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E followed her mutely, and asked her nothing. He did not doubt her. He did not question her. The sound of the horses' hoofs in pursuit had gone from off the stillness of the night. His quick and apprehensive glance told him of the excellence against discovery of the tangled scrub and thorny brake through which she led him. When they descended into the tomb he asked nothing still; to others it might be a tomb—to him it was only a hollow in the ground as is his earth to the fox.

'It is good,' he said, as he looked around him in the chamber of stone.

She drew the lamp forth and lighted it. His glance glistened; he saw gold.