"You're going to steer us, I suppose, on the top of my head.

Well, we're quite ready." Off they set.

The flying this time was really quite a pleasure in itself, and the higher up they rose the easier and swifter it seemed to become.

The hall was lighted from the roof--at least the light seemed to come down from among the arches so high up that their form was only vaguely seen.

But whether it was daylight or what, the children did not know, and perhaps it did not occur to them to think.