He and the Russian went into the garden.

I followed them.

There was a _lille Hoj_--a mound--of stones in that garden on which grew flowers and trees.
"Lugur pressed upon the box, and a spark no bigger than a sand grain leaped out and fell beside the stones.

Lugur pressed again, and a blue light shot from the box and lighted on the spark.

The spark that had been no bigger than a grain of sand grew and grew as the blue struck it.