'I say,' said Anthea, struck by a sudden thought, 'I suppose
it'll be all right about those workmen? The King won't go back
on what he said about them just because he's angry with us?'
'Oh, no,' said the soldier, 'you see, he's rather afraid of
magic. He'll keep to his word right enough.'
'Then THAT'S all right,' said Robert; and Anthea said softly and
coaxingly--
'Ah, DO get us the monkey, and then you'll see some lovely magic.
Do--there's a nice, kind soldier.'
'I don't know where they've put your precious monkey, but if I
can get another chap to take on my duty here I'll see what I can
do,' he said grudgingly, and went out.
'Do you mean,' said Robert, 'that we're going off without even
TRYING for the other half of the Amulet?'
'I really think we'd better,' said Anthea tremulously. 'Of course
the other half of the Amulet's here somewhere or our half
wouldn't have brought us here. I do wish we could find it. It
is a pity we don't know any REAL magic. Then we could find out.
I do wonder where it is--exactly.'
If they had only known it, something very like the other half of
the Amulet was very near them. It hung round the neck of
someone, and that someone was watching them through a chink, high
up in the wall, specially devised for watching people who were
imprisoned. But they did not know.
There was nearly an hour of anxious waiting. They tried to take
an interest in the picture on the wall, a picture of harpers
playing very odd harps and women dancing at a feast.
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