"
"Well, we were busy, and we've already seen the Cave of the Sun."
"Still it was an error, and I think you will pay for it. There
have been unusual preparations under way for many hours. The king
has been in my apartment, and messengers and guards have been
arriving constantly, each with his little bundle of quipos, as
you call them."
"Did you see the quipos?"
"Yes."
"Did any of them contain a red cord, suspended alone, with a
single knot at either end?"
"Yes, all of them," said Desiree without an instant's hesitation.
"That means Harry and me," I observed. "But the message! Can
you remember any of them?"
She tried, but without success. Which will not surprise any one
who has ever seen the collection at the museum at Lima.
Then Harry broke in:
"Something else has happened, Desiree. No bunch of cords tied in
silly knots ever made you look as you did just now. What was it?"
"Nothing--nothing, Harry."
"I say yes! And I want to know! And if it's what I think it is
we're going to clear out of here now!"
"As though we could!"
"We can! We have enough provisions to last for weeks. And see
here," he ran to the corner where he had hidden the golden clubs
and returned with them in his hands, "with these we could make
our way through them all.
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