"Are all the dwellers there like the gods and angels our children read about in the old legends ?" "Gods and angels!" laughed Zaidie.

"There, Lenox, there's a compliment for you.

I really think we ought to be as civil to his Royal Highness after that as possible." Then she went on, addressing the Martian, "No, we are not all gods and angels on earth.

There are no gods and very few angels.

In fact there are none except those which exist in the fancy of certain prejudiced persons.