to Egyplosis.

"This is a wound that infuriates me," said the grand sorcerer.

"It is the work of the jealous Koshnili and the murderous Bhoolmakar,"
said I; "and dearly will they answer for it! I must return at once to
Calnogor, and take charge of the body for honorable sepulture."

"I think it better for your excellency to remain at the head of the
army," said the grand sorcerer, "and allow me to undertake the removal
of the body of the queen to Egyplosis. By keeping her death a secret
from the army you will be able to defeat Coltonobory, and bring the
king and Koshnili to justice. I shall delay the obsequies of the queen
until victory is assured."

I agreed to this proposition, being anxious to bring the king to
justice, and thereupon relieved General Charka of his command of the
21,000 bockhockids, giving him a guard of 100 wayleals, and requested
him to proceed at once to the fortress of Calnogor, and, demanding the
body of Lyone, bear it to Egyplosis for honorable sepulture.

The grand sorcerer, who had anticipated the refusal of Lyone to accept
liberty at the price demanded, but did not apprehend her sudden death,
had, during my absence, assisted at completing the organization of the
army. I gave his command of the right wing of the army to Sir John
Forbes, Captain Adams accepting a subordinate command.

Supreme General Hushnoly had fully armed the various battalions with
mitrailleuses and electric spears, and had furnished all with electric
wings.

I instructed Hushnoly to mobilize the army at once and order an
immediate advance on Calnogor. All Kioram was alive with warlike
preparations. The various generals and captains, accompanied by their
aides-de-camp, flew over the city, calling their troops to arms. Both
wayleals and bockhockids, soaring into the air, formed themselves into
immense living globes, and in the hollow centre of each flew the
commanding general and his subordinate officers. In less than an hour
the entire army lay marshalled in the air, and Supreme General
Hushnoly called me to review our forces.

It was a magnificent sight. High over Kioram stretched a line of
enormous spheres composed of wayleals and bockhockids arranged in the
following order:

THE ARMY OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN LYONE.

HIS EXCELLENCY LEXINGTON WHITE, _Commander-in-Chief_.

GENERAL SIR JOHN FORBES, commanding the right wing of 21,000
bockhockids, as follows:

The Legion of Art, command