Suffice it to say that when it was over, we felt that, for a
time at least, we were virtually masters of the situation.
Only one thing troubled my mind--what did Ingra think and what would he
do? At any rate, he, too, for the time being, seemed to have been carried
away with the general feeling of wonder, and narrowly as I watched him I
could detect in his features no sign of a wish to renew his persecution.
CHAPTER XVIII
WILD EDEN
The next day after our return from the trip above the cloud dome, and our
astonishing reception (you will, of course, understand the sense in which
I use the term "day"), Edmund sprang another surprise upon us.
"I have persuaded Ala," he said, "to make a trip in the car."
"You don't mean it!"
"Oh, yes, and I am sure she will be delighted."
"But she is not going alone?"
"Surely no; she will be accompanied by one of her women--and by Ingra."
"_Ingra_!"
"Of course. Did you suppose that he would consent to be left behind? Ala
herself would refuse to go without him."
"Then," I said, with deep disappointment, "he has resumed all his
influence over her."
"I'm not sure he ever lost it," returned Edmund.
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