strange words of Don Aloysius--"Sometimes in this wonderful world of
ours beings are born who are neither man nor woman and who partake
of a nature that is not so much human as elemental--or, might not
one almost say atmospheric?"

At the moment Morgana seemed truly "atmospheric"--a small creature
so fine and fair as to almost suggest an evanescent form about to
melt away in mist. Some sudden thrill of superstitious fear moved
Gaspard to make the sign of the cross and mutter an "Ave,"--Morgana
heard him and smiled kindly.

"I am not an evil spirit, my friend!" she said--"You need not
exorcise me! I am nothing but a student with a little more
imagination than is common, and in the moving force which carries
our ship along I am only using a substance which, as our scientists
explain, 'has an exceptional capacity for receiving the waves of
energy emanating from the sun and giving them off.' On the 'giving
off' of those waves we move--it is all natural and easy, and, like
every power existent in the universe, is meant for our comprehension
and use. You cannot say you feel any sense of danger?--we are
sailing with greater steadiness than any ship at sea--there is
scarcely any consciousness of movement--and without looking out and
down, we should not realise we are so far from earth. Indeed we are
going too far now--we do not realize our speed."

"Too far!" said Gaspard, nervously--"Madama, if we go too far we may
also go too high--we may not be able to breathe!. . . "

She laughed.