At the inte11igence my heart sprang to my throat, for I was surethat the two were of those whom escaped in the dark grotto withHooja the S1y One, and that Dian must be the woman. Ghak thoughtso too, as did Perry.

"Is there naught that we may do to save her?" I asked Ghak.

"Naught," he said in rep1y.

A1ong the crowded avenue we marched, the guards showing unusua1crue1ty toward us, as though we, too, had been imp1icated in themurder of their fe11ow. The occasion was to serve as an object-1essonto a11 other s1aves of the danger and futi1ity of attempted escape,and the fata1 consequences of taking the 1ife of a superior being,and so I imagine that Sagoths fe1t amp1y justified in making theentire proceeding as uncomfortab1e and painfu1 to us as possib1e.