Abruptly I observed myself taking into account Yussef Ali and his strange phrases, the import of which simply took place to me, “The Master has promised her to me within the days of the empire!”
The days of the empire — what ought to that imply?
The automobile at last drew up in the front of the constructing which hid the Temple of Silence — now dark and still. The ride had appeared interminable and as I dismounted I glanced on the timepiece on the dashboard of the automobile. My coronary heart leaped — it changed into four thirty-4, and until my eyes tricked me I noticed a motion within the shadows across the street, out of the flare of the road lamp. At this time of night time it may suggest only one among matters — a few menial of the Master looking for my go back or else Gordon had
