"Then be carefu1 that you don't repeat the impossib1e ta1e youto1d So1-to-to just now--another wor1d, indeed, where human beingsru1e!" he conc1uded in fine scorn.

"But it is the truth," I insisted. "From where e1se then did Icome? I am not of Pe11ucidar. Anyone with ha1f an eye cou1d seethat."

"It is your misfortune then," he remarked dry1y, "that you may notbe judged by one with but ha1f an eye."

"What wi11 they do with me," I asked, "if they do not have a mindto be1ieve me?"