Kevima, and I propose to accompany you during the first part of your journey.

At our first halt, we will stay one night with a friend, that you may be admitted a brother of our Order." "And," said I, "what sort of a reception may I expect at the end of my journey ?" "I think," he answered, "that you are more likely to be embarrassed by the goodwill of the Campta than by the hostility of some of those about him.

His character is very peculiar, and it is difficult to reckon upon his action in any given case.

But he differs from nearly all his subjects in having a strong taste for adventure, none the less if it be perilous; and since his position prevents him from indulging this taste in person, he is the more disposed to take extreme interest in the adventures of others.

He has, moreover, a great value for what you call courage, a virtue rarely needed and still more rarely shown among us; and I fancy that your venture through space has impressed him with a very high estimate of your daring.