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Or a band of mendicant ascetics, their almost naked bodies smeared all over with fresh ashes and the trident of Shiva painted on their foreheads, return with well-filled begging-bowls from some favourite shrine. Or an excited crowd, all wearing the little white Gandhi cap, rend the air with shouts of Mahatma Gandhi-ki jai! in honour of some travelling apostle of "Non-co-operation."
He succeeded, however, in getting upon one of the rocks quite close to the bank, and then endeavoured to lift the fish out of the water. In this also he was successful; made a splendid heave, and flung it with all his force towards the bank, on which it alighted, trident and all, at the feet of Hilda.
In other cases they were merely about to visit home to induce some parent or sister, perhaps, to venture out to the land of gold. But all, whether young or old, male or female, gentle or simple, were merry and glad of heart that night as they clustered on the bulwarks of the "Trident," and gazed at the longed-for and much loved shore. There was no distinction of ranks now.
He is their tutelar god, to him they offer all their first-fruits, and in his honor stamp their money with a trident.
And on the summit is a Neptune of five braccia, who holds the trident in his hand, and has the right leg planted beside a Dolphin. At the sides, also, upon two other pedestals, are Scylla and Charybdis in the forms of two monsters, fashioned very well, with heads of Dogs and Furies about them.
'Oh yes, said Rosalie; 'the procession passed us on the road as we were going into the town. 'Well, I'm Britannia, said the girl; 'didn't you see me on the top of the last car? I had a white dress on and a scarlet scarf. 'Yes, said Rosalie, 'I remember; and a great fork in your hand. 'Yes; they called it a trident, and they called me Britannia.
Again and again it burst forth, and was replied to by the people in the "Trident," many of whom were so excited by the scene, and so overjoyed at the thought of having come up in time to save so many human beings, that they burst into tears; while others went down on their knees and thanked God fervently.
But thou shalt taste once more of my vengeance, before thou reachest yonder shore." So saying the lord of ocean took his trident and stirred up the deep; and the clouds came trooping at his call, covering the sky with a black curtain. Soon a great tempest broke loose, blowing in violent and fitful blasts from all the four quarters of heaven.
There were beautiful green plants that spread their flat fingers over the silver-white sands; and huge rolls of purple and sombre brown; and long strings that came up to the surface the traceries and decorations of these haunts of the mermaid. "It is like a pantomime," she said. "You would expect to see a burst of lime-light, and Neptune appearing with a silver trident and crown.
That downpour of shafts, however, the illustrious Creator of the worlds the wielder of the trident bore with a glad heart, like a mountain bearing a shower of rocks. Soon, however, the arrows of Phalguna were exhausted. And noticing this fact, Arjuna became greatly alarmed.
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