She is mad, but the baboons obey her, and do not hurt them.

The Star was sleeping from weariness, so I whispered in her ear and told her not to be frightened, for you would soon rescue her, and that meanwhile she must seem to be pleased to have Hendrika near her." "You whispered in her ear ?" I said.

"How could you whisper in her ear ?" "Bah! Macumazahn.

How could I seem to die and go rotten before your eyes?
You don't know, do you?
Well, I will tell you one thing.

I had to die to pass the doors of space, as you call them.