She hesitated, as if with distrust, and he said with a tone of reproach—
“Nay, if I intended harm to thee, there are still a thousand ways in which I could show my power.”
She drank as he bade her, and again felt the strange soothing effect of the drug.
She was awakened by the words of Thoth.
“Thou art at the rocks from which we departed, and the dawn is near at hand. Here is abundance of gold and jewels. Meet me at daybreak in the same place in ten days.”
He kissed her hand and said—
“I return to my people to set the city in order.”
And without further farewell he entered the car and disappeared.