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Chapter 18

           Deeplyregrettingthisweaknessonthepartofasistermuse,weshallatonceretirefromhersacredprecincts,withintheproperlimitsofourownhumblevocation.

           Thethirddayfromthecaptureofthefortwasdrawingtoaclose,butthebusinessofthenarrativemuststilldetainthereaderontheshoresofthe"holylake."Whenlastseen,theenvironsoftheworkswerefilledwithviolenceanduproar.Theywerenowpossessedbystillnessanddeath.Theblood-stainedconquerorshaddeparted;andtheircamp,whichhadsolatelyrungwiththemerryrejoicingsofavictoriousarmy,layasilentanddesertedcityofhuts.Thefortresswasasmoulderingruin;charredrafters,fragmentsofexplodedartillery,andrentmason-work,coveringitsearthenmoundsinconfuseddisorder.

           Afrightfulchangehadalsooccurredintheseason.Thesunhadhiditswarmthbehindanimpenetrablemassofvapor,andhundredsofhumanforms,whichhadblackenedbeneaththefierceheatsofAugust,werestiffeningintheirdeformity,beforetheblastsofaprematureNovember.Thecurlingandspotlessmists,whichhadbeenseensailingabovethehillstowardsthenorth,werenowreturninginaninterminableduskysheet,thatwasurgedalongbythefuryofatempest.ThecrowdedmirroroftheHoricanwasgone;and,initsplace,thegreenandangrywaterslashedtheshores,asifindignantlycastingbackitsimpuritiestothepollutedstrand.Stilltheclearfountainretainedaportionofitscharmedinfluence,butitreflectedonlythesombregloomthatfellfromtheimpendingheavens.

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