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He examined it, handed it to the one beside him, and not until each had inspected the ring did they lower their curious weapons; containers of that terrific energy they called the Keth, I thought; and later was to know that I had been right. We stepped out; the doors closed behind us. The place was weird enough. Its pave was a greenish-blue stone resembling lapis lazuli.
"That is bad," he said, "but not too bad perhaps. All depends upon how closely Lugur and his men can follow us." He raised a hand to O'Keefe in salute. "But to you, Larree, I owe my life not even the Keth could have been as swift to save me as that death flame of yours friend!" The Irishman waved an airy hand.
"With spears and clubs and with teeth and nails and spurs they are a strong and brave people, Larry darlin', and though they hurl the Keth at them, it is slow to work upon them, and they slay even while they are passing into the nothingness!" "And have we none of the Keth?" he asked.
And now listen, Yolara, for what I speak is truth" into his eyes came the far-away gaze; into his voice the Irish softness "Lo, in my land of Ireland, this many of your life's length agone see" he raised his ten fingers, clenched and unclenched them times twenty "the mighty men of my race, the Taitha-da-Dainn, could send men out into the nothingness even as do you with the Keth.
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