The Laughter of the Gods (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Laughter of the Gods It seems purple far out on the sand to the camel men." Then... Ichtharion No, it was not you that brought him. He saw a butterfly once in Barbul-elSharnak. There had not been one there for seven years. It was lucky for us that it lived: I used to send for hundreds, but they all died but that one when they came to Barbul-el-Sharnak. The King saw it. Ludibras It was since then that he noticed my purple orchids. Ichtharion Something changed in his mind when he saw the butterfly. He became quite different. He would not have noticed a flower but for that. Ludibras He came to Thek in order to see the orchids. Ichtharion Come, come. We are here. Nothing else matters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.