21/24 But he must hurry--hurry--hurry; no one could tell what might be happening back there to that face that changed. Then he rushed forward and with a groan of relief threw himself into the room. Opposite the door loomed the grim sarcophagus of King Abibaal, and beside it on the floor lay the figure with the face that changed. He had gone a circle in those tortuous passages, and this was the room of the tombs of the kings. He must look again; no one could tell what might have happened. |