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Throughout all the morning and afternoon he remained in his apartments. Breakfast over, the Rhamdas told him his part in certain ceremonies, such as need not be detailed here. They were very solicitous as to his food and comfort, and as to his feelings and anticipations. His nonchalance pleased them greatly. Afterward he had a bath and rub-down. A combat to the death, was it to be?
But we, the Rhamdas, are the rulers of the rulers. We differ from them in that we have no material ends to subserve. Being at the top, with no motive save justice and advancement, our judgments are never questioned, and for the same reason, seldom passed. "But we are far above the plane of doubt that you speak of; we passed out of it long ago.
Then the Bar caught Chick's glance; the newcomer felt the cold chill of calculation, the cynical weight of the sceptic, and a queer foreboding of the future; no light glance, but one like fire and ice and iron. He wondered at the man's beauty and genius, and at his emotional preponderance manifest even here before the Rhamdas. The Geos went on. His words, now, were simple and direct.
"What is the 'Thomahlia'?" "The Thomahlia! Why, it is called the world; our name for the world. It comprises, physically, land, water and air; politically, it embraces D'Hartia, Kospia and a few minor nations." "Who are the Rhamdas?"
"The council of Rhamdas went into special session, my lord, immediately after your materialisation, and has been sitting almost continually since. And now that you are revived, they are waiting in person for you to show yourself. "They accept you. They do not know who you are, my lord; none of us has guessed even a part of the truth. The entire council awaits!" But Chick wanted more.
"We are a body of learned men, you understand, and we stand at the peak of all that has been discovered through hundreds upon hundreds of centuries, so that at the present day we are the culmination of the combined effort and thought of man since the beginning of time. Each generation of Rhamdas must be greater than the one preceding.
Instead, 'twas th' dog got th' Bar. A foine pup, sor; she saved yer loife." "Where's the dog now?" "She's on th' Spot av Life, sor. She willna leave it. Tis a strange thing to see how she clings to it. Th' Rhamdas only come near enough to feed her."
"It was NOT the wisdom and science of Avec, in my case." "Quite so. However, it is proof that the Rhamdas have fulfilled their duty. We knew of the Spot of Life, all the while; it was to be closed until we, through the effort of our intellect and virtues, could lift ourselves up to the plane of the world beyond us your world. It could not be opened by ourselves alone, however.
The Spot of Life was watched continually from the moment the Rhamda left us." "You mean, he and the Nervina?" "Quite so; she followed him after an interval of a few hours." "I know. But you say that no one came out ahead of me. Who was it that guarded this this Spot of Life? The Rhamdas?" "They and the Bars." "Ah! And who are the Bars?" "The military priesthood.
Finally, that the Rhamdas were perfectly willing for the coming contest to take place, on the evening of the Day of the Prophet, in the Temple of the Bell and Leaf. "Jan Lucar," Watson felt prompted to say, "you need have no fear as to the outcome of the ordeal, whatever it may be. With your faith in me, I cannot fail. For the present, I need books, papers, scientific data.
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