That is some preparation.

In a month she will, I hope, have seen the earth and its wonders--the sky and its splendors.

She will perceive that the limits of the universe are boundless." But while Harry was thus giving the rein to his imagination, Jack Ryan, quitting the platform, had leaped on the step of the moving machinery.
"Hullo, Jack! Where are you ?" "Far beneath you," laughed the merry fellow.

"While you soar to the heights, I plunge into the depths." "Fare ye well.

Jack!" returned Harry, himself laying hold of the rising ladder; "mind you say nothing about what I have been telling you." "Not a word," shouted Jack, "but I make one condition." "What is that ?" "That I may be one of the party when Nell's first excursion to the face of the earth comes off!" "So you shall, Jack, I promise you!" A fresh throb of the machinery placed a yet more considerable distance between the friends.