One thing alone is clear to me--on the hypothesis that Mr.Holly tells the truth as to what he and Leo Vincey saw and experienced, which I at least believe--that though sundry interpretations of this mystery were advanced by Ayesha and others, none of them are quite satisfactory.
Indeed, like Mr.Holly, I incline to the theory that She, if I may still call her by that name although it is seldom given to her in these pages, put forward some of them, such as the vague Isis-myth, and the wondrous picture-story of the Mountain-fire, as mere veils to hide the truth which it was her purpose to reveal at last in that song she never sang.
The Editor.
AYESHA The Further History of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed.