Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959, Dulac, Edmund, 1882-1953, ill · London : Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 170
ce that wastold of. And, sure enough, when they had ascendedthe mountain which all knew, they came upon adesert tract on which no man had previouslyset eyes ; and there in its midst lay the lakefilled with four kinds of fish, and beyond itstretched a vast and unknown country. At this sight, so… … AND THE GENIE of its secret. To the cautious counsels of hisvizier he turned a deaf ear ; but since it wouldnot be safe for his subjects to know of hisdeparture on an errand so perilous, it was givenout that he had been stricken by sudden sick-ness. The door of the royal tent was closed,and at the…
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