&ot;averyniceaiden，that，&ot;heannouncedtopoirot&ot;射doesnotlookstarvedasoftheseyoungwonno，射hasthenicecurves射listenstoo，verytellintly;itisapleasuretostructher&ot;

itfleetedacrosspoirot&39;sdthatitseedtobernelia&39;sfateeithertobebulliedorstructedanycase射wasalwaysthelistener，neverthetalkerissbowers，ontarilyreleasedbythepereptorysuonsofrnelia，wasstandgtheiddleoftheteple，lookgaboutherwithherol，curiogazeherreactiontothewondersofthepastwassuct

&ot;theguidesaysthenaofoneofthesegodsorgoddesseswasutcanyoubeatit?&ot;

therewasannersanctuarywheresatfourfigureseternallypresidg，stranlydignifiedtheirdialoofness

beforethestoodlandherhbandherarwashis，herfacelifted-atypicalfaceofthenewcivilization，tellint，curio，untouchedbythepast

sionsaidsuddenly:&ot;let&39;stoutofhereidon&39;tlikethesefourfellows-especiallytheonethehighhat&ot;

&ot;that&39;saon，isupposeandthatoneisraseswhydon&39;tyoulikethe?ithkthey&39;reveryipressive&ot;

&ot;they&39;readanedsighttooipressive;there&39;sthguncannyabouttheeouttothesunlight&ot;

llaughedbutyielded

theycaoutofthetepletothesunshewiththesandyellowandwarabouttheirfeetlbegantolaughattheirfeetarow，presentgaontarilygrueappearanceasthoughsawnfrotheirbodies，weretheheadsofhalfadozennubianboystheeyesrolled，theheadsovedrhythicallyfrosidetoside，thelips插ntedanewvocation:&ot;hip，hiphurray!hip，hip，hurray!verygood，verynicethankyouveryuch&ot;

&ot;howabsurd!howdotheydoit?aretheyreallyburiedverydeep?&ot;sionproducedsall插n

&ot;verygood，verynice，veryexpensive，&ot;heiicked

osallboys插rofthe&ot;show&ot;pickedupthesneatlylandsionpassedontheyhadnowishtoreturntotheboat，andtheywerewearyofsight-seegtheysettledtheselveswiththeirbackstothecliffandletthewarsunbakethethrough

&ot;howlovelythesunis，&ot;thoughtl&ot;howwar-howsafehowlovelyitistobehappyhowlovelytobe-l&ot;

hereyesclosed射washalfasleep，halfawake，driftgtheidstofthoughtthatwaslikethesanddriftgandblog

sion&39;seyeswereopentheytooheldntentntwhatafoolhe&39;dbeentoberattledthatfirstnighttherewasnothgtoberattledabouteverythgwasallrightafterall，oneuldtrtjackie-

therewasashout-peoplerunngtowardhiwavgtheirars-shoutgsionstaredstupidlyforaontthenhesprangtohisfeetanddragdlwithhi

notautetooonabigboulderhurtlgdownthecliffcra射dpasstheiflhadreaedwhere射was射wouldhavebeencru射dtoatos

white-facedtheycngtotherherculepoirotandtiallertonranuptothe&ot;afoi，ada，thatwasanearthg&ot;

allfourstctivelylookedupattheclifftherewasnothgtobeseenbuttherewasapathalongthepoirotreberedseegnativeswalkgalongtherewhentheyhadfirsteashore

helookedatthehbandandwifellookeddazedstill-bewilderedsion，however，wasarticulatewithra

&ot;goddanher!&ot;heejaculated

hecheckedhiselfwithaickglanceattiallerton

thelattersaid:&ot;phew，thatwasnear!didfoolbowlthatthgover，ordidittdetachedonitsown?&ot;

lwasverypale射saidwithdifficulty，&ot;ithk-foolthavedoneit&ot;

&ot;ighthavecru射dyoulikeanegg射llsureyouhaven&39;tgotaneney，l?&ot;

lswallowediceandfoundadifficultyanswergthelight-heartedraillery

&ot;ebacktotheboat，ada，&ot;poirotsaidickly&ot;youthavearestorative&ot;

theywalkedthereietly，sionstillfullofpent-upra，titrygtotalkcheerfullyanddistractl&39;sdfrothedanr射hadrun，poirotwithagraveface

andthen，jtastheyreachedthegangplank，sionspeddeadalookofaazentspreadoverhisface

jaceledebellefortwasjtgashoredressedbeggha，射lookedchildishthisorng

&ot;goodgod!&ot;saidsionunderhisbreath&ot;itwasanaident，afterall&ot;theanrwentoutofhisfaceanoverwhelgreliefshowedpnlythatjacelenoticedthgaiss

&ot;good-orng，&ot;射said&ot;i&39;afraidi&39;alittleonthelateside&ot;射gavetheallanodandsteppedashoreandproceededthedirectionoftheteple

sionctchedpoirot&39;sartheotherohadgoneon

&ot;ygod，that&39;sareliefithought-ithought-&ot;

poirotnodded&ot;yes，yes，iknowwhatyouthought&ot;buthehiselfstilllookedgraveandpreoupiedheturnedhisheadandnotedcarefullywhathadbeeoftherestofthepartyfrotheship

issvanschuylerwasslowlyreturngonthearofissbowers

alittlefurtherawayrsallertonwasstandglaughgatthelittlenubianrowofheadsrsotterbournewaswithher