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Chapter 29

           Hestruckanewpose,hishandpointingatthesatyr-man,whostoppedatthesound.Simultaneouslyamuchstrongerbeamshoneoutfromdirectlyunderneathme.Someoneelsewasstandingunderthecolonnade.Thebeammoved,caughtupthestillrunningfigureofthegirl,herwhitebackandherblackdishevelledhairandherseeminglynear-exhaustedlegs,assheplungedintothetrees.Shedisappeared.Thelightwentoutfortwomoments.Andthen,inabrilliantcoupdethéatre,itwentonagain,andstandingthere,exactlyintheplacewherethefirstgirlhaddisappeared,aplacewherethegroundrosealittle,wasyetanother,themoststrikingfigureofall.ItwasLily,butmetamorphosed.Shehadchangedintoalongsaffronchiton.Ithadathinblood-redhemwhereitendedattheknees.Onherfeetwereblackbuskinswithsilvergreaves,whichgaveheragrimgladiatoriallook,instrangecontrasttoherbareshouldersandarms.Theskinwasunnaturallywhite,theeyeselongatedbyblackmakeup,andherhairwasalsoelongatedbackwardsinawaythatwasclassicalyetsinister.Overhershouldersshehadaquiver.Inherlefthandsheheldalongsilverpaintedbow.Somethinginherstance,aswellasherdistortingmakeup,wasgenuinelyfrightening.Shestood,coldandoutragedandominousforalongsecond,andthenshereachedbackwithherfreehandandwithavenomousquicknesspulledanarrowoutofthequiver.Butjustasshebegantofitittothebowstring,thebeamtrackedlikelightningbacktothearrestedman.

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