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I may have talked face to face with Koshchei, who made all things as they are; and again, I may not have. That is the whole point of it the cream, as one might say, of the jest that I cannot ever be sure. Well!" and Jurgen shrugged here "well, and what could I be expected to do about it?" The Moment That Did Not Count
"It will be a hard thing to rescue her," she said. "Koshchei is very powerful. Only in one way can you overcome him. Not far from here stands a tree. It is as hard as rock, so that no ax can dent it, and so smooth that none can climb it. On the top of it is a nest. In the nest is an egg. A duck sits over the egg to guard it.
"Good day, good youth," said the old man. "Good day, grandfather," answered Ivan. "Whither do you journey with so sad a face?" asked the stranger. "I journey over land and over sea in search of the kingdom of Koshchei the Deathless," answered Ivan. "Then you have a long journey before you," said the old man. "But why do you seek the kingdom of Koshchei the Deathless, that terrible man?"
"Well, but I have seen my notion embodied, seen it take breath, seen it depart from Morven in all respects, except for a little limping which, do you know, I thought rather graceful? in well-nigh all respects, I repeat, quite indistinguishable from the embodied notions of that master craftsman whom some call Ptha, and others Jahveh, and others Abraxas, and yet others Koshchei the Deathless.
In a month and a day from now the Princess would have been eighteen, and the danger to Koshchei would have been over. Then he would have allowed her to lay aside her frog-skin and take back her human shape. But now he is angry and has carried her away to his castle, and only by the grace of Heaven will you be able to find her and set her free." The old man then gave Prince Ivan a little ball.
The Deathless One rushed out to meet him, but Ivan attacked him with the point of the needle. It was in vain Koshchei tried to protect himself. Ivan drove the needle into him deeper and deeper, and presently Koshchei sank down dead before him, no better than a lump of clay. Prince Ivan strode across him and on into the castle.
Koshchei the Deathless was very grave as he sat there, in meditation, drumming with his long jet-black fingers upon the table-top that was curiously inlaid with thirty pieces of silver. In the lamplight his sharp nails glittered like flame points, and the color suddenly withdrew from his eyes, so that they showed like small white eggs.
So I retain my wife, such as she is, poor dear! I retain my home. I retain my shop and a fair line of business. Yes, Koshchei if it was really Koshchei has dealt with me very justly. And probably his methods are everything they should be; certainly I cannot go so far as to say that they are wrong: but still, at the same time !" Then Jurgen sighed, and entered his snug home.
Male and female he created them standing behind Steinvor, and all were beautiful and stainless: and Koshchei gave life to these illusions. Then Koshchei bade her turn about. She obeyed: and Koshchei was forgotten.
"When we start looking into some of the dome-city plants on Tubal-Cain and Hiawatha and Moruna and Koshchei, we may find the plant or plants where the components for the Brain were fabricated, and if we do, we may find records of where they were shipped, and that'll be it." "You're right!" Professor Kellton cried, quivering with excitement.
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