But she shook her head.
"It would be out of place," she answered, "for, oddly enough, it was about God."
"Surely, mademoiselle," said the Frenchman, "we are far away enough from civilisation to be considered near enough to God for the moment?"
But she could not be induced to tell it.
"You would think I was a religious fanatic," she said. "And I am neither fanatical nor religious."
"Ah," said Ejnar, "I hope I may have a vision tonight of what is in the bottom of that lake we crossed over."
"You did your very best, Professor, to include us all in that vision of the bottom of the lake," said Clifford quaintly.
"My poor Ejnar, how they all tease you!" said Gerda.
"I think," said Katharine, "the Kemiker ought to know better, being himself a scientific man. Probably if he were piloting us all down a mine, he would not care what became of us if his eye lit on some unexpected treasure of the earth-depths."
"Noble lady," said Ejnar, smiling; "I perceive I have a friend in you, and the Kemiker has an enemy."