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Assassin lord of murder and dark things, abhorrent, merciless, make thou the sign of Mung against me when thou wilt, but until silence settles upon my lips, because of the sign of Mung, I will curse Mung to his face."
And there the people cried out: "O High Prophet of All the gods save One, Priest of Kib, Priest of Sish, and Priest of Mung, Teller of the mysteries of Dorozhand, Receiver of the gifts of the People, and Lord of Prayer, what doest thou within the Temple of All the gods save One?" And Arb-Rin-Hadith, who was the High Prophet, answered: "I pray for all the People."
I have left Mung Baw and the yellow robe behind me, and I'm now Corporal Michael Ryan. I'm going into the Army again. Why, I'm only thirty-four when all's said and done. Of course, the shaven head ages a fellow, but I'll grow me hair on me passage home and, maybe, a moustache as well; someone told me that kerosene oil is a grand thing. And you are going to join up too, sir?"
And Mung was jealous of the work of Kib, and sent down Death among the beasts, but could not stamp them out. A million years passed over the second game of the gods, and still it was the Middle of Time. And Kib grew weary of the second game, and raised his hand in the Middle of All, making the sign of Kib, and made Men: out of beasts he made them, and Earth was covered with Men.
Then said the gods of Pegana: "It is enough. We are the gods of Pegana, and none are equal." Then Mung sent Umbool back to his waste in Afrik to breathe again upon the rocks, and parch the desert, and to sear the memory of Afrik into the brains of all who ever bring their bones away.
But the man cried out: "O Mung! tarry for a little, and make not the sign of Mung against me now, for I have a family upon the earth with whom sorrow will remain, though mine should disappear because of the sign of Mung." And Mung said: "With the gods it is always Now. And before Sish hath banished many of the years the sorrows of thy family for thee shall go the way of thine."
Go, thou and grin before the faces of Eimes, Zaenes, and Segastrion till they see whether it be wise to rebel against the gods of Pegana." And Umbool answered: "I am the beast of Mung." And Umbool came and crouched upon a hill upon the other side of the waters and grinned across them at the rebellious home gods.
For is it not written, or are you greater than Kib? Kib is Kib. Time is the hound of Sish. At Sish's bidding do the hours run before him as he goeth upon his way. Never hath Sish stepped backward nor ever hath he tarried; never hath he relented to the things that once he knew nor turned to them again. Before Sish is Kib, and behind him goeth Mung.
He crept stealthily along in the direction of the possible anchorage, fighting his way through roots and undergrowth; it was all of no use a barrier of morass and elephant grass proved absolutely impassable, so he turned back towards his camp, pausing now and then to listen. He could make out voices one in an authoritative key summoning "Mung Li."
I'm sorry ye won't take the ruby," turning it over regretfully. "Maybe your young lady would fancy it? It would look fine in a ring!" "But I have no young lady, Mung Baw." "Is that so?"
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