“Not on these seas. Everything sinks.”
“The bird people will carry us there.”
“They dare not go; like Father Renaudin they are forbidden. There is a mystery on the island.”
“I can go there, Regan.”
“Of all the stars why do you single out that island, Rondah? Is there no other place so interesting?” asked Regan.
They were descending. The island sank from view. Rondah little thought where and how she should see it next, as she slowly answered:
“No, it is not so much more interesting, but something seems to tell me that I must go there!”
“So has something whispered to me all the years,” answered Regan, “and I have never found means to go!”
CHAPTER XVI.
THE EARTH HOME.
In the centre of a wide expanse of tableland, walled at a distance by mountain chains, stood the great stone palace which Regan had built for their home.