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One of the priests spoke sharply, commandingly, to Ee-pay, and the latter nodded not agreeably it seemed to me. "The old boy doesn't like these other chaps; priests, I take it," whispered Vic. "I think they've been messing up his plans. See; he's motioning us to watch." The priests led the old man back to the idol.
When he had finished he held out his hands toward me, and motioned toward the waiting idol. Ee-pay spoke up in sharp protest, and thrust himself between me and the priest. For a moment, due to this obviously unexpected interruption, everything was in confusion. "Pete!" Vic was whispering excitedly in my ear. "Listen, Pete, I think I see through this.
We paused, and the chanting went on and on, until I began to wonder if anything would ever happen. And then, at last the chanting ceased, and three of the priests moved toward us, followed by an elderly being who wore the same symbol of power or authority that I had already noted upon the creature Vic called Ee-pay.
At the doorway, a double file of creatures closed in about us, and we were led, by long corridors and mighty winding ramps, toward the top of the building. "Now what?" I whispered to Vic. "I don't know. That chap with the big stone at his throat seems to be the head man of the city. I think his name is Ee-pay; the others seem to call him that. Maybe it's just a title.
These priests have heard about us and our death-dealing ability. They're jealous; they want a corner on that. Old Ee-pay figures maybe we could do him a favor in that line, and that's why he's arguing. The priests want to honor us for the good we've done by giving us the reward we've just seen. So " Before he could finish, Ee-pay was thrust aside by a group of angry guards, and I was jerked away.
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