fist was a bunch of unpaid bills�察�the which he waved aloft�察�shouting 

to me to stop。      And thus we danced down an ink´black river until he had 

chiveyed      me   into  the   vast  hall   of  the  Admiralty�察    �where    a  fearsome 

Secretary�察  �whose   golden   teeth   rattled   and   dropped   from   his   head   with 

mingled cold and anger�察�towered above me as he asked why I was absent 

from my ship without leave。          And I was just mumbling out excuses while 



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stooping to pick up his golden dentistry�察�when some one stirring in the hut 

aroused me。       I started up on my elbow and looked around。 Where was I�拭�

For a minute all was confused and dark。 The heavy mound´like forms of 

sleeping men�察 �the dim  outlines of  their hunting   gear upon the walls�察�the 

pale sea beyond�察�half seen through the open doorway�察�just turning livid in 

the   morning   light�察  �and   then   as   my  eyes   grew   more   ac´   customed   to   the 

obscurity�察 �and   my  stupid   senses   returned�察 �I  recognised   the  surroundings�察�

and�察�with a sigh�察�remembered yesterday's adventures。                  However�察�it would 

never   do   to   mope�察  �so�察  �rising   silently   and   picking   a   way   through   human 

lumber   on   the   floor�察  �I   went   out   and   down   to   the   water's   edge�察  �where 

;shore´going;   clothes�察  �as   we   sailors   call   them�察  �were   slipped   off�察  �and   I 

plunged into the sea for a swim。 

     It   was    a  welcome      dip�察  �for  I  needed     the   plunge     physically    and 

intellectually�察    �but  it  came    to  an  abrupt    conclusion。      The    Thither    folk 

apparently had never heard of this form of enjoyment�察�to them water stood 

for drinking or drowning�察�nothing else�察�and since one could not drink the 

sea�察�to be in it meant�察�even for a ghost�察�to drown。                 Consequently�察�when 

the word went round the just rousing villages that ;He´on´foot´ from´afar; 

was adri

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