One
attempting the ascent alone would be dashed in pieces."
"No municipal line of airships?" ventured Amory in slow
astonishment.
Jarvo did not quite get this.
"The airships, adon," he said, "belong to the imperial household and
are kept at the summit of Mount Khalak."
"A trust," comprehended Amory; "an absolute monarchy is a bit of a
trust, anyhow. Of course, it's sometimes an outraged trust..." he
murmured on.
"The adon," said Jarvo humbly, "will understand that we, I and Akko,
have borne great risk. It is necessary that we make our peace with
all speed, if that may be. The very walls are the ears of Prince
Tabnit, and it is better to be behind those walls. May the gods
permit the possible."
"Do you mean to say," asked St. George, "that we too would better
look out the prince at once?"
"The adon is wise," said Jarvo simply, "but nothing is hid from
Prince Tabnit."
St. George considered. In this mysterious place, whose ways were as
unknown to him and to his companions as was the etiquette of the
court of the moon, clearly diplomacy was the better part of valour.
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