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| 61 | 33 | The shadow of the View more quotes about iron">iron dragon had fallen on neither the lands of Yamada nor those of Temmu. |
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| 61 | 30 | "With the tide," I said. |
| 61 | 31 | The first gong had already sounded. |
| 61 | 32 | * * * In the past months the skies had been clear. |
| 61 | 33 | The shadow of the iron dragon had fallen on neither the lands of Yamada nor those of Temmu. |
| 61 | 34 | Rumors abounded, normally spoken in whispers or hushed tones, for who knew the hearing of dragons. |
| 61 | 35 | A thousand stories were about, in village markets, in the dojos and barracks, in courtyards and fields, in fortresses and sheds, about campfires, even in the corridors of palaces. |
| 61 | 36 | It had returned to its secret lair to guard its treasures, perhaps to sleep for another thousand years; it had returned to the country of mystery from which it had emerged, some fearful land, a far land of rock and flame; a vast, noxious crevice in the bowels of the earth, a dark, freezing country beyond the moons. |