How far do you think we have already come, Cap'n ?" "Oh, 'bout two mile," he answered.
"Well, we are now hundreds of miles from the cave where we started," she told him.
"You don't mean it!" he exclaimed in wonder.
"Then there's magic in it," announced Trot soberly.
"True, my dear.

To avoid tiring you and to save time, we have used a little of our fairy power," said Clia.

"The result is that we are nearing our home.

Let us go downward a bit, now, for you must know that the mermaid palaces are at the very bottom of the ocean, and in its deepest part.".