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20. On The Bosom Of The Deep

           YetImanagedtopreserveadecentshowofattentiontotheceremony;makingallthoseresponseswhichwererequiredofme;andtryingaswellasmightbetopreserveinmymindthosesentenceswhichwerethekeystopowerandlearning,andnotmerephrasingsofgrandeuranddevotion.

           Butitbecameclearthatiftheceremonyofmyraisingdidnotsoonarriveatitsnaturalend,itwouldbecutshortpresentlywithsomethingofsuddenness.Phorenice’sconqueringlegionsswarmedoutontothecrestoftheMountain,andnowcarriedfullknowledgeofthedreadfulthingthatwascomeuponthecountry.Theywereoutofallcontrol,andranaboutlikemendistracted;butknowingfullwellthatthePriestswouldhavebroughtthisterriblewrecktopassbyvirtueofthepowerswhichwerestoredwithintheArkoftheMysteries,itwouldbetheirnaturalimpulsetopouroutafinalvengeanceuponanyofthesesamePrieststheycouldcomeacrossbeforeitwastoolate.

           Itbegantocometomymindthatiftheceremonydidnotveryshortlyterminate,thefurtherpartoftheplanwouldstandverysmallchanceofcompletion,andIshouldcomebymydeathafterallbyfightingtoafinish,asIhadpicturedtomyselfbefore.Myflickeringattentionsawthesoldierscomingalwaysnearerintheirfranticwanderings,andsawalsotheseabelowrollingdeeperanddeeperinupontheland.

           Thefires,too,whichringedinhalfthemountain,spurteduptodoubletheiroldheight,andburnedwithanunceasingroar.

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