George did--that is the only
answer to a world of impossibilities already proved possible. But
the vista which all this opened smote him with irresistible humour.
"Ah well now, I suppose, your Highness," he said, "that our ocean
liners sail clean through the island of Yaque, then, and never even
have their smoke pushed sidewise?"
The prince laughed pleasantly.
"Have you ever," he asked, "had occasion to explain the principles
of hydraulics, or chess, or philosophical idealism to a
three-year-old child, or a charwoman? You must forgive me, but
really I can think of no better comparison. I am quite as powerless
now as you have been if you have ever attempted it. I can only
assure you that such things _are_. Without Jarvo or Akko or some one
who understood, you might have sailed the high seas all your life
and never have come any nearer to Yaque."
St. George reflected.
"Is Yaque the only example of this kind of thing," he asked, "that
the Fourth Dimension would reveal?"
"By no means," said the prince in surprise, "the world is
literally teeming with like revelations, once the key is in your
hands.
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