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s’pose there’s no chance that I could sort of . . . ‘
NO.
‘Thought not,’ said Deccan despondently.
He looked at the waves crashing down on the shore.
‘Used to be a big city down there, thousands of years ago,’ he said. ‘I mean, where the sea is. When it’s stormy dune grass and trotted up to Death. Deccan was surprised to see that it left hoofprints in the sand. He’d have expected sparks, or at least fused rock.
‘Er,’ he said, ‘can you tell me, er . . . what happens now?’
Death told him.
‘Thought so,’ said Deccan glumly. you can hear the ole temple bells ringin’ under the sea.’ I KNOW. ‘I used to sit out here on windy nights, listenin’. Used to imagine all them dead people down there, ringin’ the bells.’ AND NOW WE MUST GO. ‘Ole Tento said there was somethin’ under the hill there that could make people do things. Put strange fancies in their ‘eads,’ said Deccan, reluctantly following the stalking figure. ‘I never had any strange fancies.’ BUT YOU WERE CHANTING, said Death. He snapped his fingers. A horse ceased trying to graze the sparse
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