"Come, let us get on.
No, we can walk, thank you," and he waved away the priests, who produced the litters from where they had hidden them under the wall.
The men fell back and they walked on.

At the gate of the palace a welcome sight met their eyes, for here stood Olfan, and with him at least a hundred captains and soldiers, who lifted their spears in salute as they advanced.
"Olfan, hear our bidding," said Juanna.

"Suffer no priest of the Snake to enter the palace gates.

We give you command over them, even to death.
Set guards at every doorway and come with us." The ex-king bowed and issued some orders, in obedience to which the sullen priests fell back murmuring.

Then they all passed the gates, crossed the courtyard, and presently stood in the torch-lit throne-room, where Juanna had slept on the previous night.