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motion of any kind. Even the beasts were
the central cupola, the two wings.тАЭ
stilled by that strong human vo ice,
Otho's bright eyes flashed. тАЬThe citadel
speaking out across the desolation.
Carlin mentioned ?тАЭ
Newton did not speak again. He waited.
тАЬPerhaps. Let's have a look.тАЭ
He seemed to have endless patience, and
They moved on. In a brief time they
complete assurance. After a time, half
were climbing the slope to that great lumpy
furtively and yet with a curious and
scar of new soil.
touching pride, a man came out of the
Newton looked back down at the
jungle and looked up at them.
jungle. No one had followed them out of it
He was clad in garments of white
onto the bare slope. The giant ferns
leather and his skin was white and the


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falling mane of his hair was white and his fading Beam, which was to him a symbol
eyes were pale as mist. His only weapons of godhead.
were a knife and a spear. тАЬHe has gone there,тАЭ Kah whispered,
In his carriage, in the fine modeling of тАЬalong the path of light. He has followed
his head, Newton could still see lingering the Bright Ones, who do not return.тАЭ
traces of the heritage that had given the тАЬI do not understand you, Kah !тАЭ said
men of the Old Empire supremacy over Newton sharply. тАЬIs the body of my friend
two galaxies. And it seemed sad that this in this buried place ? What happened ?
man should look up at him with the shy Speak more clearly.тАЭ
feral untrusting eyes of a wild thing. тАЬNo, I have talked too much of
Simon Wright said quietly, тАЬDo you not forbidden things.тАЭ Kah raised up his spear.
know him, Curtis ?тАЭ тАЬGo now ! GoтАФfor I have no wish to slay
тАЬOf course.тАЭ In the Vulcanian dialect !тАЭ
Newton said, тАЬIs the memory of Kah so тАЬYou cannot slay, Kah, for your spears
short that he does not know his brothers ?тАЭ will not fly this far. And the great one
They had had dealings with Kah before. called Grag will be as a wall against your
He was lord over a third of the tribes of coming.тАЭ
Vulcan and had proved a man of his word, Rapidly, under his breath, Newton
aiding the Futuremen in many ways. But spoke to the robot. тАЬKeep them back, Grag
now the suspicious catlike eyes studied !, They can't harm you, and it'll leave us
them, utterly without warmth or welcome. free to dig.тАЭ
тАЬKah remembers,тАЭ said the man soft ly.
CLANKING
тАЬThe name of the great one is GragтАФand
ponderously down the
you are the flame-haired one who leads.тАЭ