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"Perhaps they will succeed," commented Gahan; "but the warriors of O-Tar are ht in defense of their hoe Ah, Ghek, would that we had the great warships of Gathol or of Helium to pour their merciless fire into the streets of Manator while U-Thor marched to the palace over the corpses of the slain" He paused, deep in thought, and then turned his gaze again upon the kaldane "Heard you aught of the party that escaped with me from The Field of Jetan-of Floran, Val Dor, and the others? What of theh to U-Thor at The Gate of Ene upon the way Val Dor and Floran live, I believe, for I am sure that I heard U-Thor address tarriors by these nah the burrows of the ulsios, to The Gate of Enee that I shall write in his own language Coe"

In a nearby room they found a bench and table and there Gahan sat and wrote in the strange, stenographic characters of Martian script a e to Floran of Gathol "Why," he asked, when he had finished it, "did you search for Tara through the spiral runhere we nearly met?"

"Tasor told reater part of the palace by means of the ulsio runways and the darker and less frequented passages I knew precisely where you were and how to reach you This secret spiral ascends from the pits to the roof of the loftiest of the palace towers It has secret openings at every level; but there is no living Manatorian, I believe, who knows of its existence At least never have I met one within it and I have used it many tih I knew nothing of his identity or the story of his death until Tasor told it to us in the cahly then?" Gahan interrupted

"Better than O-Tar himself or any of his servants"

"Good! And you would serve the Princess Tara, Ghek, youhis instructions I rite thee to him, for the walls have ears, Ghek, while none but a Gatholian may read what I have written to Floran He will transmit it to you Can I trust you?"