It is the wee hours of the morning; and yet workmen are, of all things, attempting to replant the gardens! They work by the light of torches. We had no problem getting in. They must have thought we were fellow workers. All night long we walked the vast estate. Now as dawn lighted the sky, the three of us stood near the area that had once been a garden labyrinth during the reign of the sun king, Louis IV.

Only a day before yesterday, Djaia and I, Lara and Shane MacRoth, and Lara's brother Val [Nesime Valentine Narmer] had come to the park on an outing.

Narmer vanished, almost before our eyes. We heard his voice and he claimed to be near this hedge maze. He also mentioned a pyramid. We have seen no sign of that, nor of Lara and Shane, who stayed to try to find him.

We have returned because Professor Hunter, of Princeton insisted.

"There is nothing to prevent any of them from finding their own way back to the city."

Najia is a good sport, but I can tell she is tired of this. I am ready to get out of the missing person business.

"You do not have to stay Djari, I can continue the search on my own."

"What do you think Najia? It is up to you, should we stay or do we go?"