[When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookWhen the World Shook CHAPTER XVI 25/30
He gazed at her, then drank some potion and laid himself down in the companion coffin, that in which we had found him. All vanished away and Yva, appearing to wake from some kind of trance, smiled, and in her natural voice asked if we had seen enough. "Quite," I answered in a tone that caused her to say: "I wonder what you have seen, Humphrey.
Myself I do not know, since it is through me that you see at all and when you see I am in you who see." "Indeed," I replied.
"Well, I will tell you about it later." "Thank you so much," exclaimed Bastin, recovering suddenly from his amazement.
"I have heard a great deal of these moving-picture shows which are becoming so popular, but have always avoided attending them because their influence on the young is supposed to be doubtful, and a priest must set a good example to his congregation.
Now I see that they can have a distinct educational value, even if it is presented in the form of romance." "How is it done ?" asked Bickley, almost fiercely. "I do not altogether know," she answered.
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