a sudden wind pushed some dry leaves and 1(小枝) from the uppermost(至上的) face of the stone; i saw the low relief letters of an 2(题词,铭文) and 3 to read it. god in heaven! my name in full! -- the date of my birth! -- the date of my death!
a level 4 of light 5 the whole side of the tree as i sprang to my feet in terror. the sun was rising in the 6 east. i stood between the tree and his broad red disk -- no shadow darkened the trunk!
a chorus of howling wolves 7 the dawn. i saw them sitting on their haunches, singly and in groups, on the summits of irregular 8(堆,高地) and tumuli filling a half of my desert 9 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.