“As for the substance of the Spot itself, that I cannot tell, just yet.
But I do know that the whole truth will come out clear in the fulfilment
of the Prophecy. I am convinced that it has translated Watson, and now
Harry Wendel and the Nervina.”
“Can you control it?” asked Chick.
“To a limited extent. I have been able to watch you ever since your
coming. You did not know about Harry, but I saw him come--in the arms of
the Nervina.”
The Nervina nodded.
“It is so. I knew the Senestro. I was afraid that Harry would fall into
his hands. I had previously endeavoured to have him give the jewel to
Charlotte Fenton. I didn't trust the great Bar--”
Harry interrupted, “Only because of her distrust of the Senestro did she
decide to come through the Blind Spot with me. She knew what to do. As
soon as we got here, she bundled me off, privately nursed me back to
health if not strength, and when the time came rushed me up here at the
last second to be in at the finish.”
Watson thought of the dog, Queen. She also had come through just in time
to save his life. Did Harry know anything about her? When Wendel had
related what he knew, Chick commented:
“It's almighty strange, Harry. Everything works out to fit in exactly
with that confounded Prophecy. Perhaps that accounts for your affinity
for the Nervina; it is something beyond your control, or hers. We'll
have to wait and see.”
There was not long to wait. The days passed. The palace was full of
Rhamdas, summoned by Dr. Holcomb, who, as the Jarados himself, was now
issuing orders concerning the great day, the last of the sixteen days,
now very close at hand; the day which the Rhamdas constantly alluded to
as “the Day of Judgment.”
The Senestro went unmolested. Returning to the Mahovisal, he worked now
to further the truths of the Prophecy.
Still the millions continued to descend upon the Mahovisal. Coming from
the furthermost parts of the Thomahlia, the pilgrims' aircraft kept the
air above the city constantly alive. There were days such as no man had
ever known. Even the Rhamdas, trained to composure, gave evidence of the
strain. The atmosphere was tense, charged with expectancy and hope. A
whole world was coming to what it conceived as its judgment, and its
end. And--the Spot of Life was the Blind Spot!
At last the doctor summoned the two young men. It was night, and the
June Bug was waiting. This time the Geos himself was at the controls.
“We are going to the Mahovisal,” spoke the doctor--“to the Temple of
the Bell and Leaf. There is still something I must know before the
Judgment.” He was speaking English. “If we can bring the Prophecy
to pass just so far, and no farther, we shall be able to extricate
ourselves nicely. Anyway, I think we shall not return to the Palace of
Light.”
He held a black leather case in his hand. He touched it with a finger.
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