THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL
k
t juices. ts, and ed
for the dawn.
And at da te of ty. It was
h sea-dragons and dragons
t tlements and
asked us our business. terpreter of the caravan answered
t we h much merchandise.
took ages, and told us t te to us
at noon, and bade us tarry till then.
e, and as ered in the
people came cro of to look at us, and a crier
round ty crying tood in the
market-place, and ths
and opened ts of sycamore. And whey had ended
task, ts set fortrange he waxed
linen from Egypt and ted linen from try of the
Etyre and the blue hangings from
Sidon, the
curious vessels of burnt clay. From the roof of a house a company
of cher.
And on t day ts came and bartered h us, and on
the
craftsmen and tom h all
mercs as long as tarry in ty.
And arried for a moon, and whe moon was waning, I wearied
and reets of ty and came to the
garden of its god. ts in their yellow robes moved
silently trees, and on a pavement of black marble
stood ts
doors
on tilted roof was of sea-
green porcelain, and tting eaves ooned tle
bells. e doves fle, truck th
tinkle.
In front of temple er paved h veined
onyx. I lay do, and ouche
broad leaves. One of ts came toood behind
me. , one of soft serpent-skin and the
otre of black felt
decorated