And the light was the light that no man may look on and live, and the voice was the sweetest and most terrible voice in the world.

The children cast down their eyes.

And so did everyone.
'I speak,' said the voice.

'What is it that you would hear ?' There was a pause.

Everyone was afraid to speak.
'What are we to do about Rekh-mara ?' said Robert suddenly and abruptly.
'Shall he go back through the Amulet to his own time, or--' 'No one can pass through the Amulet now,' said the beautiful, terrible voice, 'to any land or any time.