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He strode straight up to the throne of the Bar; and once more he spoke from sheer impulse: "The Aradna has spoken true, O Senestro, or sinister, or whatever you may be called. I demand fair hearing! It is my due; for I have come from another world. I follow the Jarados!" If Watson had supposed that he had taken the Bar's measure, he was mistaken.
The senior queen had the subtle magnetism, the uncountable fascination, the poise and decision that held and dictated all things to her fancy. Not so the Aradna. Hers was the strength of simplicity, the frank, open delight of the maiden, and at the same time all the charm and suggestion of coming womanhood.
The rest of us fight as we are." They were cloaks, made of a soft, light, malleable glass, or something like it. Watson asked what they were for. "For a purpose known only to the Jarados, my lord. There are only two of these robes. With them he left directions which indicated plainly they are for your lordship and the Aradna."
For a moment the strange light stood still, so that the checked millions might read. Then it turned upon the dais. There it spread, and hovered over the group, until it seemed to work them together the Nervina to Harry, the Aradna to Hobart. Not one of them knew what it was; they obeyed by impulse it was their destiny; the Chosen, and the queens. The light stopped at the foot of Dr. Holcomb.
And thus Chick found a staunch friend. The soldier's name, he learned, was "the Jan Lucar." He was supreme in command of the royal guards; and Chick soon came to feel that the man would as cheerfully lay down his life for him, Watson, as for the queen herself. All told, Chick was able to store away in his memory a few very important facts: First, that the Aradna did not like the Senestro.
"Something happened, and she has fallen through the Spot!" "I scarcely know. We went up to play with the dog. It was unwilling to leave the place, and Aradna teasingly tried to push her off on to the steps. She succeeded, but well, it was all over that quick. The Aradna was gone!" But the Spot had by this time lost a good deal of its terror.
Then the strangest thing happened. Out of the light or rather, from where it bathed the snowstone came a man; a man much like Holcomb, bearded and short and kindly. He was the real Jarados! Unhesitatingly the professor stepped up beside him. Then followed Hobart and the Aradna, Harry and the Nervina, and lastly, from the crowd of Bars, MacPherson.
Perhaps it was the sign of the coming of impostors! The end may not be until ALL the conditions are complied with!" But at this moment Aradna saw fit to speak. "Senestro, would you condemn this one without allowing him a word in his own defence? Is it fair? Besides, he does not look like an impostor to me. I like his face. Perhaps he is one of the chosen!" At the last word the Bar frowned.
This he followed with an account of the finding of Watson in the temple, his long sleep and ultimate reviving. At greater length he repeated the gist of their conversation. Not until then was there a stir among the Rhamdas. Chick glanced over at the Aradna. She was listening eagerly, her chin cupped in her hand, her blue eyes full of interest and wonder, and natural, unfeigned, child-like delight.
But the little queen saw fit to interfere. "Senestro, is this the code of the Bar? Is not your proposal unseemly to so great a guest? Restrain your eagerness for strength and for muscle! You have preferred charges against this man; now you would hurl your body as well. Remember, I am the queen; I can command it of you." The Senestro bowed. "Your wishes are my law, O Aradna."
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