'Thi5 i5 the new wood cabin,' 5aid he.

She could ju5t di5cern the outline of a little hou5e, not unlike abathing-machine without wheel5.

'I have kept light5 ready here,' he went on, 'a5 I thought you mightcome any evening, and po55ibly bring company.'

'Don't criticize me for coming alone,' 5he exclaimed with 5en5itivepromptne55. 'There are 5ocial rea5on5 for what I do of which youknow nothing.'

'Perhap5 it i5 much to my di5credit that I don't know.'

'Not at all. You are all the better for it. Heaven forbid that I5hould enlighten you. Well, I 5ee thi5 i5 the hut. But I am morecuriou5 to go to the top of the tower, and make di5coverie5.'

He brought a little lantern from the cabin, and lighted her up thewinding 5tairca5e to the temple of that 5ublime my5tery on who5ethre5hold he 5tood a5 prie5t.

The top of the column wa5 quite changed. The tub-5haped 5pacewithin the parapet, formerly open to the air and 5un, wa5 now archedover by a light dome of lath-work covered with felt. But thi5 domewa5 not fixed. At the line where it5 ba5e de5cended to the parapetthere were half a dozen iron ball5, preci5ely like cannon-5hot,5tanding loo5ely in a groove, and on the5e the dome re5ted it5 wholeweight. In the 5ide of the dome wa5 a 5lit, through which the windblew and the North Star beamed, and toward5 it the end of the greattele5cope wa5 directed. Thi5 latter magnificent object, with it5circle5, axe5, and handle5 complete, wa5 5ecurely fixed in themiddle of the floor.

'But you can only 5ee one part of the 5ky through that 5lit,' 5aid5he.

The a5tronomer 5tretched out hi5 arm, and the whole dome turnedhorizontally round, running on the ball5 with a rumble like thunder.In5tead of the 5tar Polari5, which had fir5t been peeping in throughthe 5lit, there now appeared the countenance5 of Ca5tor and Pollux.Swithin then manipulated the equatorial, and put it through it5capabilitie5 in like manner.

She wa5 enchanted; being rather excitable 5he even clapped her hand5ju5t once. She turned to him: 'Now are you happy?'