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     Tired�察�footsore�察�and dejected�察�I struggled on a little further。                  Oh for a 

cab�察  �I   laughed   bitterly   to   myself。     Oh   for   even   the   humble   necessary 

omnibus of civilisation。          Oh for the humblest tuck´shop where a mug of 

hot   coffee   and   a   snack   could   be   had   by   a   homeless   wanderer�察  �and   as   I 

thought and plodded savagely on�察�collar up�察�hands in pockets�察�through the 

black tangles of that endless wood�察�suddenly the sound of wailing children 

caught my ear� �

     It   was   the   softest�察  �saddest   music   ever   mortal   listened   to。    It   was   as 

though scores of   babes in pain were dropping  to sleep   on their  mothers' 

breasts�察  �and   all   hushing   their   sor´   rows   with   one   accord   in   a   common 

melancholy   chorus。         I   stood   spell´bound   at   that   elfin   wailing�察  �the   first 

sound to break the deathly stillness of the road for an hour or more�察�and 

my blood tingled as I listened to it。              Nevertheless�察�here was what I was 

looking for�察�where there were weeping children there must be habitations�察�

and     shelter�察  �andsplendid       thought��supper。        Poor      little  babes�    �their 

crying was the deadliest�察�sweetest thing in sorrows I ever listened to。                     If it 

was   cholicwhy�察  �I   knew   a   little   of   medicine�察  �and   in   gratitude   for   that 

prospective supper�察�I had a soul big enough to cure a thousand�察�and if they 

were in disgrace�察�and by some quaint Martian fashion had suffered simul´ 

taneous punishment for baby offences�察�I would plead for them。 

     In fact�察�I fairly set off at the run towards the sobbing�察�in the black�察�wet�察�

night air ahead�察�and�察�tripping as I ran�察�looked down and saw in the filtering 

starlight that the forest grass had given place to an ancient roadway�察�paved 

with moss´grown flag´stones�察�such as they still used in Seth。 

     Without   stopping   to   think   what   that   might   mean   I   hur´   ried   on�察  �the 

wailing   now   right   ahead�察  �a   tremulous   tumult   of   gentle   grief   rising   and 

falling   on   the   night   air   like   the   sound   of   a   sea   after   a   storm�察  �and   so�察�

presently�察�in a minute or two�察�came upon a ruined archway spanning the 

lonely   road�察  �held   together   by   great   masses   of   black´fingered   creep´   ers�察�

gaunt and ghostly in the shadows�察�an extraordinary and unexpected vision�察�

and as I stopped with a jerk under that forbidding gateway and glared at its 

tumbled masonry and great portals hanging rotten at their hinges�察�suddenly 

the truth   flashed   upon   me。       I   had   taken the   forbidden   road after   all。      I 

was in the ancient�察�ghost´haunted city of Queen Yang� �



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     The dark forest seemed to shut behind as I entered the gateway of the 

deserted   Hither   town�察  �against   which   my   wood´cutter   friend   had   warned 

me�察�while inside the soft mist hung in the starlight like grey drapery over 

endless   vistas   of   ruins。   What   was   I   to   do�拭  �Without   all   was   black   and 

cheerless�察  �inside   there   was   at   least   shelter。 Wet   and   cold�察  �my   courage 

was   not   to   be   put   down   by  the   stories   of   a   silly  savage�察  �I   would   go   on 

whatever   happened。        Besides�察  �the   soft   sound   of   crying�察  �now   apparently 

all about�察�seemed companionable�察�and I had heard so much of ghosts of 

late�察�the sharp edge of fear at their presence was wearing off。 

     So    in  I  went�此   �up   a  broad�察  �decayed     street�察 �its  flagstones    heaved 

everywhere by the  roots of gnarled trees�察 �and finding   nothing save   ruin�察�

tried   to   rest   under   a   wall。 But   the   night   air   was   chilly   and   the   shelter 

poor�察�so out I came again�察�with the wailing in the shadows so close about 

now that I stopped�察�and mustering up courage called aloud�此�

     ;Hullo�察  �you   who   weep   there   in   the   dark�察  �are   you   living   or   dead�拭─�

And after a minute from the hollows of the empty hearths around came the 

sad little responsive echo�此�

     ;Are you living or dead�拭─         �It was very delusive and un´ satisfactory�察�

and I was wondering what to do next when a slant of warmer wind came 

up behind me under the mist�察�and immediately little tongues of blue flame 

blossomed with´ out visible cause in every darksome crevice�察�pale flickers 

of miasmic light rising pallid from every lurking nook and corner in the 

black desolation as though a thousand lamps were lit by unseen   fingers�察�

and�察  �knee   high�察  �floated   out   into   the   thoroughfare   where   they   oscillated 

gently in airy grace�察�and then�察�forming into procession�察�began drifting be´ 

fore the tepid air towards the city centre。           At once I thought of what the 

woodcutter had seen�察�but was too wet and sulky by this time to care。                   The 

fascination of the place was on me�察�and dropping into rear of the march�察�I 

went forward with it。        By this time the wailing had stopped�察�though now 

and then it seemed a dark form moved in the empty door´ ways on either 

hand�察    �while   the   mist�察  �parting   into   gossamers     before    the   wind�察  �took 

marvellously human forms in every alley and lane we passed。 



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     Thus I�察�a sodden giant�察�led by those elfin torches�察�paced through the 

city until we came to an open square with a great lumber of ruins in the 

centre all marred and spoiled by vegetation�察�and here the lights wavered�察�

and went out by scores and hundreds�察�just as the petals drop from spent 

flowers�察�while it seemed�察�though it may have been only wind in the rank 

grass�察  �that   the   air   was   full   of   most   plaintive   sighs   as   each   little   lamp 

slipped into oblivion。 

     The   big   pile   was   a   mass   of   fallen   masonry�察  �which�察  �from   the   broken 

pillars all about�察�might have been a palace or temple once。                     I pushed in�察�

but   it   was   as   dark   as   Hades   here�察  �so�察  �after   struggling   for   a   time   in   a 

labyrinth   of   chambers�察  �chose   a   sandy   recess�察  �with   some   dry   herbage   by 

way of bedding in a corner�察�and there�察�thankful at least for shel´ ter�察 �my 

night's   wanderings   came   to   an   end   and   I   coiled   myself   down�察  �ate   a   last 

handful   of   dry   fruit�察  �and�察  �strange    as   it   may   seem�察  �was   soon    sleeping 

peacefully。 

     I dreamed that night that a woman�察�with a face as white as ivory�察�came 

and bent over m
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