For a time King remained in silent thought, wondering, in view of what he had just heard, where the dividing line had lain between reality and hallucination. "Perhaps, then," he said with a smile, "the weeping queen on the misty elephant and the many soldiers in cuirasses of polished brass were real too."
"You saw those?" asked Che.
"Yes," replied King.
"When and where?" demanded the native excitedly.
"It could not have been very long before I saw the high priest and the tiger."
"They are getting close," said Che nervously to Kangrey. "We must search for another hiding-place."
"You forget the promise of Vay Thon," Kangrey reminded him. "We are free now; we are no longer slaves."
"I had forgotten," said Che. "I am not yet accustomed to freedom, and perhaps I think, too, that possibly Vay Thon may forget."
"I do not think so," said the woman. "Lodivarman might forget, but not Vay Thon, for Vay Thon is a good man. Every one in Lodidhapura said so."
"You really believe that I saw an elephant, a queen, and soldiers?" demanded King.