16/19 "See," she would doubtless have said if she could, "I would have shown you the way here all your life if only you had looked properly." But at all events St.George's prophecy was fulfilled: From the top of Mount Khalak they were watching the moon rise. St.George, however, was not yet in the company whose image had pleasantly besieged him when he had prophesied. He turned impatiently to the palace. Jarvo, resting on the stones where he had sunk down, signaled them to go on, and the two needed no second bidding. They set off briskly across the plateau, Amory looking about him with eager curiosity, St.George on the crest of his divine expectancy. |