The Dipsey cannot navigate the surface of the ocean for any considerable distance." "And then ?" she asked.
"I would go as quickly as possible to St.John's, where I have arranged that a vessel shall be ready for me, and I would meet the party at Cape Tariff, and there plan for a resumption of the enterprise, or bring them home.

If they should not be able to get back to Cape Tariff, then all is blank before me.

We must not think of it." "But you will go up there all the same ?" she said.
"Oh yes, I will go there." Mrs.Raleigh made no answer, but sat looking upon the floor.
"But why should we trouble ourselves with these fears ?" continued Clewe.
"We have considered all probable dangers and have provided against them, and at this moment everything is going on admirably, and there is every reason why we should feel hopeful and encouraged.

I am sorry to see you look so anxious and downcast." "Mr.Clewe," said she, "I have many anxieties; that is natural, and I cannot help it, but there is only one fear which seriously affects me." "And that makes you pale," said Clewe.

"Are you afraid that if I begin work with the Artesian ray I shall become so interested in it that I shall forget our friends up there in the North?
There is no danger.
No matter what I might be doing with the ray, I can disconnect the batteries in an instant, lock up the lens-house, and in the next half-hour start for St.John's.