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           AndwhiletheSnub-Nosespreparedfortheattackthatwouldbefinal,there,onthewall,weslewourwomen.Nuhilalovedme,andleanedtomeetthethrustofmysword,thereonthewall.Andwemen,intheloveoftribehoodandtribesmen,slewoneanothertillremainedonlyHordaandIaliveintheredoftheslaughter.AndHordawasmyelder,andIleanedtohisthrust.ButnotatoncedidIdie.IwasthelastoftheSonsoftheMountain,forIsawHorda,himselffallonhisbladeandpassquickly.AnddyingwiththeshoutsoftheoncomingSnub-Nosesgrowingdiminmyears,IwasgladthattheSnub-Noseswouldhavenosonsofustobringupbyourwomen.

           IdonotknowwhenthistimewaswhenIwasaSonoftheMountainandwhenwediedinthenarrowvalleywherewehadslaintheSonsoftheRiceandtheMillet.Idonotknow,savethatitwascenturiesbeforethewide-spreadingdriftofallusSonsoftheMountainfetchedintoIndia,andthatitwaslongbeforeeverIwasanAryanmasterinOldEgyptbuildingmytwoburialplacesanddefacingthetombsofkingsbeforeme.

           Ishouldliketotellmoreofthosefardays,buttimeinthepresentisshort.SoonIshallpass.YetamIsorrythatIcannottellmoreofthoseearlydrifts,whentherewascrushageofpeoples,ordescendingice-sheets,ormigrationsofmeat.

           Also,IshouldliketotellofMystery.Foralwayswerewecurioustosolvethesecretsoflife,death,anddecay.