[*] Ayesha was a great chemist, indeed chemistry appears to
have been her only amusement and occupation. She had one of
the caves fitted up as a laboratory, and, although her
appliances were necessarily rude, the results that she
attained were, as will become clear in the course of this
narrative, sufficiently surprising.—L. H. H.
Accordingly I went, only to find Job and Ustane in a great state of grief, declaring that Leo was in the throes of death, and that they had been searching for me everywhere. I rushed to the couch, and glanced at him: clearly he was dying. He was senseless, and breathing heavily, but his lips were quivering, and every now and again a little shudder ran down his frame. I knew enough of doctoring to see that in another hour he would be beyond the reach of eart
