The murder of Mme. Voluptua was forgotten; the rebellion in Anglese City was a thing of the past. The work of Toroh's spies was completely undone; everywhere they presented themselves they were seized by the Bas and delivered to the authorities, until by mid-morning none dared show himself. They remained in hiding in the mountains, and the following night fled the island. Fahn's object had been attained. Everywhere, enthusiasm for the war soon mounted to a patriotic frenzy. But it was not all smooth sailing for Fahn. Within an hour after the first radio proclamation--just before dawn that day--the king called the Scientist to his audience room and demanded that it be retracted. For the first time within generations, a Scientist defied his king. Fahn gravely refused. The king, with his councilors--brave now since the mob before the palace had dispersed--clustered around him, vigorously tried to overawe the Scientist. But Fahn was obdurate; respectful to the majesty of royalty--but obdurate nevertheless. The king was powerless, and he knew it. He raged, threatened, but to no avail. That afternoon the king's council met. The Scientists were declared outlaws; a call was issued for the Aran police, who were scattered throughout the island, to come at once to the Anglese City to defend their sovereign. It was a monarch struggling against all reason to defend what he considered his birthright. Royalty outraged! But the Aran police did not come. Worse than that, those near at hand in Anglese City prudently vanished. That same afternoon the Scientists met in Anglese City. Fahn's action was upheld, and from other cities came similar decisions. The government was taken over by the Scientists for the period of the war. Laws ratifying the new status of the Bas women and children were hurriedly passed, and made permanent. All that day the radio audibly proclaimed events as they transpired. The Arans were not to be molested; their relations with the Bas were to proceed as always, and the royal family was to be treated with the outward respect to which its birth and position entitled it. Three days passed--days that for those in Anglese City were full of activity and anxiety. The Arans kept sullenly to themselves; the king and his councilors shut themselves in the palace; the Bas went about their accustomed tasks feverishly, abstractedly, waiting for the call to war. The Scientists, trusting nothing to chance, sought out all the Aran police and disarmed them. All weapons were kept in the caverns, where the manufacturing and assembling went steadily forward.