Of course there was a real deluge once, but Oro had no more to do with it than I had.

Don't you agree, Arbuthnot ?" "I think so," I answered cautiously, "but really in this place I am beginning to lose count of what is or is not possible.

Also, of course, there may have been many deluges; indeed the history of the world shows that this was so; it is written in its geological strata.

What was the end of it ?" "The end was that he took the South Sea Bible and, after I had explained a little about our letters, seemed to be able to read it at once.

I suppose he was acquainted with the art of printing in his youth.