Nine dead men, one of them slain manifestly by the Queen's own hand! And beyond this again the several savage attacks on Mr.Trelawny in his own room, in which, aided by her Familiar, she had tried to open the safe and to extract the Talisman jewel.

His device of fastening the key to his wrist by a steel bangle, though successful in the end, had wellnigh cost him his life.
If then the Queen, intent on her resurrection under her own conditions had, so to speak, waded to it through blood, what might she not do were her purpose thwarted?
What terrible step might she not take to effect her wishes?
Nay, what were her wishes; what was her ultimate purpose?
As yet we had had only Margaret's statement of them, given in all the glorious enthusiasm of her lofty soul.

In her record there was no expression of love to be sought or found.

All we knew for certain was that she had set before her the object of resurrection, and that in it the North which she had manifestly loved was to have a special part.
But that the resurrection was to be accomplished in the lonely tomb in the Valley of the Sorcerer was apparent.

All preparations had been carefully made for accomplishment from within, and for her ultimate exit in her new and living form.