![]() ![]() Her profile was toward us it could not have been her eyes or any expression of her face but there was a tenseness about her pose, a stiffening of the muscles of her body, an air of lofty scorn and supreme triumph coming somehow from every line of her motionless figure, that flashed certainty into my brain. ![]() It was something indefinable in Desiree's attitude that told me the truth-what, I cannot tell. I felt within me the strength and resolve of ten men, and I knew then that there was something I must do and would do before I died, though a thousand devils stood in my way. On the throne was seated the king, surrounded by guards and attendants.īut not for an instant did we hesitate we flew rather than ran. We saw it from a different viewpoint than before the alcove which held the golden throne was far off to our left, nearly half-way round the vast circumference. Neither Harry nor I spoke our eyes were concentrated on the scene before us, trying to comprehend its meaning. Finally they, too, ceased to appear the corridor was deserted. Their number swelled to a continuous stream, which in turn gradually became thinner and thinner until only a few stragglers were seen trotting behind. There we stood, motionless and scarcely breathing, while group after group of the savages passed in the corridor ahead. She was standing on the top of the lofty column in the center of the lake. I do not know what we expected to find, and the Lord knows what we intended to do after we found it. The echoes of the bell were still floating from wall to wall as we went rapidly forward. "It came from the left," said Harry but I disagreed with him and was so sure of myself that we started off to the right. But all the Incas appeared to have assembled within, for the corridor remained deserted. Yet we avoided foolhardiness, for as we approached the last turn we proceeded slowly, keeping an eye on the rear. ![]()
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