A disaster occurs and both destroys and buries Ragnall so effectually that nothing of him is ever seen again: he just vanishes into another man's grave and remains there.
A common sort of catastrophe enough, it is true, though people of superstitious mind might have thought that it looked as though the goddess, or whatever force was behind the goddess, was working vengeance on the man who desecrated her ancient shrine.

And, by the way, though I cannot remember whether or no I mentioned it in "The Ivory Child," I recall that the old priest of the Kendah, Harut, once told me he was sure Ragnall would meet with a violent death.

This seemed likely enough in that country under our circumstances there, still I asked him why.

He answered, "Because he has laid hands on that which is holy and not meant for man," and he looked at Lady Ragnall.
I remarked that all women were holy, whereon he replied that he did not think so and changed the subject.
Well, Ragnall, who had married the lady who once served as the last priestess of Isis upon earth, was killed, whereas she, the priestess, was almost miraculously preserved from harm.

And--oh! the whole story was deuced odd and that is all.