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Rh out I will. I am poor now and I have nothing,' he continued, as he shot a meaning glance at Flora, 'but I shall be powerful enough some day.'

'Well, I hope you will succeed, I am sure,' said Alec in a sarcastic voice. 'Come, Flora, or we shall be late.'

They walked on for a short distance, and then, hailing an open boat-shaped vessel that happened to be floating in the air, they entered it and quickly arrived at the Villeroy Theatre. This was a huge building quite in character with the city in the centre of which it stood. It was replete with everything that science could suggest to add to the brilliance of the performance and the comfort and enjoyment of the audience. The magnificent 'Chorus of the Worlds,' the greatest musical composition that the world has even seen, was first performed as an overture by an invisible orchestra, and the air was filled with a rapturous music that surpasses all description. Then the curtain 3