“You must pardon these disagreeable fumes,” said the Wizard. “I assure you the smoke is a very necessary part of my wizardry.”
“Look!” cried Dorothy, pointing to the Magic Picture; “they’re gone! All of them are gone.”
Indeed, the picture now showed the same rocky landscape as before, but the three people and the mule had disappeared from it.
“They are gone,” said the Wizard, polishing the silver plate and wrapping it in a fine cloth, “because they are here.”
At that moment Jellia Jamb entered the room.
“Your Highness,” she said to Ozma, “the Shaggy Man and another man are in the waiting room and ask to pay their respects to you. Shaggy is crying like a baby, but he says they are tears of joy.”
“Send them here at once, Jellia!” commanded Ozma.