So they turned upon their kind who had gone astray and made them perish, to the last.

The Shining One came not to the aid of its servants--though they called; for within its will was the thought that they were of no further use to it; that it would rest awhile and dance with them--who had so little of the power and wisdom of its _Taithu_ and therefore no reins upon it.

And while this was happening black-haired and fair-haired ran and hid and were but shaking vessels of terror.
"The Ancient Ones took counsel.

This was their decision; that they would go from the gardens before the Silver Waters--leaving, since they could not kill it, the Shining One with its worshippers.

They sealed the mouth of the passage that leads to the Moon Pool Chamber and they changed the face of the cliff so that none might tell where it had been.