The Dying Earth
Chapter Two: Mazarian The Magician
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Mazarian paced his garden with
a brow frowning in thought.

There was some-
thing
which
brought him
puzzlement,
doubt
, and
great desire:

A delightful
woman-creature
who came to
his garden
half-laughing
and always wary.

Agonized screaming
jarred the garden.

A mole was chewing the
stalk
of a plant-animal
hybrid
.

And now Mazarian felt a
watching presence
. It
would be the woman, for
thus had she disturbed
him before
...
He paused in his stride,
feeling for the direction
of the gaze...

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