And, presently, they were surrounded by the Ten-thousand, and
carried upon slings; and all that body swung round towards the
Pyramid, and came back at a great pace.
And, in the same time, I heard the sound that made them so swift
to hasten; for there smote up through the night the Baying of the
Hounds; and we knew that they were discovered. And I swept the
Great Spy-Glass over the Land, towards the Valley Of The Hounds,
that I might discover them quickly; and I saw them come lumbering,
at a strange gallop, and great as horses, and it might be only ten
miles to the East.
And I looked once upon the Watcher of the North-East, and I saw
and marvelled that the great bell-ear quivered constantly; and I
knew that it had knowledge, and gave signal to all the Land. Then
did one of the
