CHAPTER 6IN THE JAWS OF THE TRAP
Gone instantly, like a puff of vapor, throne and occupant winked out of existence. Kellory whirled to dart for the door, but he saw, in the next instant, and with a thrill of icy horror, that the chamber was no longer open. Unbroken, the wall stretched on all four sides! The door through which he had passed a moment before had vanished as swiftly and as magically as had the enthroned and somnolent Enchanter.
The panic of a trapped beast flamed up in the wild boy. Eyes afire, he spun about, snatching the dagger from the scabbard strapped to his slim bare thigh. Silvery light from the starry lamps glittered on the cold iron blade.
Softly, yet clearly, a languorous voice began speaking out of the empty air.
“Very foolish was it of you, Kellory, to dream yo
