George, Athena, Kulos and Polonto reach the end of the narrow passageway. It was nearly an hour crouch all the way to the temple. Their backs had been aching from the long crouch. With a sigh of relief Polonto says “That crouch made my back ache. And my age doesn’t help at all. I hope that’s the punishment. My body cannot tolerate more.” “You should have thought of that when you had a knife hidden at your turban” replies the temple-keeper. “How did you know that it was on my turban” says Polonto. “We are the keepers of the temple. And the other priests can see what you had done. There are no secrets inside the temple my lord.” says the temple-keeper. “You didn’t answer his question about his punishment” asks Geo. “As I earlier told, your grace, the baron will be tried upon by a rank as equ
