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intelligent, and this did manifest. He had, briefly, been King
of Xanth during the NextWave crisis, and it was generally
conceded that his special insights into the situation had been
the critical factor in turning the course of the war to Xanth's
favor. Irene liked Amolde; because of him, she herself had
been, even more briefly. King of Xanth.

Irene smiled to herself. Xanth custom prohibited any reign-
ing Queen, but did not specifically bar a female King. That
had been part of Amolde's insight, bless him.

After the polite greetings, Chet and Chem went out with
the twins to tour the grounds, taking Ivy along, and the Zombie
Master made his appearance. He remained as cadaverous as
ever, but was neatly dressed in a black, mundane suit, and was
actually fairly handsome in his fashion.

There was a pause. Dor turned to Irene. "The vision?" he
inquired gently.

The vision! She had almost forgotten it! Now it came back




6 Dragon on a Pedestal

in its horror. "ItЧit was a picture, or a still-life scene. A
statue. Two statues. And danger."

The Zombie Master's head turned gravely. "DangerЧhere?"

"She suffered a vision as we approached the castle," Dor
explained. "I thought it better to wait for privacy before ex-
amining it, as sometimes these things are important."

"Indeed they can be," Amolde agreed. "There are aspects
of the magic of Xanth that remain obscure to us. The predictive
visions are a prime example."

"I don't know that it's predictive," Irene said. "It may be
just my foolishness."

"This is the best possible, occasion to find out," Dor said.
"If we can't figure it out. Good Magician Humfrey surely will
when he arrives." He reached across and took her hand. "You
saw statues?"

"One was Imbri the Day MareЧthe statue we made after
she saved Xanth from the Horseman."