Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief,

Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.