But certainly the princess is not a girl! She is older than this world, and came to it from yours--with a terrible history, which is not over yet.

She is an evil person, and prevails much with the Prince of the Power of the Air.

The people of Bulika were formerly simple folk, tilling the ground and pasturing sheep.

She came among them, and they received her hospitably.

She taught them to dig for diamonds and opals and sell them to strangers, and made them give up tillage and pasturage and build a city.