BLUE MAGIC
with the blue figure in it—quite whole again. There was also a little slip of thin paper, on which was printed in round black letters, quite easy to read:
"HIS NAME IS THOTH. AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE IS GOD OF MAGIC."
Meanwhile, the engines churned on steadily, and the monotonous Nile banks slipped as steadily astern.
The amulet certainly fulfilled its mission during the days which followed, since Sally and Larry were present almost all the time. Sometimes Fen grew very tired, watching their boundless energy and listening to their far from inspiring conversation with each other. Very often he longed to be alone with Siddereticus; and often when Larry was asleep, he talked to Thoth, whom he had installed on a little shelf beside his bed.
When at last the yacht left the Nile,
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