I was always with him, everywhere.

And then he died, soon after his discovery of that wonderful buried city of Mindano, in the heart of Africa.

Perhaps you have read----" "Good God," breathed Aldous, so low that his voice did not rise above a whisper.

"Joanne--Ladygray--you are not speaking of Daniel Gray--Sir Daniel Gray, the Egyptologist, the antiquarian who uncovered the secrets of an ancient and wonderful civilization in the heart of darkest Africa ?" "Yes." "And you--are his daughter ?" She bowed her head.
Like one in a dream John Aldous rose from his chair and went to her.

He seized her hands and drew her up so that they stood face to face.