![]() ![]() Proudly they sat their steeds, looking neither to right nor to left, but aware of the shouting for all that. Behind them came the mightiest soldiery in all the world, the Red Slayers, horsemen, splendidly mounted, armed in red from helmet to spur. The throng shouted, women flung roses from the roofs as the rhythmic chiming of silver hosts came clearer and the first of the mighty array swung into view in the broad white street that curved round the golden-spired Tower of Splendor.įirst came the trumpeters, slim youths, clad in scarlet, riding with a flourish of long, slender golden trumpets next the bowmen, tall men from the mountains and behind these the heavily armed footmen, their broad shields clashing in unison, their long spears swaying in perfect rhythm to their stride. THE blare of the trumpets grew louder, like a deep golden tide surge, like the soft booming of the evening tides against the silver beaches of Valusia. ![]()
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