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passed in silence into the palace in which Daphne had lived since she came to the mysterious city.

The pigmies hailed their arrival with their usual satisfaction, but Thoth dismissed them for the first time sternly. They entered the garden, in which the means for their flight had been placed.

"We have no time to lose," he said. "Very soon I must return and restore my kinsmen. Before nightfall the great king will be in full command of the resources of the city."

"And then?" Daphne asked.