"If so, you were better without it." Then Bastin retired to straighten his tie, and grabbing his coat from Bickley, who handed it to him with a malicious smile, forced his perspiring arms into it in a peculiarly awkward and elephantine fashion.
Meanwhile Bickley and I produced two camp chairs which we had made ready, and on these the wondrous pair seated themselves side by side.
"We have come to learn," said Oro.

"Teach!" "Not so, Father," interrupted Yva, who, I noted, was clothed in yet a third costume, though whence these came I could not imagine.

"First I would ask a question.

Whence are you, Strangers, and how came you here ?" "We are from the country called England and a great storm shipwrecked us here; that, I think, which raised the mouth of the cave above the level of this rock," I answered.
"The time appointed having come when it should be raised," said Oro as though to himself.
"Where is England ?" asked Yva.
Now among the books we had with us was a pocket atlas, quite a good one of its sort.

By way of answer I opened it at the map of the world and showed her England.