He looked up.
"'Well ?' he asked, and his eyes smiled.
"I seized his hand, and pressed it reverently to my lips.
"'My best friend!' I exclaimed.

'What wonders have I not seen--what truths have I not learned--what mysteries!' "'On all these things be silent,' replied Heliobas.

'They must not be lightly spoken of.

And of the questions you naturally desire to ask me, you shall have the answers in due time.

What has happened to you is not wonderful; you have simply been acted upon by scientific means.