THE FLAMES IN THE SHADOW

el and the swoosh of arrows, spears and stones; arrows and spears burst into the bodies of countl

freemen and slaves, while running here and there mid the parlous situation, wailed like

d thenceforth, many parts of the island were bound to become plates of fabulously bountiful

ir respective ends. Bedlam filled Agron since the invincible army of darkness wa

optimism for even an iota of the scent of triumph. The good deities se

he incendiary beasts were immolated. Sanctuaries and treasure houses were sorely despoiled of treasure and

conveyed overground, up and up, and, alas, they were made to meet mortal free fall. Numberless c

f the roaring flames, moreover, the pillars of smoke and murk of smoke, as they

lves the graves of their own. The animate sons and daughters of the vanquished might ne'er see the liberty of their precious

wounded, those who were avid for the afterlife and had realized that Death was just a stone's throw away, va

themselves in the ether, too woeful to emit their light. The firmament hankered to weep and let its sp

ad forsaken their kinsfolk, whereupon orphans, elegiac parents, motherless people, fatherless people, widowers and wid

th the brutality of the bestial creatures that were at his beck and call. Alas, every province on the island h

of forked lightning which was soon followed by an ear-piercing clap of thunder that burst athwa

n. It howled and howled. Besides, there was not even one

ace of the erstwhile hazards, moreover, plants were now beset by another hazard,

der came up as if the celestial divinities were woefully drumming overhead even as the wind seemed to be weeping a plan

avens became sorely angry and thus the start of a tempest. The adversity of the plants had ju

h the island had met its sudden end. Also, it seemed as though Ag