"
Then they bore him before the King.
The King said unto the prophet: "O Prophet of All the gods save
One, shall I indeed die?"
And the prophet answered: "O King! thy people may not rejoice for
ever, and some day the King will die."
And the King answered: "This may be so, but certainly thou shalt
die. It may be that one day I shall die, but till then the lives
of the people are in my hands."
Then guards led the prophet away.
And there arose prophets in Aradec who spake not of death to
Kings.
OF OOD
Men say that if thou comest to Sundari, beyond all the plains, and
shalt climb to his summit before thou art seized by the avalanche
which sitteth always on his slopes, that then there lie before thee
many peaks. And if thou shalt climb these and cross their valleys
(of which there be seven and also seven peaks) thou shalt come at
last to the land of forgotten hills, where amid many valleys and
white snow there standeth the "Great Temple of One god Only."
Therein is a dreaming prophet who doeth naught, and a drowsy
priesthood about him.
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