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The Testament of Athammaus By Clark Ashton Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | And, because of this mingling of ultra-cosmic strains, it was said that the body of Knygathin Zhaum, unlike his shaggy, umber-colored fellow-tribesmen, was hairless from crown to heel and was pied with great spots of fl and yellow; and moreover he himself was reputed to exceed all others in his cruelty and cunning. |
 | | Knygathin Zhaum, as was the custom in dealing with the bodies of the most nefarious criminals, was interred with contumelious haste in a barren field outside the city where people cast their orts and rubbish. |
 | | Hoping fervently that Knygathin Zhaum and the vile, flagitious properties of his unhallowed carcass would now be brought to a permanent end, I raised the sword of justice high in air and smote with heroic might. |
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