The First Vanishings "We carried Thora back, down to where Edith was waiting.

We told her what had happened and what we had found.

She listened gravely, and as we finished Thora sighed and opened her eyes.
"'I would like to see the stone,' she said.

'Charles, you stay here with Thora.' We passed through the outer court silently--and stood before the rock.

She touched it, drew back her hand as I had; thrust it forward again resolutely and held it there.