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"Tell me, ancient one," he said, "not of thy loves but of thyself Who are you? What do you here in the pits of O-Tar?"

"Iman," replied the other "Few there are who visit the pits other than the dead, except my pupils-ey! That is it-you are new pupils! Good! But never before have they sent a woreatest artist But tied Now, inand loving Ey, those were the women I mind the one we captured in the south-ey! she was a devil, but how she could love She had breasts of marble and a heart of fire Why, she-"

"Yes, yes," interrupted Turan; "we are pupils, and we are anxious to get to work Lead on and ill follow"

"Ey, yes! Ey, yes! Coh there were not another countless es ahead Ey, yes! as many as lie behind Two thousand years have passed since I broke my shell and always rush, rush, rush, yet I cannot see that aught has been accomplished Manator is the sairls then There was one that I gained upon The Fields of Jetan Ey, but you should have seen -"

"Lead on!" cried Turan "After we are at work you shall tell us of her"

"Ey, yes," said the old fellow and shuffled off down a di with him?" asked Tara

"Why not?" replied Turan "We know not where we are, or the way from these pits; for I know not east from west; but he doubtless knows and if we are shree may learn from him that which ould know At least we cannot afford to arouse his suspicions"; and so they followed hih many chambers, until they came at last to a room in which there were several marble slabs raised upon pedestals some three feet above the floor and upon each slab lay a human corpse

"Here we are," exclaiet to work upon the now on one for The Gate of Enemies He slew many of our warriors Truly is he entitled to a place in The Gate Co apartment Upon the floor were many fresh, human bones and upon a marble slab a mass of shapeless flesh