Is there no way of escape ?" "Nonsense! We've queered this antiquated old fossil forever.

Two real live gods are worth ten thousand stone quarries like that.

If you say so, I'll have a few of his worshippers take him down and toss him in the river." The big room was devoid of furniture save for the rugs and several blocks of stone grouped about the idol.

Ridgeway was convinced that they were in the sacred place of worship.

Seating themselves rather sacrilegiously upon the stone blocks, they looked about the place with tired, hopeless eyes.