The cloud of flame grew as they neared it.

A network of fire barred their road.

A brilliant light shone round over all.

The figures on board stood out in the bright light as if come from another world.

Motionless, without a sound or a gesture, they waited for the terrible moment when the furnace would wrap them in its fires.
But the storm that bore the "Albatross" saved them from such a fearful fate.