Only being kept in her place without being hampered by invisible strings, the animal rather seemed to enjoy the exhibition, though in all probability she was hardly conscious of any thing unusual in her appearance.
Our travellers had been fully prepared for such a phenomenon, yet it struck them with as much surprise as if they had never uttered a scientific reason to account for it.

They saw that, no longer subject to the ordinary laws of nature, they were now entering the realms of the marvellous.

They felt that their bodies were absolutely without weight.
Their arms, fully extended, no longer sought their sides.

Their heads oscillated unsteadily on their shoulders.

Their feet no longer rested on the floor.