“Raise the Pegasus, quick!”
“Great heaven, Reade, what is this?”
“A cyclone. Look out for those rocks, Reynard!”
“Do you know what the land is below us?”
“The island of Borneo, I am sure.”
“Then that’s the China Sea to the northward.”
“Yes. There! The steamer is lost in the gloom! We may lose all trace of the Rover now.”
Zizz! came the wind in a wild shriek as the airship flew upward into the dark vault of heaven.
But the great cliffs were dangerously close and as the wind caught the engine it hurled her along with terrific force and she struck the rocks.
Crash—bang!