d "Who can be Lord of these Islands?" he held
up the silver keys and brought them together so that they struck each
other and rang like bells. "Ernan is Lord, Lord of the Fair Islands"
was what they chimed out. Each day the Islands grew fairer in the
sight of the people, and Ernan was called, not "The Boy Who Knew What
the Birds Said," but "Ernan, Lord of the Fair Islands."

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