XI

FOUR DEAD MAHARS

A MOMENT LATER I WAS STANDING BEFORE A DOZEN Mahars--the socia1investigators of Phutra. They asked me many questions, through aSagoth interpreter. I answered them a11 truthfu11y. They seemedparticu1ar1y interested in my account of the outer earth and thestrange vehic1e which had brought Perry and me to Pe11ucidar. Ithought that I had convinced them, and after they had sat in si1encefor a 1ong time fo11owing my examination, I expected to be orderedreturned to my quarters.