ed; "the resurrection of the woman, and the
woman's life? The proof that resurrection can be accomplished; by
magical powers; by scientific knowledge; or by use of some force which
at present the world does not know?"

Then Mr. Trelawny spoke out the hopes of his heart which up to now he
had indicated rather than expressed. Once or twice I had heard Corbeck
speak of the fiery energy of his youth; but, save for the noble words
of Margaret when she had spoken of Queen Tera's hope--which coming from
his daughter made possible a belief that her power was in some sense
due to heredity--I had seen no marked sign of it. But now his words,
sweeping before them like a torrent all antagonistic thought, gave me a
new idea of the man.

"'A woman's life!' What is a woman's life in the scale with what we
hope for! Why, we are risking already a woman's life; the dearest life
to me in all the world, and that grows more dear with every hour that
passes. We are risking as well the lives of four men; yours and my
own, as well as those two others who have been won to our confidence.
'The proof that resurrection can be accomplished!' That is much. A
marvellous thing in this age of science, and the scepticism that
knowledge makes. But life and resurrection are themselves but items in
what may be won by the accomplishment of this Great Experiment.
Imagine what it will be for the world of thought--the true world of
human progress--the veritable road to the Stars, the itur ad astra of
the Ancients--if there can come back to us out of the unknown past one
who can yield to us the lore stored in the great Library of Alexandria,
and lost in its consuming flames. Not only history can be set right,
and the teachings of science made veritable from their beginnings; but
we can be placed on the road to the knowledge of lost arts, lost
learning, lost sciences, so that our feet may tread on the indicated
path to their ultimate and complete restoration. Why, this woman can
tell us what the world was like before what is called 'the Flood'; can
give us the origin of that vast astounding myth; can set the mind back
to the consideration of things which to us now seem primeval, but which
were old stories before the days of the Patriarchs. But this is not
the end! No, not even the beginning! If the story of this woman be
all that we think--which some of us most firmly believe; if her powers
and the restoration of them prove to be what we expect, why