He swerved away to the right, and instead of following above the open track between the lines of warships, went high over the outer line.

One of those on board began to drop something, which, fluttering down, landed on every occasion on the bridge of the ship high over which they then were.
The Western King said again to the Gospodar Rooke (the Lord High Admiral): "It must need some skill to drop a letter with such accuracy." With imperturbable face the Admiral replied: "It is easier to drop bombs, Your Majesty." The flight of aeroplanes was a memorable sight.

It helped to make history.

Henceforth no nation with an eye for either defence or attack can hope for success without the mastery of the air.
In the meantime--and after that time, too--God help the nation that attacks "Balka" or any part of it, so long as Rupert and Teuta live in the hearts of that people, and bind them into an irresistible unity.
Footnotes: {1} Vladika, a high functionary in the Land of the Blue Mountains.

He is a sort of official descendant of the old Prince-Bishops who used at one time to govern the State.