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Updated: May 5, 2025
So saying, he carried Valentine to the marketplace, and there in the presence of a great crowd of people, the old man said: "'Behold my rescuer! Behold the brave youth who conquered Rimrak, the Conjurer. "This closed the mouths of the envious, and when that happens, there is not much more to tell in any story." Here Mrs. Meadows paused and looked at Mr. Rabbit, who sat fast asleep in his chair.
He was covered from head to foot with silver armor, and he brandished a long keen sword with a silver handle. But Valentine went straight forward, holding Butch in his hand. The long sword never touched him, nor did the silver armor stand in his way. With one blow against Butch the long sword was shattered, and the silver armor fell away from Rimrak like the hulls from a ripe hickory-nut.
"'But she was in great danger, said the old man. 'She was just about to enter the domain of Rimrak. "'Ah, why didn't you bring her away with you? cried the woman. "'It is not permitted, replied the old man. 'I did what I could. I warned her not to drink of the waters of the spring nor to eat of the pomegranate-seed. I could do no more.
Then will come Rimrak, the Conjurer, and convey her to his cave, and there she will be held captive until she forgets she is a captive, or until she has been rescued by some bold youth who loves her well enough to remember the color of her eyes. "'I remember! I remember! cried the woman's handsome son. "'Be not too sure, replied the old man. 'Sit down and think it over.
"'You should have brought the child home with you, said the matter-of-fact woman. "'It was not in my power, replied the old man. 'She had gone too far. She had already entered the domain of Rimrak, the Conjurer. All that I could do I did. I warned her not to drink of the waters of the spring. I warned her not to eat of the seed of the pomegranate.
The knife pointed beyond the spring and the pomegranate-tree, and in a little while Valentine went on his journey. On the hill beyond the spring, he turned and looked back, but the traveler had disappeared. As there was no place where he could hide, Valentine concluded that the man he had seen was no traveler at all, but Rimrak, the Conjurer. "But he was not afraid.
Rimrak himself fell before Butch and disappeared with a hissing sound; and then the cave was no longer dark. Its roof seemed to roll away; and where the cave had been, there stood a great company of people who had been held captive by the Conjurer. They stood wondering what had happened and what would happen next. Among them was Geraldine.
"'This is our deliverer! This is the brave boy that conquered Rimrak, the great Conjurer! "They carried Valentine to his home, and then they went with him to Geraldine's home. There was great rejoicing in the town. The little girl's father was rich, and he called all the people together; and they had a big dinner, and everybody was happy.
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