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But judging from the text of the letter above, the half-elf
was, if possible, more pathetic in matters of the heart than
in matters of the head. "Laurana or Kitiara," he would
whine, to Armavir or the skull: "Tell me which one?" To
which the poet, making Tanis a party to his secret observa
tions (see note to lines 46-50), perhaps unwittingly planted
the seed of resentment that was to grow into the ingratitude
with which our esteemed leader would later conceal
Armavir's contribution to history.
Line 81: After this line in Armavir's original text, the
following stanza:
The next from the intricate mountains, believing
The deed the design of the word arising
From the light on the sword, from the netted darkness,
Called like the others, but called into memory
So that the deeds rise like water from stone.
TEN THEY WERE, UNDER THE THREE MOONS,
UNDER THE AUTUMN TWILIGHT:
AS THE WORLD DECLINED, THEY AROSE
INTO THE HEART OF THE STORY.
By this time, there should be no doubt in the reader's
mind why this stanza was excluded from the
CHRONICLES. It was the best stanza of the poem, to boot,
for it was hard for a gnome of Armavir's natural humility to
write about himself. The best stanza: no matter what the
others say, I shall not compromise, shall not grovel!
Lines 82-86: THE LAST
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