"But it is not," cried Don Pablo triumphantly. "Montrose owes Enistor a life. To pay that he must give his own life: he is at your father's mercy."
"Douglas will pay the debt, but not in the way you wish him to pay it."
"Enistor will enforce payment."
"Yes," said the Squire, his eyes glittering. "Now I know why I hated him the moment we met. He killed me in Chaldea: he has robbed me in England; I shall demand the payment of both debts."
"I feel the evil forces that are working in you both," said Alice wearily, "and they hurt me. The book is closed: do let me come back."
"Stay where you are and search out the future," commanded Narvaez, with a snarl of fierce command. "Search."
"I cannot see the future. It is on a higher plane where past and present are one," came the thin, tired voice, for the girl was becoming exhausted physically with the long-continued strain.
"Go to the higher plane: you can do so."
"Something stops me. There is a barrier I cannot pass. You are not permitted to know. Father and I and Douglas have to work out by our knowledge in the flesh the drama begun in Chaldea. This much is allowed: no more."