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With a half stifled gasp the man shrank back and dropped the lamp, and the Professor heard him say to the woman in a shuddering whisper: "By the High Gods, Neb Anat, it is a miracle! Do you not see her? WITH A HALF STIFLED GASP THE MAN SHRANK BACK AND DROPPED THE LAMP AND THE PROFESSOR HEARD HIM SAY TO THE WOMAN IN A SHUDDERING WHISPER BY THE HIGH GODS NEB ANNAUGHT IT IS A MIRACLE DO YOU NOT SEE HER
ectric ray up and down the passage. It wavered hither and thither, and at last fell directly on his face. He was anything but a coward, but he was thinking of Niti--and what if a knife-stab left her undefended? But to his amazement, although they were both looking straight at him, the expression of neither face changed in the slightest. They had not seen him. The Queen had answered his prayer. He was no longer in the world of three dimensions, and so he was invisible to all dwellers in it. For him, then, there was evidently no danger--but Niti----? They moved along to the next door. That was hers. The woman put her hand on the knob and turned it. To his horror, the door opened. She had forgotten to lock it. They both crept in, and he followed them boldly enough now, knowing what he did. The ray leapt rapidly about the room till it fell on the bed with its pale blue silken coverlet, and then on the pillow, on which rested the head of the sleeping, breathing image of the long-dead Queen. OUT AND THE MAN FLASHED A THIN ELECTRIC RAY UP AND DOWN THE PASSAGE IT WAVERED HITHER AND THITHER AND AT LAST FELL DIRECTLY ON HIS FACE HE WAS ANYTHING BUT A COWARD BUT HE WAS THINKING OF KNITTIE AND WHAT IF A KNIFE STAB LEFT HER UNDEFENDED BUT TO HIS AMAZEMENT ALTHOUGH THEY WERE BOTH LOOKING STRAIGHT AT HIM THE EXPRESSION OF NEITHER FACE CHANGED IN THE SLIGHTEST THEY HAD NOT SEEN HIM THE QUEEN HAD ANSWERED HIS PRAYER HE WAS NO LONGER IN A WORLD OF THREE DIMENSIONS AND SO HE WAS INVISIBLE TO ALL DWELLERS IN IT FOR HIM THEN THERE WAS EVIDENTLY NO DANGER BUT NETTIE THEY MOVED ALONG TO THE NEXT DOOR THAT WAS HERS THE WOMAN PUT HER HAND ON THE KNOB AND TURNED IT TO HIS HORROR THE DOOR OPENED SHE HAD FORGOTTEN TO LOCK IT THEY BOTH CREPT IN AND HE FOLLOWED THEM BOLDLY ENOUGH NOW KNOWING WHAT HE DID THE RAY LEAPT RAPIDLY ABOUT THE ROOM TILL IT FELL ON THE BED WITH ITS PALE BLUE SILKEN COVERLET AND THEN ON A PILLOW ON WHICH RESTED THE HEAD OF THE SLEEPING BREATHING IMAGE OF THE LONG DEAD QUEEN
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