Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds

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Stephen Vincent Benét. Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds

Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds

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I

BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON

II

THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS

THE KING OF THE CATS

A STORY BY ANGELA POE

THE TREASURE OF VASCO GOMEZ

III

THE CURFEW TOLLS

THE SOBBIN' WOMEN

THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER

DANIEL WEBSTER AND THE SEA SERPENT

IV

GLAMOUR

EVERYBODY WAS VERY NICE

A DEATH IN THE COUNTRY

BLOSSOM AND FRUIT

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Stephen Vincent Benét

Published by Good Press, 2021

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That is all of my story, for then I knew he was a man—I knew then that they had been men, neither gods nor demons. It is a great knowledge, hard to tell and believe. They were men—they went a dark road, but they were men. I had no fear after that—I had no fear going home, though twice I fought off the dogs and once I was hunted for two days by the Forest People. When I saw my father again, I prayed and was purified. He touched my lips and my breast, he said, "You went away a boy. You come back a man and a priest." I said, "Father, they were men! I have been in the Place of the Gods and seen it! Now slay me, if it is the law—but still I know they were men."

He looked at me out of both eyes. He said, "The law is not always the same shape—you have done what you have done. I could not have done it my time, but you come after me. Tell!"

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