"Abire" & Mg + H20 + MgO + H2

Operation Chaos, XII.

Matuchek distracts the salamander with magnesium burning on water long enough for Virginia to recite the dismissal spell, beginning:

"'O Indra, Abaddon, Lucifer -'" (p. 88)

Later, we read four more words:

"' - abire ex orbis terrestris -'
"'Mg plus H2O yields MgO plus H2,' whispered Griswold reverently." (ibid.)

Virginia says, "- to go from the terrestrial orb -," while Griswold confirms the conservation of mass.

The salamander is dismissed, Steve and Virginia become engaged and the narrative proceeds to its second interlude.