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Part Two
AndinthesefirestheEvilOnesandallthethingsmadebytheEvilOneswereburned.AndthefirewhichiscalledtheDawnoftheGreatRebirth,wastheScriptFirewhereallthescriptsoftheEvilOneswereburned,andwiththemallthewordsoftheEvilOnes.GreatmountainsofflamestoodinthesquaresoftheCitiesforthreemonths.ThencametheGreatRebirth.
ThewordsoftheEvilOnes...ThewordsoftheUnmentionableTimes...Whatarethewordswhichwehavelost?
MaytheCouncilhavemercyuponus!Wehadnowishtowritesuchaquestion,andweknewnotwhatweweredoingtillwehadwrittenit.Weshallnotaskthisquestionandweshallnotthinkit.Weshallnotcalldeathuponourhead.
Andyet...Andyet...Thereissomeword,onesinglewordwhichisnotinthelanguageofmen,butwhichhadbeen.AndthisistheUnspeakableWord,whichnomenmayspeaknorhear.Butsometimes,anditisrare,sometimes,somewhere,oneamongmenfindthatword.Theyfindituponscrapsofoldmanuscriptsorcutintothefragmentsofancientstones.Butwhentheyspeakittheyareputtodeath.Thereisnocrimepunishedbydeathinthisworld,savethisonecrimeofspeakingtheUnspeakableWord.
WehaveseenoneofsuchmenburnedaliveinthesquareoftheCity.Anditwasasightwhichhasstayedwithusthroughtheyears,andithauntsus,andfollowsus,anditgivesusnorest.Wewereachildthen,tenyearsold.AndwestoodinthegreatsquarewithallthechildrenandallthemenoftheCity,senttobeholdtheburning.TheybroughttheTransgressoroutintothesquareandtheyledthemtothepyre.
