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Twala the King

           Thesunsankandtheworldwaswreathedinshadows.Butnotforlong,forseeinthewestthereisaglow,thencomeraysofsilverlight,andatlastthefullandgloriousmoonlightsuptheplainandshootsitsgleamingarrowsfarandwide,fillingtheearthwithafaintrefulgence. 

           Westoodandwatchedthelovelysight, whilstthestarsgrewpalebeforethischastenedmajesty,andfeltourheartsliftedupinthepresenceofabeautythatIcannotdescribe. Minehasbeenaroughlife,butthereareafewthingsIamthankfultohavelivedfor, andoneofthemistohaveseenthatmoonshineoverKukuanaland. 

           PresentlyourmeditationswerebrokeninuponbyourpolitefriendInfadoos. 

           "IfmylordsarerestedwewilljourneyontoLoo,whereahutismadereadyformylordsto-night. Themoonisnowbright,sothatweshallnotfallbytheway." 

           Weassented,andinanhour’stimewereattheoutskirtsofthetown,ofwhichtheextent,mappedoutasitwasbythousandsofcampfires,appearedabsolutelyendless.Indeed,Good,whoisalwaysfondofabadjoke,christenedit"UnlimitedLoo." Soonwecametoamoatwithadrawbridge,whereweweremetbytherattlingofarmsandthehoarsechallengeofasentry. InfadoosgavesomepasswordthatIcouldnotcatch,whichwasmetwithasalute,andwepassedonthroughthecentralstreetofthegreatgrasscity. 

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