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novelty   in    invention   that   would   be      useful   to   the   practitioner   of   some 

special   art   or   craft�拭  �she   hastened   to   communicate   and   explain   it。      Was 

some veteran sage of the College perplexed and wearied with the toil of an 

abstruse   study�拭  �she   would   patiently   devote   herself   to   his   aid�察  �work   out 

details for him�察�sustain his spirits with her hopeful smile�察�quicken his wit 

with her luminous suggestion�察�be to him�察�as it were�察�his own good genius 

made visible as the strengthener and inspirer。                 The same tenderness she 

exhibited   to   the   inferior   creatures。    I   have   often   known   her   bring   home 

some sick and wounded animal�察�and tend and cherish it as a mother would 

tend    and   cherish   her    stricken    child。   Many   a   time     when     I   sat  in  the 

balcony�察�or hanging garden�察�on which my window opened�察�I have watched 

her rising in the air on her radiant wings�察�and in a few moments groups of 

infants     below�察   �catching    sight   of  her�察  �would     soar   upward     with   joyous 

sounds of greeting�察�clustering and sporting around her�察�so that she seemed 

a very centre of innocent delight。             When I have walked with her amidst 

the rocks and valleys without the city�察�the elk´deer would scent or see her 

from afar�察�come bounding up�察�eager for the caress of her hand�察�or follow 

her footsteps�察�till dismissed by some musical whisper that the creature had 

learned to comprehend。            It is the fashion among the virgin Gy´ei to wear 

on    their   foreheads     a  circlet�察 �or   coronet�察   �with   gems    resembling      opals�察�

arranged in four points or rays like stars。             These are lustreless in ordinary 

use�察�but if touched by the vril wand they take a clear lambent flame�察�which 

illuminates�察�yet not burns。          This serves as an ornament in their festivities�察�

and as a lamp�察�if�察�in 107their wanderings beyond their artificial lights�察�they 

have     to  traverse    the  dark。    There     are   times�察  �when    I  have    seen   Zee's 

thoughtful majesty of face lighted up by this crowning halo�察�that I could 

scarcely   believe   her   to   be   a   creature   of   mortal   birth�察  �and   bent   my   head 

before her as the vision of a being among the celestial orders。                    But never 

once   did   my   heart   feel   for   this   lofty   type   of   the   noblest   womanhood   a 

sentiment of human love。 Is it that�察�among the race I belong to�察�man's pride 

so far influences his passions that woman loses to him her special charm 

of woman if he feels her to be in all things eminently superior to himself�拭�

But   by   what   strange   infatuation   could   this   peerless   daughter   of   a   race 

which�察 �in   the  supremacy  of   its   powers   and   the   felicity  of   its   conditions�察�



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ranked     all  other   races   in  the  category   of    barbarians�察   �have    deigned    to 

honour me with her preference�拭�In personal qualifications�察�though I passed 

for good´looking amongst the people I came from�察�the handsomest of my 

countrymen might have seemed insignificant and homely beside the grand 

and serene type of beauty which characterised the aspect of the Vril´ya。 

     That novelty�察�the very difference between myself and those to whom 

Zee was accustomed�察�might serve to bias her fancy was probable enough�察�

and as the reader will see later�察�such a cause might suffice to account for 

the predilection with   which I   was distinguished   by a   young Gy  scarcely 

out    of  her   childhood�察    �and   very   inferior   in   all  respects   to  Zee。    But 

whoever       will  consider     those   tender    characteristics    which     I  have   just 

ascribed to the daughter of Aph´Lin�察�may readily conceive that the main 

cause   of  my   attraction to her   was   in   her  instinctive desire  to   cherish�察 �to 

comfort�察  �to   protect�察  �and�察  �in   protecting�察  �to   sustain   and   to   exalt。  Thus�察�

when I look back�察�I account for the only weakness unworthy of her lofty 

nature�察�which bowed the daughter of the Vril´ya to a woman's affection for 

one so inferior to herself as was her father's guest。             But be the cause what 

it may�察�the consciousness that I had inspired such 108affection thrilled me 

with    awe´    a  moral    awe    of  her  very    imperfections�察    �of  her   mysterious 

powers�察�of the inseparable distinctions between her race and my own�察�and 

with   that   awe�察  �I   must   confess   to   my   shame�察  �there   combined   the   more 

material   and   ignoble   dread   of   the   perils   to   which   her   preference   would 

expose me。 

     Under   these   anxious   circumstances�察  �fortunately�察  �my   conscience   and 

sense of honour were free from reproach。                 It became clearly my duty�察�if 

Zee's   preference   continued   manifest�察  �to   intimate   it   to   my   host�察  �with�察  �of 

course�察�all the delicacy which is ever to be preserved by a well´bred man 

in confiding to another any degree of favour by which one of the fair sex 

may condescend to distinguish him。              Thus�察�at all events�察�I should be freed 

from      responsibility     or   suspicion     of   voluntary      participation     in   the 

sentiments   of   Zee�察  �and   the   superior   wisdom   of   my   host   might   probably 

suggest some sage extrication from my perilous dilemma。                     In this resolve 

I   obeyed   the   ordinary   instinct   of   civilised   and   moral   man�察  �who�察  �erring 

though he be�察�still generally prefers the right course in those cases where it 



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is obviously against his inclinations�察�his interests�察�and his safety to elect 

the wrong one。 



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                           CHAPTER XXII。 



       As   the   reader   has   seen�察�Aph´Lin   had   not   favoured   my   general   and 

unrestricted intercourse with his countrywomen。                 Though relying on my 

promise to abstain from giving any information as to the 109world I had 

left�察�and still more on the promise of those to whom had been put the same 

request�察�not to question me�察�which Zee had exacted from Taee�察�yet he did 

not   feel   sure   that�察  �if   I   were   allowed   to   mix   with   the   strangers   whose 

curiosity   the   sight   of   me   had   aroused�察  �I   could   sufficiently   guard   myself 

against their inquiries。       When I went out�察�therefore�察�it was never alone�察�I 

was always accompanied either by one of my host's family�察�or my child´ 

friend   Taee。     Bra�察  �Aph´Lin's   wife�察  �seldom   stirred   beyond   the       gardens 

which surrounded the house�察�and was fond of reading the ancient literature�察�

which contained something of romance and adventure not to be found in 

the writings of recent ages�察�and presented pictures of a life unfamiliar to 

her   experience   and   interesting   to   her   imagination�察  �pictures�察  �indeed�察  �of   a 

life more resembling that which we lead every day above ground�察�coloured 

by our sorrows�察�sins�察�passions�察�and much to her what the tales of the Genii 

or the Arabian Nights are to us。           But her love of reading did not prevent 

Bra from the discharge of her duties as mistress of the largest household in 

the   city。  She   went   daily   the   round   of   the   chambers�察  �and   saw   that   the 

automata      and    other   mechanical      contrivances     were    in  order�察  �that  the 

numerous children employed by Aph´Lin�察�whether in his private or public 

capacity�察  �were   carefully  tended。    

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