"I will see her. Send one to guide me to her at once."
"Lord!" Zud's tone was aghast.
"Stop!" Croft cut short his incipient protest. "Would question my demands?"
"But the Gayana—" Zud began a faltering explanation.
His companion took a single step toward him. His jaw thrust out in an almost menacing manner, indicative of a will to brook no opposition: "May be entered by him who wears the wings of the Angel of Life as well as the high priest."
For a long, breathless instant the glances of the two men met and crossed, engaging the one with the other. And then Zud was beaten down. He yielded.
"Permit that I show you," he said, and led the way.