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Until he could gather exact data, he must trust to intuition as before. The two pictures vanished simultaneously. Down came the black waves from the windows, gradually, and in a moment the room was once more flooded with that mellow radiance. The Rhamda Geos stepped forward as a murmur of awed approval arose from the assembly. There was no applause. One does not applaud the miraculous.
On the seventh day after the night of Harry's going, our household was increased to three members. For it was then that Jerome returned from Nevada, whence he had gone two weeks before on a case. "Not at all surprised," he commented, when I told him of Harry's disappearance. "Sorry I wasn't here. That crook, Rhamda Avec, in at the end?" He gnawed stolidly at his cigar as I told him the story.
He must play the same part here that the Rhamda had played on the other side of the Spot; but he would have to do it without the guiding wisdom of Avec. Besides, there was something sinister in the unknown force that had engulfed so strong a mind as the professor's; for while Watson's fate had been of his own seeking, that of the doctor smacked too much of treachery.
The music had ceased, and the incessant hum of the throngs had deadened to silence. It was suspended, awesome, threatening. At the same time, the Jan Lucar came to attention, at the opposite door stood the Rhamda Geos, black clad, surrounded by a group of his fellows. "Come, my lord," he said.
"He was very anxious to put you and Fenton into this very Spot." "That is so. But may it not be that we, too, knew a bit too much?" He couldn't answer that. Nevertheless, we were both of us convinced concerning the Rhamda. It was merely a digression of thought, a conjecture. He might be good; but we were both positive of his villainy.
And thus we reached the final disappearance, that which took away Harry. Charlotte contrived to keep her voice as resolute as before, as she said: "He and the Nervina vanished together. I turned round just as she rushed in, crying out, 'I can't let you go alone! I'll save you, even beyond. That's all she said, before it happened." "You saw nothing of the Rhamda then?" "No."
But that she was a queen first and a scholar afterwards; her motive in going through the Blind Spot was to take care of the political welfare of her people, her purposes were as high as Rhamda Avec's, but partook of statesmanship rather than spirituality.
I did not doubt it. Somehow she was like a girl of dreams, pure as an angel; her wistfulness only deepened her beauty. It came like a shock at the moment. I could love this woman. She was what was I thinking? My guilty mind ran back to Charlotte. I had loved her since boyhood. I would be a coward then a wild fear. Perhaps of jealousy. "The Rhamda? Is he your husband? You are the same "
"I am," stated Watson, and met the other's keen scrutiny without flinching. Would the game work? At least it promised action; and now that he had the old feeling of himself he was anxious to get under way. Any feeling of fear was gone now. He calmly nodded his head. "Yes, it is so. But sit down. I have still a bit more to tell you." The Rhamda resumed his seat.
But the Rhamda Geos had now come to his side. "Do your best, my lord. I regret only that it must be to the death. But the Senestro has challenged the prophecy. Prove that you are not a false one! My heart is with you." It was a good word at a needed moment. Watson stepped over onto the circular Spot of Life. They were both barefooted. Evidently the Thomahlians fought in the old, classic manner.
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