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"Yes," replied the woman, whispering lower, "truly it is the Queen, and she is alive and sleeping  no doubt passing from the sleep of death through the sleep of life to life again. YES REPLIED THE WOMAN WHISPERING LOWER TRULY IT IS THE QUEEN AND SHE IS ALIVE AND SLEEPING NO DOUBT PASSING FROM THE SLEEP OF DEATH THROUGH THE SLEEP OF LIFE TO LIFE AGAIN
d 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. 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? It is she--the Queen--alive again, as the ancient prophecy said she should be. What magic have these heathens used? IM 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 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 IT IS SHE THE QUEEN ALIVE AGAIN AS THE AGENT PROPHES SAID SHE WOULD BE WHAT MAGIC HAVE THESE HEATHENS USED
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