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with relief.
Keogh smiled, a smile without
much humor in it. "You thought I
might be dead, and someone else
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might keep the appointment. Not a
far-fetched assumption. I've been so
closely watched that I dared not try to
get away before. I only just managed
it tonight."
He broke off, staring, as Grag came
striding up, shaking the ground with
his tread. Otho moved in from beyond
him, light as a leaf. Simon joined
them, gliding silently from among the
shadows.
Keogh laughed, a little shakily.
"I'm glad to see you. If you only knew
how glad I am to see you all!"
"And me!" said the stocky man. He
added, "I'm Harker."
"My friend," Keogh told the
Futuremen. "For many years, my
friend." Then he hesitated, looking
earnestly at Curt. "You will help me?
I've held back down there in Moneb
so far. I've kept the people quiet. I've
tried to give them courage when they
need it, but I'm only one man. That's
a frail peg on which to hang the fate of
a city."
Curt nodded gravely. "We'll do all
we can. Otho--Grag! Keep watch,
just in case."
Grag and Otho disappeared again.
Curt looked expectantly at Keogh and
Harker. The breeze had steadied to a
wind, and Simon was conscious that it
was rising, bringing a deeper plaint
from the lichens.
Keogh sat down on a block of stone
and began to talk. Hovering near him,
Simon listened, watching Keogh's
face. It was a good face. A wise man,
Simon thought, and a strong one,
exhausted now by effort and long fear.
"I was the first Earthman to come
into the valley, years ago," Keogh
said. "I liked the men of Moneb and
they liked me. When the miners began