The queen sighed and nodded. She had a look of disbelief on her face,
but she walked off into the corner of the room. She looked as if she
wanted to sit down, but then she thought better of it, and she stood
there, sulking.
"Quick," George said. He helped Arl gather up the jewels, and even
Myra helped, and then Narka was telling Arl, listlessly, where she had
gotten them. Arl winked at George, his arms loaded with the treasures,
and then he disappeared.
* * * * *
George opened the door. The cop stalked in, belligerently. "Now, what's
going on? What's going on in here, that's what I wanna know!"