A sudden wind pushed some dry leaves and twigs1（小枝） from the uppermost（至上的） face of the stone; I saw the low relief letters of an inscription2（题词，铭文） and bent3 to read it. God in heaven! My name in full! -- the date of my birth! -- the date of my death!
A level shaft4 of light illuminated5 the whole side of the tree as I sprang to my feet in terror. The sun was rising in the rosy6 east. I stood between the tree and his broad red disk -- no shadow darkened the trunk!
A chorus of howling wolves saluted7 the dawn. I saw them sitting on their haunches, singly and in groups, on the summits of irregular mounds8（堆，高地） and tumuli filling a half of my desert prospect9 and extending to the horizon. And then I knew that these were ruins of the ancient and famous city of Carcosa.
Such are the facts imparted to the medium Bayrolles by the spirit Hoseib Alar Robardin.
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