The Magic City

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Эдит Несбит. The Magic City

CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING

CHAPTER II. DELIVERER OR DESTROYER

CHAPTER III. LOST

CHAPTER IV. THE DRAGON-SLAYER

CHAPTER V. ON THE CARPET

CHAPTER VI. THE LIONS IN THE DESERT

CHAPTER VII. THE DWELLERS BY THE SEA

CHAPTER VIII. UPS AND DOWNS

CHAPTER IX. ON THE 'LIGHTNING LOOSE'

CHAPTER X. THE GREAT SLOTH

CHAPTER XI. THE NIGHT ATTACK

CHAPTER XII. THE END

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Philip stood in the shadow of the dark arch and looked out. He saw before him a great square surrounded by tall irregular buildings. In the middle was a fountain whose waters, silver in the moonlight, rose and fell with gentle plashing sound. A tall tree, close to the archway, cast the shadow of its trunk across the path—a broad black bar. He listened, listened, listened, but there was nothing to listen to, except the deep night silence and the changing soft sound the fountain made.

His eyes, growing accustomed to the dimness, showed him that he was under a heavy domed roof supported on large square pillars—to the right and left stood dark doors, shut fast.

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'I thought you weren't afraid,' whispered Lucy.

'Silence in court,' said the judge.

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