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While The Aerolanes Were Coming |
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"You told them " he said slowly, and he saw that in spite of her steady eyes her lips trembled and her throat rose and fell. "I told them. I knew of the order. I was here. I heard that the negroes were to come to London to guard you and to keep the people down--to keep you a prisoner. And I stopped it. I came out and told the people. And you are Master still." Graham glanced at the black lenses of the cameras, the vast listening ears, and back to her face. "I am Master still," he said slowly, and the swift rush of a fleet of aeroplanes passed across his thoughts. "And you did this? You, who are the niece of Ostrog." "For you," she cried. "For you! That you for whom the world has waited should not be cheated of your power." Graham stood for a space, wordless, regarding her. His doubts and questionings had fled before her presence. He remembered the things that he had meant to say. He faced the cameras again and the light about him grew brighter. He turned again towards her. "You have saved me," he said; "you have saved my power. And the battle is beginning. God knows. what this night will see--but not dishonour." He paused. He addressed himself to the unseen multitudes who stared upon him through those grotesque black eyes. At first he spoke slowly. "Men and women of the new age," he said; "You have arisen to do battle for the race. . . There is no easy victory before us." |
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