content: then the night grew gray towards the dawn and all hoped that the danger was over - that princess moonlight would not have to leave them after all . then suddenly the watchers saw a cloud form round the moon - and while they looked this cloud began to roll earthwards . nearer and nearer it came , and every one saw with dismay that its course lay towards the house . in a short time the sky was entirely obscured , till at last the cloud lay over the dwelling only ten feet off the ground . in the midst of the cloud there stood a flying chariot , and in the chariot a band of luminous beings . one amongst them who looked like a king and appeared to be the chief stepped out of the chariot , and , poised in air , called to the old man to come out .
answer: a band of luminous beings .
question: who was in the chariot ?
target: who was in the chariot ?
references: who was in the chariot ?