The great ship passed in a semicircle and hovered almost exactly above their heads.

A little shower of small scraps of paper came floating down.

Nigel picked one up, examined it, and understood.

He waved his hat.
"It is Maggie's farewell gift to England," he said, "the treaty which Prince Shan never signed." They stood side by side, watching.

With incredible speed, the _Black Dragon_ passed into the clouds and out again.