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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. 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
n to them on such a desperate quest? As these thoughts ran at lightning speed through his mind, he saw a faint glow inside the room. He crept forward and looked round the side of the doorway. The man had a little electric lamp in his hand and was flashing the slender rays all over the room. He drew his head back quickly as he heard him say: "There is nothing here, Anat. Come, let us try the next room. Neither lock nor bolt nor even human life must stand in the way of our search now that we have begun it!" He heard them coming towards the door. Instinctively he shrank back, and his heart stood still as he thought of what would happen if the man chanced to turn the little ray of his lamp on him. Almost involuntarily his thoughts went back to the promise of Queen Nitocris, and something like a prayer that it might be kept rose to his lips. They came out, and the man flashed the thin electric ray up and down the passage. It wavered hither and thither, and at last fell directly on his face.  NICE DAD MEAN TO THEM ON SUCH A DESPERATE QUEST AS THESE THOUGHTS RAN AT LIGHTNING SPEED THROUGH HIS MIND HE SAW A FAINT GLOW INSIDE THE ROOM HE CREPT FORWARD AND LOOKED AROUND THE SIDE OF THE DOORWAY THE MAN HAD A LITTLE ELECTRIC LAMP IN HIS HAND AND WAS FLASHING THE SLENDER RAYS ALL OVER THE ROOM HE DREW HIS HEAD BACK QUICKLY AS HE HEARD HIM SAY THERE IS NOTHING HERE ANNOT COME LET US TRY THE NEXT ROOM NEITHER LOCK NOR BOLT NOR EVEN HUMAN LIFE MUST STAND IN THE WAY OF OUR SEARCH NOW THAT WE HAVE BEGUN IT HE HEARD THEM COMING BACK TOWARDS THE DOOR INSTINCTIVELY HE SHRANK BACK AND HIS HEART STOOD STILL AS HE THOUGHT OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE MAN CHANCED TO TURN THE LITTLE RAY OF HIS LAMP ON HIM ALMOST INVOLUNTARILY HIS THOUGHTS WENT BACK TO THE PROMISE OF QUEEN NIDIKRUS AND SOMETHING LIKE A PRAYER THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN KEPT ROSE TO HIS LIPS THEY CAME 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
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