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Rh how near he came to being strangled by his dutiful nephew, or stabbed by the Marquis. His superb calm nearly drove them frantic.

"Where did they take Maria-Teresa?" demanded Dick, roughly, though he owed the unconscious tracker more thanks than blame.

"You know well enough! To the House of the Serpent."

"The House of the Serpent!" Dick turned to Natividad, gripping his sleeve. "I have heard you say something about that place. What does it mean?"

"It means that they are in the Antechamber of Death."