“That the air being more confined causes the water to be warmer.”
“Absurd! It would be the exact opposite of that. The water ought to be colder.”
“What is your theory?”
“We are approaching a boiling spring.”
“That is a pleasant reflection—see, can you discern anything?”
Max looked all around, but failed to see anything.
“Am I imagining a rosy tint in the distance?”
“Excellency, pasha, bey!” exclaimed Selim, utterly bewildered as to his choice of titles.
“What is it, Selim?”
“Fire!”