"There is only one place in all the sea where such a passage as that we are in could exist without my knowledge, and that is in the hidden dominions of Zog.

If we are indeed in the power of that fearful magician, we must summon all our courage to resist him, or we are lost!" "Is Zog more powerful than the mermaids ?" asked Trot anxiously.
"I do not know, for we have never before met to measure our strength," answered Aquareine.

"But if King Anko could defeat the magician, as he surely did, then I think I shall be able to do so." "I wish I was sure of it," muttered Cap'n Bill.
Absolute silence reigned in the silver passage.

No fish were there; not even a sea flower grew to relieve the stern grandeur of this vast corridor.

Trot began to be impressed with the fact that she was a good way from her home and mother, and she wondered if she would ever get back again to the white cottage on the cliff.