Indeed I was a convert, if there can be conversion when the emotions are dominant and there is no assent from the brain.

I had a mad desire to be of Laputa's party.

Or rather, I longed for a leader who should master me and make my soul his own, as this man mastered his followers.

I have already said that I might have made a good subaltern soldier, and the proof is that I longed for such a general.
As the voice ceased there was a deep silence.

The hearers were in a sort of trance, their eyes fixed glassily on Laputa's face.