Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi by Rob MacGregor

Author:Rob MacGregor
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Indiana Jones
Published: 2013-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

Dorian watched the top of Jones's fedora vanish into the fissure as Doumas and two of his assistants slowly threaded the rope through their hands. Soon they would have the tablet. It might prove interesting, but was probably nothing of consequence.

The excavation of Delphi, for all practical matters, was over. Anything that was found would probably only reaffirm what was already known. Of course, she hadn't told that to Jones, and in his naivete he had followed her here thinking that he would be involved in a major discovery. But Jones would play an important role, and soon. He had no idea how important.

Alex's ally in the king's office had done his job perfectly. Everything had worked out fine. The king had been persuaded. If anything, she was surprised with the swiftness of the decision.

Yet, she was having a hard time focusing on Alex's mission. Which was exactly it, she thought. Alex's mission, not hers, not really.

The vapors had changed everything. By the time she had walked into the vapors, the mystery of the oracle had dominated her thoughts. That in itself was odd. She had never really thought of the oracle as a mystery. It was a phenomenon of ancient times, of a prescientific era. Yet now she saw it as something more, as a phenomenon with a future as well as a past.

But maybe this was all wrong. Was it really possible that she could be Pythia? She needed to talk to Panos. That was critical. But she had to make sure that no one saw them.

"Can I help?"

Dorian's head jerked around. Standing behind her and to one side was a young Greek she'd seen in the village. "What are you doing here?"

"That's Panos's son," Doumas said. "Come on over here, Grigoris, and help with the rope."

Dorian watched suspiciously. Suddenly, the rope went slack, and Doumas yelled down to Jones.

"He must be there by now," Dorian said.

Doumas shook his head. "No. He hasn't gone far enough yet."

"Then pull it tight," she barked, thinking that Jones must have wedged himself between the walls. "Hurry up." But Doumas didn't react fast enough, and the rope snapped taut with a twang.

Dorian leaned over the crevice, and called down to Jones. He answered after a moment that he was all right, but that he had lost his torch. Another one was quickly fastened to the rope that was intended for the tablet, and sent down. When Jones signaled that he had the torch. Doumas and the others resumed lowering him.

"Be careful with him," Dorian cautioned. It wasn't long before Jones called out that he had spotted the tablet, and they slowly lowered him the rest of the way.

Dorian paced back and forth along the crevice. If Jones was lucky, he might be able to complete the job and return to the surface within half an hour. A lot depended on how difficult he found the work. If her primary concern had been the tablet, she would never have let him go after it.

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