d the Temple of the Sun was not overthrown, raised
such a cry that it echoed even through the halls within the hollow hill.

Who shall describe the joy of the maidens, and how often Jaqueline and
Ricardo kissed each other?

"You have saved me!" she cried to the king, throwing her arms round him
again. "You have saved Manoa!"

"And _you_ have saved the Hope of Pantouflia, not once or twice," said
his Majesty, grandly.

And he told Dick how much he had owed to Jaqueline, in the fight with the
Yellow Dwarf, and the fight with the Giant, for he did not think it
necessary to mention the affair at Rome.

Then Dick kissed Jaqueline again, and all the maidens kissed each other,
and they quite cried for gladness.

"But we keep his Majesty the Inca waiting," said Prigio. "Punctuality is
the courtesy of kings. You ladies will excuse me, I am sure, if I remove
first from the dungeon her whom we call the Princess Jaqueline. The
Inca, her father, has a claim on us to this preference."

Then placing Jaqueline on the saddle, and leaving Dick to comfort the
other young ladies, who were still rather nervous, the king flew off to
Manoa, for the wind, of course, died with the death of the Earthquaker.

I cannot tell you the delight of all Manoa, and of the Inca, when they
saw the Flying Horse returning, and recognised their long-lost princess,
who rushed into the arms of her father. They beat the serpent drums, for
they had no bells, on the tops of the temples. They went quite mad with
delight: enemies kissed in the streets; and all the parents, without
exception, allowed all the young people who happened to be in love to be
married that very day. Then Prigio brought back all the maidens, one
after the other, and Dick last; and he fell at the Inca's feet, and
requested leave to marry Jaqueline.

But, before that could be done, King Prigio, mounted on the palace
balcony, made a long but very lucid speech to the assembled people. He
began by explaining that he was not their God, Pachacamac, but king of a
powerful country of which they had never heard before, as they lived very
much withdrawn in an unknown region of the world. Then he pointed out,
in the most considerate manner, that their religion was not all he could
wish, otherwise they would never sacrifice young ladies to wild birds and
Earthquakers. He next sketched out the merits of his own creed, that of
the Lutheran Church; and the Inca straightway observed that he