I made the test with the fluid you gave me--I charged the cells secretly--none of the mechanics saw what I did--and when she rose in air they were terrified--" "Brave souls!" said Morgana, and now she withdrew her hand from his grasp--"So you went up alone ?" "I did.

The steering was easy--she obeyed the helm,--it was as though she were a light yacht in a sea,--wind and tide in her favour.

But her speed outran every air-ship I have ever known--as also the height to which she ascends." "We will take a trip in her to-morrow pour passer le temps"-- said Morgana, "You shall choose a place for us to go.

Nothing can stop us--nothing on earth or in the air!--and nothing can destroy us.

I can guarantee that!" Giulio Rivardi gazed at her wonderingly,--his dark deep Southern eyes expressed admiration with a questioning doubt commingled.
"You are very sure of yourself"-- he said, gently.