"MR.

THURSTAN, I PRESUME." Naturally enough, it was some time before Felix and Muriel could recover from the shock of their deadly peril.

Yet, strange to say, the natives at the end of three days seemed positively to have forgotten all about it.
Their loves and their hates were as shortlived as children's.

As soon as the period of seclusion was over, their attentions to the two strangers redoubled in intensity.

They were evidently most anxious, after this brief disagreement, to reassure the new gods, who came from the sun, of their gratitude and devotion.