=== apom_ch22_pt12 === 

Then we will have him shortly, commented Than Kosis contentedly, and in the meanwhile we will repair to the apartments of the Princess of Helium and question her in regard to the affair.  She may know more than she cared to divulge to you, Notan.  Come. =

They left the hall, and, as darkness had fallen without, I slipped lightly from my hiding place and hastened to the balcony.  Few were in sight, and choosing a moment when none seemed near I sprang quickly to the top of the glass wall and from there to the avenue beyond the palace grounds. =

=== end of pt12 ===