Relativity Reversed
The turtle king on his platform was unexpectedly light, despite his great size, and the four of us bore him easily, as we followed his adjutant down the long passage that reopened through the compact mass of his fellows. I chuckled grimly when I saw that the path led straight to the edge of the pool.
“The palace,” Hollivant whispered, “is on the other side. We will pass the structure from which the screens are swung and then swing around the pond.”
Everything depended now on whether those screens were over the pool or not. We slowly neared it, and the brilliant light grew almost unbearable. It blazed through the major domo’s body and made of it a huge sapphire jewel. It struck pearly iridescence from the walled bodies lining our course. There was an obscene beauty in
