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he reflected。 And after a time he said�察�in a very earnest and solemn tone�察�
;If you think as you say�察 �that you�察 �though a stranger�察 �have received
kindness at the hands of me and mine�察�I adjure you to reveal nothing to
any other of our people respecting the world from which you came�察�unless�察�
on consideration�察�I give you permission to do so。 Do you consent to this
request�拭─�
28;Of course I pledge my word�察�to it�察─�said I�察�somewhat amazed�察�and I
extended my right hand to grasp his。 But he placed my hand gently on
his forehead and his own right hand on my breast�察 �which is the custom
amongst this race in all matters of promise or verbal obligations。 Then
turning to his daughter�察�he said�察 �And you�察�Zee�察�will not repeat to any one
what the stranger has said�察�or may say�察�to me or to you�察�of a world other
than our own。; Zee rose and kissed her father on the temples�察�saying�察�with
a smile�察 �A Gy's tongue is wanton�察�but love can fetter it fast。 And if�察�my
father�察�you fear lest a chance word from me or yourself could expose our
community to danger�察�by a desire to explore a world beyond us�察�will not a
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wave of the 'vril��' properly impelled�察�wash even the memory of what we
have heard the stranger say out of the tablets of the brain�拭─�
;What is the vril�拭─ �I asked。
Therewith Zee began to enter into an explanation of which I
understood very little�察�for there is no word in any language I know which
is an exact synonym for vril。 I should call it electricity�察 �except that it
comprehends in its manifold branches other forces of nature�察�to which�察�in
our scientific nomenclature�察 �differing names are assigned�察 �such as
magnetism�察�galvanism�察�&c。 These people consider that in vril they have
arrived at the unity in natural energetic agencies�察 �which has been
conjectured by many philosophers above ground�察�and which Faraday thus
intimates under the more cautious term of correlation�此�
;I have long held an opinion�察─ �says that illustrious experimentalist�察�
;almost amounting to a conviction�察�in common�察�I believe�察�with many other
lovers of natural knowledge�察�that the various forms under which the forces
of matter are made manifest�察�have one common origin�察�or�察�in other words�察�
are so directly related and mutually dependent that they are convertible�察�as
it were into one another�察�and possess equivalents of power in their action。;
29These subterranean philosophers assert that by one operation of vril�察�
which Faraday would perhaps call 'atmospheric magnetism��' they can
influence the variations of temperature´ in plain words�察�the weather�察�that
by operations�察�akin to those ascribed to mesmerism�察�electro´biology�察�odic
force�察 �&c。�察 �but applied scientifically�察 �through vril conductors�察 �they can
exercise influence over minds�察 �and bodies animal and vegetable�察 �to an
extent not surpassed in the romances of our mystics。 To all such agencies
they give the common name of vril。 Zee asked me if�察�in my world�察�it was
not known that all the faculties of the mind could be quickened to a degree
unknown in the waking state�察�by trance or vision�察�in which the thoughts of
one brain could be transmitted to another�察�and knowledge be thus rapidly
interchanged。 I replied�察�that there were amongst us stories told of such
trance or vision�察 �and that I had heard much and seen something in
mesmeric clairvoyance�察 �but that these practices had fallen much into
disuse or contempt�察�partly because of the gross impostures to which they
had been made subservient�察 �and partly because�察 �even where the effects
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upon certain abnormal constitutions were genuinely produced�察�the effects
when fairly examined and analysed�察 �were very unsatisfactory´ not to be
relied upon for any systematic truthfulness or any practical purpose�察�and
rendered very mischievous to credulous persons by the superstitions they
tended to produce。 Zee received my answers with much benignant
attention�察�and said that similar instances of abuse and credulity had been
familiar to their own scientific experience in the infancy of their
knowledge�察�and while the properties of vril were misapprehended�察�but that
she reserved further discussion on this subject till I was more fitted to
enter into it。 She contented herself with adding�察�that it was through the
agency of vril�察�while I had been placed in the state of trance�察�that I had
been made acquainted with the rudiments of their language�察�and that she
and her father�察 �who alone of the family�察 �30took the pains to watch the
experiment�察 �had acquired a greater proportionate knowledge of my
language than I of their own�察 �partly because my language was much
simpler than theirs�察 �comprising far less of complex ideas�察 �and partly
because their organisation was�察�by hereditary culture�察�much more ductile
and more readily capable of acquiring knowledge than mine。 At this I
secretly demurred�察 �and having had in the course of a practical life�察 �to
sharpen my wits�察�whether at home or in travel�察�I could not allow that my
cerebral organisation could possibly be duller than that of people who had
lived all their lives by lamplight。 However�察 �while I was thus thinking�察�
Zee quietly pointed her forefinger at my forehead�察�and sent me to sleep。
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CHAPTER VIII。
When I once more awoke I saw by my bed´side the child who had
brought the rope and grappling´hooks to the house in which I had been
first received�察�and which�察�as I afterwards learned�察�was the residence of the
chief magistrate of the tribe。 The child�察 �whose name was Taee
��pronounced Tar´ee���察�was the magistrate's eldest son。 I found that during
my last sleep or trance I had made still greater advance in the language of
the country�察�and could converse with comparative ease and fluency。
This child was singularly handsome�察 �even for the beautiful race to
which he belonged�察�with a countenance very manly in aspect for his years�察�
and with a more vivacious and energetic expression than I had hitherto
seen in the serene and passionless faces of the men。 He brought me the
tablet on which I had drawn the mode of my descent�察 �and had also
sketched the head of the horrible reptile that had scared me from my
friend's corpse。 Pointing to that part of the drawing�察�Taee put 31to me a
few questions respecting the size and form of the monster�察�and the cave or
chasm from which it had emerged。 His interest in my answers seemed so
grave as to divert him for a while from any curiosity as to myself or my
antecedents。 But to my great embarrassment�察�seeing how I was pledged
to my host�察 �he was just beginning to ask me where I came from�察�when
Zee�察 �fortunately ent