And all his life whenever he went into dark places he said, "I greet thee, Lord, and bid thce welcome to my heart" in case the pale king with the long black hair should be seated in the darkness waiting for him.

Dismissing the matter with a wave of his hand, Xaltotun seated himself at the ivory table about which sat the pale kings.

Isgrimnur couldn't help noticing how pale the king looked.

I saw pale kings, and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, Who cried--"La Belle Dame Sans Merci Hath thee in thrall!"

Where is the pale king?

Everything was badly cooked and yet it fascinated me that she had her faithful clientele; an old man who worked at the shoe shop, a middle-aged spinster school teacher and a pale dyspeptic-loo king young man whom I recognised as a clerk from the bank.