CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
THE MEMENTO FOR GENERATIONS—BUILT BY SERPENT KINGS
“Alcyesta, hast thou the silver casket safe?” asked Ben Hu Barabe, as soon as they were comfortably afloat.
“Yes.”
“Give it me.”
He leaned forward eager to take it, but she held back, saying:
“Dost thou remember the injunction to loosen the eagles in time of peril and to follow their lead?”
“Yes. I have freed both birds. Dost thou not hear the cowardly gulls screeching with fright because of the eagles’ presence?”
“Then thou hadst best confide thy secret.”
“Yermah, wilt thou hear me?”
“If it is to accuse thyself, no!”