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Chapter 61

           Therewasalsoamysterious,ominoussmellofburningwoodandacridtar.Iwasstopped,someonefiddledwiththemask.Icouldsee.Ihadexpectedtoseepeople.ButIandmythreeguardswerealone.Wewereatoneendofahugeundergroundroom,thekindofenormouscistern,thesizeofasmallchurch,thatisfoundundersomeoftheoldVenetian-TurkishcastlesthatarecrumblingawayinthePeloponnesus.IrememberedhavingseenoneverylikeitthatwinteratPylos.Ilookedupandsawtwotelltalechimneylikeopenings;theywouldbetheblocked-offnecksatgroundlevel.Atthefarendtherewasasmalldaisandonthedaisathrone.Facingthethronewasatable,orratherthreelongtablesputendtoendinafiatcrescentanddrapedinblackcloth.Behindthetableweretwelveblackchairswithanemptythirteenthplaceinthemiddle.Thewallshadbeenwhitewasheduptoaheightoffifteenfeetorso,andoverthethronewaspaintedaneight-spokedwheel.Betweentableandthrone,againstthewalltotheright,wasasmalltieredbankofbenches,likeajurybox.Therewasonecompletelyincongruousthinginthisstrangecourtroom.ThelightIsawitbycamefromaseriesofbrandsthatwereburningalongthesidewalls.Butineachofthecornersbehindthethronewasabatteryofprojectorstrainedonthecrescent-shapedtable.Theywerenoton;buttheircablesandserriedlensesaddedavaguelyreassuringairofthefilmstudiototheotherwisealarmingKuKluxKlanambience.

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