16/18 Especially is that the case with the two meteorological gods, so to speak, the King of the Rain and the Queen of the Clouds. Those, I understand, are the posts in their pantheon which you and the lady who accompanies you occupy." "You are right," Felix answered, with profoundly painful interest. "And what, then, becomes of the king and queen who are sacrificed ?" "I will tell you," M.Peyron answered, dropping his voice still lower into a sympathetic key. "But steel your mind for the worst beforehand. |