Instantly all were attention. And no wonder, for the street below was filled with the ranks of marching ant men!
“Is it a coup?” Cabot shouted. “Are we betrayed? You, whose religion tells you everything, answer me that.”
All stood doubly dumfounded. What signified the marching Formians? And what meant Princess Lilla’s words about the infant king?
[XXI]
BUT WHO IS KING?
Myles Cabot, Lilla, Toron, Nan-nan and Wotsn watched the marching Formians for a moment in amazement from the palace terrace. Then, “They are unarmed!” Nan-nan exclaimed, with relief.
True. Not a single one of the black ant men carried a weapon. And then there appeared in their wake rank upon rank of armed Cupians, the army of liberation.
“No coup at all, thank God,” said Cabot, “but merely prisoners of war!”
Lilla, too, sighed with relief.